This study will test the hypothesis that vorasidenib in combination with lomustine will be safe and tolerable. The overall goal of this study is to identify the optimal vorasidenib dose that can be tested in a subsequent phase 2 study to determine the efficacy of vorasidenib in combination with lomustine in patients with recurrent IDH mutant gliomas.
IDH-mutant gliomas are the most common primary malignant brain tumors in adults under the age of 50 and accounts for approximately 10-15% of all glioma diagnoses each year (Van den Bent et al 2023). While lower grade gliomas (LGG) encompassing World Health Organization (WHO) grades 2 and 3 are less aggressive than their higher-grade counterparts, treatment is not curative, and most patients develop tumor recurrence in which there are a paucity of effective treatment options. Mutations in IDH1 and 2 occur in upwards of 80% of patients with LGG (Yan et al 2009) and drive specific epigenetic programs to dysregulate and impair differentiation leading to tumorigenesis (Turcan et al 2012). As such, pharmacologic blockage of IDH-mutant enzymes is being actively investigated as potential treatment options. Part 1 of this study will use a dose de-escalation design with 3 dosing levels of vorasidenib in combination with lomustine. The design is similar to the standard 3+3, where patients are treated in cohorts of 3 and the starting dose is level 0. Part 2 of this trial will be a dose expansion cohort to treat patients with the recommended dose of vorasidenib with lomustine.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
24
Oral targeted therapy for IDH1- or IDH2-mutant grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma, approved for use after surgery.
An alkylating nitrosourea compound used in chemotherapy. It is highly lipid-soluble thus it crosses the blood-brain barrier. Primarily used in treating brain tumors.
UMPC Hillman Cancer Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Recommended Combination Dose (RCD)
Recommended combination dose (RCD) of vorasidenib in combination with lomustine in patients with recurrent Grades 2-4 oligodendroglioma and astrocytoma with an IDH1 or IDH2 mutation, determined using 3x3 dose de-escalation design with 3 dosing levels of vorasidenib. Initially, 3 patients are treated at Level 0. If # DLT≤1/3, treat 3 more patients at Level 0. If # DLT≤1/6, start the dose expansion part at Level 0. If # DLT≥2/6, treat 3-6 patients at dose Level -1. If # DLT≤1/6, start the dose expansion part at Level -1. If # DLT≥2/6, then 3-6 patients will be treated at dose Level -2. If #DLT≤1/6, start the dose expansion part at Level -2.
Time frame: Up to 48 months
Adverse Events Related to Treatment
Adverse events, serious adverse events (SAEs), and AEs leading to discontinuation or death, and severity of AEs as assessed by the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE), version 5.0 that are at least possibly related to study treatment. The analysis population will include all study eligible patients who received any dose of the study drug.
Time frame: Up to 60 months
Progression Free Survival at 6 Months (PFS-6)
Percentage of patients with PFS at 6 months as defined as the time from initiation of cycle 1 to either disease progression or death, at the 6-month mark as assessed by RANO 2.0 criteria. Objective Progression: ≥25% increase in enhancing tumor volume from baseline.The analysis population will include patients who have received the treatment regimen and stayed on study long enough for at least one follow-up of response. Patients who never had a repeat tumor scan but clinically progressed will also be considered as evaluable for response, and the best response for these patients is progressive disease.
Time frame: At 6 months from start of treatment
Progression Free Survival
Progression Free Survival (PFS) as defined as the time median between initiation of cycle 1 and first documentation of disease progression or death, whichever occurs first as assessed by RANO 2.0 criteria. Objective Progression: ≥25% increase in enhancing tumor volume from baseline. The analysis population will include patients who have received the treatment regimen and stayed on study long enough for at least one follow-up of response. Patients who never had a repeat tumor scan but clinically progressed will also be considered as evaluable for response, and the best response for these patients is progressive disease.
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Time frame: Up to 60 months
Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)
For enhancing glioma, CBR is defined as complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD) per study population as determined by the investigator on the basis of RANO 2.0 criteria. The analysis population will include patients who have received the treatment regimen and stayed on study long enough for at least one follow-up of response. For patients with non-enhancing glioma, CBR will be defined as CR, PR, minor response (mR), or SD as determined by the investigator on the basis of RANO2.0. Given the challenges associated with accurate representation of tumor response on MRI in LGG, the RANO working group considers a 25%-50% reduction in tumor size compared with baseline clinically meaningful, and several classifications now include mR as a measure of treatment effect. Therefore, mR will be included in the CBR for non-enhancing glioma.
Time frame: Up to 60 months
Pharmacokinetics of vorasidenib in combination with lomustine
Serial blood sampling (concentrations in mol) at specified time points for determination of plasma concentrations of vorasidenib and its circulating metabolite AGI-69460.
Time frame: Days 1, 15 and 22 of Treatment Cycle 1 (cycle is 28 days)
Pharmacokinetics of vorasidenib in combination with lomustine
Serial blood sampling (concentrations in mol) at specified time points for determination of plasma concentrations of vorasidenib and its circulating metabolite AGI-69460.
Time frame: Day 1 of Treatment Cycle 2 (cycle is 28 days)