Innovative Trial for Understanding the Impact of Targeted Therapies in NF2-Related Schwannomatosis (INTUITT-NF2)

Last updated: November 14, 2024
Sponsor: Scott R. Plotkin, MD, PhD
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Brain Tumor

Precancerous Condition

Vestibular Hypofunction

Treatment

Neratinib

Brigatinib

Clinical Study ID

NCT04374305
19-828
  • Ages > 12
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a multi-arm phase II platform-basket screening study designed to test multiple experimental therapies simultaneously in patients with NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2-SWN, formerly known as neurofibromatosis type 2) with associated progressive tumors of vestibular schwannomas (VS), non-vestibular schwannomas (non-VS), meningiomas, and ependymomas.

This Master Study is being conducted as a "basket" study that may allow people with multiple tumor types associated with NF2-SWN to receive new drugs throughout this study. Embedded within the Master Study are individual drug substudies.

  • Investigational Drug Sub-study A: Brigatinib

  • Investigational Drug Sub-study B: Neratinib

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Eligibility Specific For MASTER PROTOCOL:

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must have a pathogenic variant in the NF2 gene (either in the germline orin two NF2-related tumors) OR a confirmed diagnosis of NF2 by fulfilling NationalInstitute of Health (NIH) criteria or Manchester criteria:

The NIH criteria includes presence of:

  • Bilateral vestibular schwannomas, OR

  • First-degree relative with NF2 and EITHER unilateral eighth nerve mass OR two of thefollowing: neurofibroma, meningioma, glioma, schwannoma, juvenile posteriorsubcapsular lenticular opacity.

The Manchester criteria includes presence of:

  • Bilateral vestibular schwannomas, OR

  • First-degree relative with NF2 and EITHER unilateral eighth nerve mass OR two of thefollowing: neurofibroma, meningioma, glioma, schwannoma, juvenile posteriorsubcapsular lenticular opacity, OR

  • Unilateral vestibular schwannoma AND any two of: neurofibroma, meningioma, glioma,schwannoma, juvenile posterior subcapsular lenticular opacity, OR

  • Multiple meningiomas (two or more) AND unilateral vestibular schwannoma OR any twoof: schwannoma, glioma, neurofibroma, cataract.

Subjects must have a target NF2-related tumor (VS, non-VS, meningioma, or ependymoma) with documented radiographic progression within the preceding 36 months of Master Study registration defined as either:

  • at least 20% increase in volume of enhancing tumor

  • at least 2 mm increase in greatest linear dimension of enhancing tumor

Participants must have measurable disease, defined as:

  • VS, non-VS, or meningioma target lesions that can be accurately measured as at least 1 ml by volumetric MRI scan or in at least one dimension as ≥10 mm with conventionalMRI scan. See protocol for the evaluation of measurable disease

  • Ependymoma target lesions measurable linearly.

Participant must have a target NF2-related tumor with the following qualities:

  • Not amenable to surgery due to patient refusal or due to high risk for surgicalcomplications (e.g., damage to nerve function). Participant must be ≥ 12 years ofage on Day 1 of treatment. Life expectancy of greater than 1 year Karnofskyperformance status ≥ 70 or ECOG PS 0 or 1 (see Appendix A). Ability to understandand the willingness to sign written informed consent and assent documents.

  • Must have established relationship with primary care physician and provide contactinformation

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who have had chemotherapy within a minimum of 4 weeks prior to MasterStudy registration (or a minimum of 5 half-lives and resolution to baseline oftoxicities unless there are irreversible toxicities from prior drug that do notinfluence risk of next drug).

  • Participants who have received radiation to the target tumor within the last 3 yearsprior to Master study registration.

  • Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents.

  • Participants with target or non-target nervous system tumors that, in the opinion ofthe treating investigator, are likely to require active treatment (includingsurgery) within 6 months of registration to the Master Study.

  • History of a different malignancy, unless (a) have been disease-free for at least 2years and are deemed by the treating investigator to be at low risk for recurrenceof that malignancy.

  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or activeinfection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiacarrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliancewith study requirements.

  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study because the experimental agents may havethe potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknownbut potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment ofthe mother with these experimental agents, breastfeeding should be discontinued ifthe mother is treated.

Eligibility Criteria Specific to SUB-STUDY A (Brigatinib arm): CLOSED TO ENROLLMENT

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must meet all eligibility criteria outlined in the Master Study

  • Participants must be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent forthe brigatinib arm of the INTUITT-NF2 trial.

  • Participant is ≥ 12 years of age and has body weight at least 40 kg on Day 1 oftreatment.

  • Patient must be able to swallow pills.

  • Clinical laboratory values as specified below within 28 days before the first doseof study drug, as described in the protocol document:

  • Female patients participating in this study should avoid becoming pregnant, and malepatients should avoid impregnating a female partner. Non-sterilized female patientsof reproductive age group and male patients should use effective methods ofcontraception through defined periods during and after study treatment as specifiedbelow:

Female patients must meet 1 of the following:

  • Postmenopausal for at least 1 year before the screening visit, or

  • Surgically sterile, or

  • If they are of childbearing potential, agree to practice 2 effective methods ofcontraception from the time of signing of the informed consent form through 4 monthsafter the last dose of study drug, or agree to completely abstain from heterosexualintercourse. Brigatinib may decrease effectiveness of hormonal contraceptives,therefore, women are recommended to use non-hormonal methods of contraception.Highly effective non-hormonal birth control for women of child bearing potentialwith male partners includes:

  • Sexual abstinence (no sexual intercourse)

  • Intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS)

  • Bilateral tubal ligation (both tubes tied)

  • Vasectomized partner

Male patients, even if surgically sterilized (i.e., status post-vasectomy) must agree to 1 of the following:

  • Practice effective barrier contraception during the entire study treatment periodand through 4 months after the last dose of study drug, or completely abstain fromheterosexual intercourse.

Exclusion criteria:

  • Female patients who are both lactating and breastfeeding or have a positive serumpregnancy test during the screening period or a positive urine pregnancy test on Day 1 before first dose of study drug (if applicable)

  • Any serious medical or psychiatric illness that could, in the investigator'sopinion, potentially interfere with the completion of treatment according to thisprotocol

  • Treatment with any investigational products within 1 month or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before the first dose of study drug

  • Had major surgery within 30 days of the first dose of brigatinib. Minor surgicalprocedures such as catheter placement or minimally invasive biopsies are allowed.

  • Have significant, uncontrolled, or active cardiovascular disease (as outlined in theprotocol):

  • Have uncontrolled hypertension (defined as an average systolic blood pressure >160or an average diastolic blood pressure >100 for adults; for children: please referto table in protocol

Eligibility Criteria Specific to SUB-STUDY B (Neratinib arm):

  • Participants must be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent forthe neratinib arm of the INTUITT-NF2 trial.

  • Participant must be ≥ 12 years of age and have body weight ≥ 40 kg on Day 1 oftreatment.

  • Patient must be able to swallow pills.

  • Recovery (ie, to Grade 1 or baseline) from all clinically significant AEs related toprior therapies (excluding alopecia, neuropathy, and nail changes).

  • Clinical laboratory values as specified below within 14 days before the first doseof study drug:

  • ALT/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × institutional upper limit of normal (ULN);

  • Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × institutional ULN (<3.0 × institutional ULN forpatients with Gilbert syndrome)

  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m2, using themodification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) equation

  • Serum lipase ≤1.5 × institutional ULN

  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5 × 109/L

  • Platelet count ≥75 × 109/L

  • Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL

  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% measured by multiple-gatedacquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO).

  • It is not known what effects neratinib has on human pregnancy or development of theembryo or fetus. Therefore, female patients participating in this study should avoidbecoming pregnant, and male patients should avoid impregnating a female partner.Non-sterilized female patients of reproductive age group and male patients shoulduse effective methods of contraception through defined periods during and afterstudy treatment as specified below:

Female patients must meet 1 of the following:

  • Postmenopausal for at least 1 year before the screening visit, or

  • Surgically sterile, or

  • If they are of childbearing potential, agree to practice 2 effective methods ofcontraception from the time of signing of the informed consent form through 4 monthsafter the last dose of study drug, or agree to completely abstain from heterosexualintercourse. Neratinib may decrease effectiveness of hormonal contraceptives,therefore, women are recommended to use non-hormonal methods of contraception.Highly effective non-hormonal birth control for women of child bearing potentialwith male partners includes:

  • Sexual abstinence (no sexual intercourse)

  • Intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS)

  • Bilateral tubal ligation (both tubes tied)

  • Vasectomized partner

Male patients, even if surgically sterilized (i.e., status post-vasectomy) must agree to 1 of the following:

  • Practice effective barrier contraception during the entire study treatment periodand through 4 months after the last dose of study drug, or completely abstain fromheterosexual intercourse.

  • Female patients must have negative β-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancytest for premenopausal women of reproductive capacity (those who are biologicallycapable of having children) and for women less than 12 months after menopause. [Women are considered postmenopausal if they are ≥12 months without menses, in theabsence of endocrine or anti-endocrine therapies.]

Exclusion Criteria

  • Female patients who are both lactating and breastfeeding or have a positive serumpregnancy test during the screening period or a positive urine pregnancy test on Day 1 before first dose of study drug (if applicable)

  • Any serious medical or psychiatric illness that could, in the investigator'sopinion, potentially interfere with the completion of treatment according to thisprotocol

  • Treatment with any investigational products within 28 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before the first dose of study drug

  • Had major surgery within 30 days of the first dose of neratinib. Minor surgicalprocedures such as catheter placement or minimally invasive biopsies are allowed.

  • Have significant, uncontrolled, or active cardiovascular disease, specificallyincluding, but not restricted to:

  • Myocardial infarction within 6 months before the first dose of neratinib.

  • Unstable angina within 6 months before first dose of neratinib.

  • Congestive heart failure within 6 months before first dose of neratinib.

  • History of clinically significant atrial arrhythmia (including clinicallysignificant bradyarrhythmia), as determined by the treating physician.

  • Any history of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmia.

  • Had a cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack within 6 months beforefirst dose of neratinib.

  • QTc interval >0.450 seconds (males) or >0.470 (females), or known history of QTcprolongation or Torsade de Pointes (TdP)

  • Have a known history of HIV infection. Testing is not required in the absence ofhistory.

  • Have malabsorption syndrome or other GI illness that could affect oral absorption ofneratinib. Note: This includes any predisposing chronic condition resulting inbaseline grade 2 or higher diarrhea

  • History of severe allergic reactions or intolerability attributed to compounds ofsimilar chemical or biologic composition to neratinib.

  • Have any condition or illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, wouldcompromise patient safety or interfere with the evaluation of neratinib.

  • Concurrent use of enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs), including phenytoin,carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, fosphenytoin, phenobarbital, pentobarbital, orprimidone

  • Received systemic treatment with certain cytochrome P-450 inhibitors or inducerswithin 14 days before enrollment.

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Neratinib
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
June 20, 2020
Estimated Completion Date:
December 01, 2030

Study Description

This research study is a Phase II clinical trial. Phase II clinical trials test the safety and effectiveness of investigational drugs to learn whether the drug(s) works in treating a specific disease. As a basket study, the trial will enroll patients with NF2-SWN with associated progressive tumors of vestibular schwannomas (VS), non-vestibular schwannomas (non-VS), meningiomas, and ependymomas

The MASTER STUDY is intended to enroll participants who will be allocated into different treatment arms (SUB-STUDIES) which will each have an additional consent and enrollment processes.

MASTER STUDY

-- The research study procedures include screening for eligibility, randomization to an experimental treatment sub-study, if qualified, and observation for up to 10 years.

  • Participants who have tumors grow during a treatment sub-study will be permitted to enroll in a different experimental treatment sub-study if they are eligible.

  • Participants who are not eligible for enrollment in a different treatment sub-study will be permitted to remain under observation on the Master Study to understand the growth pattern of these tumors (natural history)

    • Participants will be eligible to remain on this Master study for up to 10 years.

    • It is expected that about 80 people will take part in the Master Study

    • The study will randomize a maximum of 40 patients to each of the experimental arms. The overall size of the trial is not fixed by design because it include arm-dropping rules for futility and allow for the possibility of arm addition by amendment.

SUB-STUDY A (brigatinib) Drug Sub-study A will test the activity of brigatinib for treatment of NF2-related tumors.

  • Brigatinib is approved for the treatment of people with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)- positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have progressed or are intolerant to crizotinib. In preclinical models, brigatinib has shown evidence of activity against models of NF2-deficient tumors.

  • Forty (40) people will take part in the Brigatinib Sub-study.

  • The sub-study with brigatinib includes two stages.

  • In Stage 1, 20 subjects with any allowable tumor type will be accrued to each arm. A minimum of 2 subjects per tumor type (vestibular schwannoma, non-vestibular schwannoma, meningioma, and ependymoma) must be accrued in Stage 1. Interim analysis will be performed after Stage 1 to determine the radiographic response rate (RR) for each tumor types. Subsequently, in stage 2, another 20 subjects will be accrued into the 2 baskets with the most promising early results. If the results are equally promising for more than 2 baskets, subjects will be allocated to the appropriate number of baskets.

SUB-STUDY B (neratinib) Collaborator: National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) through a grant provided by Puma Biotechnology Drug Sub-study B will test the activity of neratinib for treatment of NF2-related tumors.

  • Neratinib is approved for the treatment of people with early stage HER2-overexpressed/amplified breast cancer following treatment with trastuzumab-based therapy. In preclinical models, neratinib has shown evidence of activity against models of NF2-deficient tumors.

    • It is expected that 20 people will take part in the Neratinib Sub-study. A minimum of 2 subjects per tumor type (vestibular schwannoma, non-vestibular schwannoma, meningioma, and ependymoma) must be accrued. Analysis will be performed to determine the radiographic response rate (RR) for each tumor types.
  • A subset of 5 participants will be enrolled into the PET imaging biomarker study. These participants will have additional PET scans performed just prior to the first dose of neratinib and after starting the treatment (witin 24 to 72 hours).

Connect with a study center

  • UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Miami

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mayo Clinic Hospital - Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota 55905
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • New York University Langone Medical Center

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

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