Testing the Addition of Radium Therapy (Radium-223 Dichloride) to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Paclitaxel) for Advanced Breast Cancer That Has Spread to the Bones

  • STATUS
    Recruiting
  • End date
    Jun 30, 2021
  • participants needed
    70
  • sponsor
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Updated on 24 February 2021
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Summary

This phase II trial studies how well radium-223 dichloride and paclitaxel work in treating patients with advanced breast cancer that has spread to the bones. Radium-223 dichloride is a radioactive drug that behaves in a similar way to calcium and collects in cancer that has spread to the bones (bone metastases). The radioactive particles in radium-223 dichloride act on bone metastases, killing the tumor cells and reducing the pain that they can cause. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving radium-223 dichloride and paclitaxel may work better in treating patients with metastatic breast cancer compared to paclitaxel alone.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine if the combination of radium Ra 223 dichloride (radium-223 dichloride) and paclitaxel improves progression-free survival (PFS) compared to paclitaxel alone.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the time to the first symptomatic skeletal event [SSE] (defined as 1st use of radiation therapy to relieve skeletal symptoms, new symptomatic pathologic vertebral or non-vertebral bone fractures, spinal cord compression, or tumor-related orthopedic surgical intervention).

II. To measure the objective response rate (ORR). III. To determine the safety of radium-223 dichloride with paclitaxel. IV. To measure overall survival (OS).

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To perform molecular profiling assays on malignant and normal tissues, including, but not limited to, whole exome sequencing (WES) and messenger ribonucleic (RNA) sequencing (RNAseq), in order to:

Ia. Investigate if molecular alterations in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair genes are associated with response to radium-223 dichloride, and.

Ib. Investigate if loss of heterozygosity in triple negative tumors is associated with response to radium-223 dichloride.

II. To contribute genetic analysis data from de-identified biospecimens to Genomic Data Commons (GDC), a well annotated cancer molecular and clinical data repository, for current and future research; specimens will be annotated with key clinical data, including presentation, diagnosis, staging, summary treatment, and if possible, outcome.

III. To correlate change in level of total alkaline phosphatase, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, and serum osteocalcin to response to radium-223 dichloride therapy.

IV. To examine the radium-223 dichloride bio-distribution and absorbed dose in each bone metastatic lesions as well as elsewhere in the body including critical organs using dosimetry.

V. To bank formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue, blood, and nucleic acids obtained from patients at the Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN) Biorepository at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

VI. To explore the symptomatic adverse events (AE) for tolerability of each treatment arm.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive paclitaxel intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15 and radium Ra 223 dichloride IV over 1 minute on day 1. Treatment with radium Ra 223 dichloride repeats every 28 days for 6 cycles and treatment with paclitaxel repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM II: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days, then every 3 months for 2 years.

Details
Condition Bone Metastases, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone, Bone Metastasis, Metastatic Breast Carcinoma, Breast Carcinoma Metastatic in the Bone, Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma
Treatment Paclitaxel, Radium Ra 223 Dichloride
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04090398
SponsorNational Cancer Institute (NCI)
Last Modified on24 February 2021

Eligibility

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Inclusion Criteria

Is your age greater than or equal to 18 yrs?
Gender: Male or Female
Do you have any of these conditions: Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma or Prognostic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 or Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 or Metastatic Breas...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Bone Metastases or Bone Metastasis or Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma or Breast Carcinoma Metastatic in the Bone or Metastatic Malignant Ne...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone or Metastatic Breast Carcinoma or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma or Hormone Receptor Positive B...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Breast Carcinoma Metastatic in the Bone or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma or Bone Metastasis or Prognostic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 o...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma or Breast Carcinoma Metastatic in the Bone or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma or Bone Metastases...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Prognostic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma or Bone Metastases or Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcin...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma or Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone or Bone Metastasis or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Carcinom...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Metastatic Breast Carcinoma or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Adenocarcinoma or Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone or Breast Carcinoma Metasta...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone or Bone Metastases or Metastatic Breast Carcinoma or Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma or Metastati...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Adenocarcinoma or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma or Metastatic...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Metastatic Breast Carcinoma or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma or Metastatic HER2 Negative Br...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Metastatic Breast Carcinoma or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Adenocarcinoma or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma or Prognostic Stage IV Brea...?
Do you have any of these conditions: Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma or Bone Metastases or Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 or Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma ...?
Women or men with metastatic breast cancer with two or more bone metastases identified by technetium Tc-99m (99mTc) bone scintigraphy and/or computed tomography (CT), at least one of these bone lesions must not have been treated with prior radiation therapy
A diagnosis of breast cancer must have been histologically or cytologically confirmed at any time point
Patients with non-bone metastases (in addition to bone metastases) are permitted if
Three or less visceral metastases (=< 2 cm in size) and asymptomatic (not including lymph nodes)
Enlarged lymph nodes =< 3 cm
Patients with HER2 negative disease (HER2 negativity by immunohistochemistry [IHC] or fluorescent in situ hybridization [FISH] ratio according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology-College of American Pathologists guideline criteria) (Hammond et al., 2010; Wolff et al., 2013). Hormone-receptor positive (estrogen receptor [ER]-positive and/or progesterone receptor [PR]-positive) as well as triple-negative (ER-negative, PR-negative and no overexpression of HER2) breast cancer may be enrolled. Hormone receptor status will be determined at the local institution. ER and PR negativity will be defined as < 1% tumor staining by IHC
Patient must be eligible to receive therapy with paclitaxel for the treatment of their breast cancer. Patients with hormone-receptor positive disease should have progressed on at least one prior line of hormone therapy and a CDK4/6 inhibitor in the metastatic setting to be eligible (except if patient had a contraindication or intolerable toxicity with the use of these agents). Previous radiation and chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer is allowed. However, patient must not have received more than three lines of chemotherapy in the metastatic setting
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/mcL
Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (with the exception of < 3 mg/dL for patients with Gilbert's disease)
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 x institutional ULN (=< 5 ULN for patients with liver metastasis)
Creatinine =< 1.5 x institutional ULN OR glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 40 mL/min/1.73 m^2
Hemoglobin > 10 g/dL
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial
For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy if indicated
Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load
Patients with asymptomatic, treated brain metastases are permitted if there is no evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks after central nervous system (CNS)-directed treatment, as ascertained by clinical examination or brain imaging (magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] or CT scan) during the screening period
Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial. History of other active malignancy requiring treatment within the last 3 years or bone marrow dysplasia such as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is not allowed
Patients with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history of treatment with cardiotoxic agents, should have a clinical risk assessment of cardiac function using the New York Heart Association functional classification. To be eligible for this study, patients should be class 2B or better
Concomitant use of bisphosphonates or denosumab is required (except if medical contraindication such as hypocalcemia or concern for osteonecrosis of the jaw). If not already on bone modifying agents, patient must initiate such therapy within one month before start of study treatment
The effects of radium-223 dichloride on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because alpha particle-emitting radiopharmaceutical agents as well as other therapeutic agents used in this trial are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for at least 6 months after the last dose. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. Pre-menopausal subjects as well as subjects with ovarian radiation or concomitant treatment with an LH-RH agonist/antagonist must have a negative pregnancy test and agree to use an adequate method of contraception as recommended by their treating physicians. Subjects of child-bearing potential who are sexually active and their male partners must agree to utilize, during the treatment period and for 6 months after last dose of radium-223 dichloride, 2 reliable and acceptable methods of contraception used simultaneously: a) barrier method such as a) condoms (male or female) with spermicidal agent or b) diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide, combined with a highly effective non-hormonal birth control method such as an intra-uterine device. Men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception and not donate sperm prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 6 months after completion of Radium-223 dichloride
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Participants with impaired decision-making capacity (IDMC) who have a legally-authorized representative (LAR) and/or family member available will also be eligible
No prior paclitaxel in metastatic setting within 2 years prior to Radium-223 dichloride start

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with peripheral neuropathy > grade 1
Patients who have not recovered from adverse events (AEs) due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities > grade 1) with the exception of alopecia
Patients who have had chemotherapy or immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitor within 4 weeks prior to treatment. No radiation therapy for 2 weeks prior to treatment. No hormone therapy for 2 weeks before treatment. For patients on trial therapy prior to study enrollment, washout period of 6 times the half-life of previously administered investigational agents prior to starting Radium-223 dichloride is required
Prior therapy with radionuclides (e.g., strontium, samarium, rhenium, radium)
Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to radium-223 dichloride or other agents used in study
Patients with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
Pregnant women are excluded from this study because radium-223 dichloride is an alpha particle-emitting radiopharmaceutical agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for AEs in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with radium-223 dichloride, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with radium-223 dichloride. These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study
Imminent/established spinal cord compression, pathological fracture in weight bearing bones or bone lesion with soft tissue component unless treated as appropriate with radiation and/or surgery before starting on trial
Prior hemibody external radiotherapy
Patients must not have an active infection requiring systemic treatment
Patients must not use immunosuppressive medication =< 7 days of registration, EXCEPT for the following
Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injection (e.g., intra-articular injection)
Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses =< 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent
Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan premedication) is allowed
Patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
Patients with a marked baseline prolongation of QT/corrected QT interval (QTc) interval (e.g., repeated demonstration of a QTc interval > 480 milliseconds [ms]) (CTCAE grade 1) using Fridericia's QT correction formula
Patients with a history of additional risk factors for Torsades de Pointes (TdP) (e.g. heart failure, hypokalemia, family history of long QT syndrome)
The use of concomitant medications that prolong the QT/QTc interval
Life expectancy < 6 months
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