Testing Olaparib in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic (Cancer That Has Spread) Bladder Cancer and Other Genitourinary Tumors With DNA-Repair Genetic Changes

Last updated: April 8, 2025
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Bladder Cancer

Urothelial Cancer

Carcinoma

Treatment

Biospecimen Collection

Computed Tomography

Positron Emission Tomography

Clinical Study ID

NCT03375307
NCI-2017-02296
19C0023
NCI-2017-02296
ZIABC011078
P162941
10144
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This phase II trial studies how well olaparib works in treating patients with bladder cancer and other genitourinary tumors with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-repair defects that has spread to other places in the body (advanced or metastatic) and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment. PARPs are proteins that help repair DNA mutations. PARP inhibitors, such as olaparib, can keep PARP from working, so tumor cells can't repair themselves, and they may stop growing.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis non-prostate GU cancer

  • Patients with the presence of cancer-associated genetic mutations in one or morepathogenic or likely pathogenic gene alterations tested in the FoundationOneFoundationOne®CDx (F1CDx) panel will be enrolled in cohorts 1 or 2 as follows:

  • Cohort 1: BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM, BAP1, PALB2, and BRIP1, or tumor mutational burden (TMB) where 10 or greater mutations/megabase

  • ABL1, FANCE, POLD1, ATR, FANCG, POLE, ATRX, FANCL, RAD51, BARD1, IKBKE,SMARCB1, BRD4, MEN1, STK11, CCND1, MLH1, TP53, CHEK1, MSH2, CHEK2, MSH6, DOT1L,MUTYH, FANCA, NPM1, FANCC, PMS2

  • Patients with benign or variants of unknown significance as determined byFoundationOne FoundationOne®CDx (F1CDx) panel and Genetics Review Panel review willbe enrolled in Cohort 3 to be followed for survival

  • Foundation One mutation analysis results performed prior to enrollment on this studymay be accepted for eligibility review and in the event that a patient cannotundergo a biopsy and tumor is not available, Foundation Medicine liquid biopsy maybe performed

  • Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can beaccurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded fornon-nodal lesions and short axis for nodal lesions) as >= 20 mm (>= 2 cm) by chestx-ray or as >= 10 mm (>= 1 cm) with CT scan, MRI, or calipers by clinical exam

  • Evidence of disease progression as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in SolidTumors (RECIST) (version 1.1) during treatment or after the most recent dose oftherapy with at least one platinum-based regimen of chemotherapy and/or animmune-checkpoint inhibitor (atezolizumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, avelumab ordurvalumab) (2-week washout from chemotherapy and 4-weeks washout from monoclonalantibodies is required)

  • Age >= 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available onthe use of olaparib in patients < 18 years of age, children are excluded from thisstudy, but will be eligible for future pediatric trials

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (or Karnofsky >= 70%)

  • Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL

  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL

  • Platelets >= 100,000/mcL

  • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (for subjects with documentedGilbert's disease total bilirubin =< 3.0 mg/dL)

  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (for subjects with livermetastasis AST/ALT =< 5 x ULN)

  • Creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2

  • Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL; transfusions are allowed

  • Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) and activated partialthromboplastin time (aPTT) within 1.25 x ULN institutional limits, except where alupus anti-coagulant has been confirmed or the patient is on direct oralanticoagulant (DOA)

  • Patients must be able to tolerate oral medications and not have gastrointestinalillnesses that would preclude absorption of olaparib

  • Pre-clinical data indicate that olaparib adversely affects embryofetal survival anddevelopment. Therefore, women of child-bearing potential and their partners shouldagree to use two (2) highly effective forms of contraception throughout studyparticipation and for at least six (6) months after the last dose of olaparib. Malestudy participants should avoid fathering a child or donating sperm during the studyand for three (3) months after the last dose of olaparib.

  • Note: Olaparib is a PARP inhibitor with the potential for teratogenic orabortifacient effects. Because there is a potential risk for adverse events innursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with olaparib,breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with olaparib

  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consentdocument or patients with impaired decision making capacity (IDMC) if they arerepresented by a legally authorized representative (LAR)

  • Patients must provide archival tumor sample for mutation analysis or be willing toundergo mandatory screening biopsy. In the event that the patient cannot undergobiopsy and tumor is not available, Foundation Medicine liquid biopsy will beperformed

  • Postmenopausal or evidence of non-childbearing status for women of childbearingpotential: negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 28 days of study treatmentat screening. Note: This will also need to be confirmed within 3 days prior totreatment on day 1. Postmenopausal is defined as at least one (1) of the following:

  • Amenorrheic for 1 year or more following cessation of exogenous hormonaltreatments

  • Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in thepost menopausal range for women under 50

  • Radiation-induced oophorectomy with last menses > 1 year ago

  • Chemotherapy-induced menopause with > 1 year interval since last menses

  • Surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy)

  • Patients is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of thestudy including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who have had prior treatment with olaparib or any other PARP inhibitor (PARPi)

  • Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia; or baseline featuressuggestive of myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myelogenous leukemia on peripheralblood smear or bone marrow biopsy, if clinically indicated

  • Persistent toxicities (>= Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE]grade 2) with the exception of alopecia or peripheral neuropathy, caused by previouscancer therapy

  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents. Patients may be onother clinical trials or treatment during screening to determine eligibility

  • Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trialbecause of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressiveneurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and otheradverse events. A scan to confirm the absence of brain metastases is not required.Patients with spinal cord compression unless considered to have received definitivetreatment for this and evidence of clinically stable disease for 28 days

  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical orbiologic composition of olaparib

  • Patients receiving strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitors or inducers are ineligible. Awashout period prior to the first dose of olaparib for patients on CYP3Ainhibitors/inducers is 5 half-lives or 3 weeks , whichever is shorter. Medicationswith limited systemic absorption (e.g., ophthalmic, otic) do not require a washoutand are permitted.

  • Because the lists of these agents are constantly changing, it is important toregularly consult a frequently-updated medical reference texts such as thePhysicians' Desk Reference. As part of the enrollment/informed consentprocedures, the patient will be counseled on the risk of interactions withother agents, and what to do if new medications need to be prescribed or if thepatient is considering a new over-the-counter medicine or herbal product

  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study because olaparib is a PARP inhibitoragent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects

  • Any chronic or concurrent acute liver disease

  • History of stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or myocardial infarction, within 6 months prior to enrollment

  • Uncontrolled concurrent disease or illness including but not limited to:

  • Ongoing or active infection

  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, clinicallysignificant cardiac arrhythmia

  • Unstable or untreated cardiac conditions or ejection fraction of < 50% asdetermined by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA)

  • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

  • Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with studyrequirements

  • Other severe, acute, or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratoryabnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or studydrug administration or that may interfere with the interpretation of study resultsand, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate forthe study

  • Immunocompromised patients, e.g., those with known HIV not on highly activeantiretroviral therapy (HAART) with detectable levels of virus

  • Patients with known active hepatitis (i.e., hepatitis B or C)

  • Other malignancy within the last two (2) years except: adequately treatednon-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ cancer of the cervix, ductalcarcinoma in situ (DCIS), stage 1, grade 1 endometrial carcinoma, or other solidtumors including lymphomas (without bone marrow involvement) curatively treated withno evidence of disease for >= 5 years. Patients with a history of localized triplenegative breast cancer or localized resected prostate cancer may be eligible,provided they completed their adjuvant chemotherapy more than two (2) years prior toregistration, and that the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease

  • Patients receiving any systemic chemotherapy or radiotherapy (except for palliativereasons) within 2 weeks prior to study treatment

  • Major surgery within 2 weeks of starting study treatment and patients must haverecovered from any effects of any major surgery

  • Previous allogenic bone marrow transplant or double umbilical cord bloodtransplantation (dUCBT)

Study Design

Total Participants: 150
Treatment Group(s): 9
Primary Treatment: Biospecimen Collection
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
November 03, 2020
Estimated Completion Date:
December 16, 2025

Study Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate the efficacy of olaparib in two cohorts of patients with metastatic/advanced non prostate genitourinary (GU) cancer pre-selected by DNA-repair defects as measured by overall response rate (ORR).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To describe the effect of therapy on progression free survival (PFS). II. To describe the effect of therapy on overall survival (OS). III. To describe the safety/tolerability and drug-related toxicities of olaparib.

IV. To follow patients without the pre-selected DNA-repair defects for survival. (Cohort 3 only)

CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the proportion of patients with DNA-repair pathway-mutated genes in metastatic non-prostate GU cancer (patient cohort referred for screening).

II. To correlate levels of baseline circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with survival in untreated patients.

III. To explore tumor-mutational profiles in metastatic tumor biopsies, saliva "normal" DNA, changes in tumor or peripheral immune characteristics, or tumor associated somatic mutation load in blood DNA in response to treatment.

IV. To explore changes in plasma cytokines and correlate with clinical response.

V. To correlate levels of circulating endothelial cells with clinical outcome. VI. To correlate levels of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with clinical outcome.

VII. To correlate peripheral immune and DNA damage response transcriptional signatures with clinical outcomes.

VIII. To determine the effectiveness of using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify DNA-repair pathway gene defects in tumor samples and circulating DNA and identify patients with non-prostate GU cancer suitable for PARP inhibition.

IX. To determine the expression of Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) in tumor versus (vs.) stroma cells, and the potential tumor heterogeneity based on SLFN11 expression.

X. To determine if the levels of hyaluron (HA) detected in circulating plasma correlates with outcomes in patients treated with olaparib.

XI. To determine if the levels of HGF and MET detected in circulating plasma correlates with outcomes in patients with olaparib.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 3 cohorts.

COHORT I and II: Patients that have cancer-associated DNA-repair gene mutations receive olaparib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, patients undergo blood sample collection, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, or bone scan and optional tumor biopsy and bone marrow biopsy on study.

COHORT III: Patients that do not have cancer-associated DNA-repair gene mutations undergo blood sample collection at baseline. Additionally, patients undergo CT, MRI, PET/CT, or bone scan and optional tumor biopsy and bone marrow biopsy on study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks, every 2 months for 1 year, then every 3 months thereafter.

Connect with a study center

  • UC San Diego Health System - Encinitas

    Encinitas, California 92024
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care

    Irvine, California 92612
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California 92093
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California 90033
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Los Angeles General Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California 90033
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California 90033
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • USC Norris Oncology/Hematology-Newport Beach

    Newport Beach, California 92663
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Orange, California 92868
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California 95817
    United States

    Suspended

  • UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest

    San Diego, California 92103
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Colorado Hospital

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center

    Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • NCI - Center for Cancer Research

    Bethesda, Maryland 20892
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston, Texas 77555-0565
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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