A Study of Avutometinib (VS-6766) and Defactinib in People With Mesonephric Gynecologic Cancer

Last updated: April 27, 2026
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Avutometinib (VS-6766)

Defactinib

Clinical Study ID

NCT05787561
22-392
  • Ages > 18
  • Female

Study Summary

This study will test if Avutometinib (VS-6766) in combination with Defactinib is an effective treatment for advanced or recurrent mesonephric gynecologic cancer.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female patients ≥ 18 years of age

  • Histologic confirmation of Gynecologic Mesonephric or Mesonephric-like cancer (GMC).Patients with mixed histology are eligible if the disease is deemed by the treatingphysician to be driven by the GMC component.

  • Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1

  • Patients must have persistent (disease that is metastatic at presentation or remainspresent following first-line therapy) or recurrent disease (disease that has comeback or progressed following prior surgery or treatment)

  • Patients with metastatic or recurrent disease do not require any prior systemictherapy prior to enrollment. Patients may have received unlimited lines of priorsystemic therapy.

  • Patients with treated brain metastases are eligible if follow-up brain imaging afterCNS-directed therapy shows no evidence of progression. Patients with asymptomaticbrain metastases that do not require intervention are also eligible.

  • HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viralload within 6 months are eligible for this trial.

  • For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBVviral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated.

  • Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treatedand cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they areeligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load.

  • Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatmentdoes not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment ofthe investigational regimen are eligible for this trial.

  • Resolution of all toxicities of prior therapy or surgical procedures to baseline orGrade 1 (except for hypothyroidism requiring medication, and alopecia, which musthave resolved to Grade ≤2).

  • Female patients with reproductive potential agree to use highly effective method ofcontraceptive during the trial and for 1 month following the last dose of studyintervention. Hormonal forms of contraception are not recommended in this study.

Non-hormonal methods of highly effective contraception include:

  • intrauterine device (IUD)

  • bilateral tubal occlusion

  • vasectomized partner

  • sexual abstinence

  • Patients must have adequate cardiac function with left ventricular ejectionfraction ≥ 55% by echocardiography (ECHO)

  • Baseline QTc interval < 460 ms (average of triplicate readings) (CommonTerminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] Grade 1) using Fredericia's QTcorrection formula. NOTE: This criterion does not apply to patients with aright or left bundle branch block.

  • Must have adequate organ function defined by the following laboratoryparameters:

  • Total Bilirubin: ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (patients with known Gilbert's disease who have bilirubin level ≤ 3 x ULNmay be enrolled)

  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT): ≤3 × institutional ULN

  • Adequate renal function defined as either:

Creatinine clearance (CrCL) or estimated Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of ≥50 mL/min estimated using either the Cockcroft-Gault equation, the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study, or as reported in the comprehensive metabolic panel/basic metabolic panel (eGFR).

Or:

Serum Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN

  • Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) ≤ 2.5 x ULN.

  • Adequate hematologic function including: hemoglobin [Hb] ≥ 9.0 g/dL; platelets ≥ 100,000/mm^3; and absolute neutrophil count [ANC] ≥ 1000/mm^3

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with newly diagnosed localized disease should be treated as per standard ofcare and are not eligible for this study. Patients who are candidates forpotentially curative surgery or radiation are not eligible for this trial.

  • Systemic anti-cancer therapy (other than endocrine therapy) within 4 weeks, 1 cycle,or 5 half-lives (whichever is shortest) of the first dose of study intervention;Endocrine therapy within 1 week of the first dose of study intervention.

  • Major surgery within 4 weeks , minor surgery within 2 weeks, or palliativeradiotherapy within 1 week of the first dose of study intervention.

  • Treatment with warfarin. Patients on warfarin for deep vein thrombosis/pulmonaryembolism can be converted to low-molecular-weight heparin or direct oralanticoagulants (DOACs).

  • Prior treatment with a MEK or RAF or FAK inhibitor

  • Patients with the inability to swallow oral medications or impaired gastrointestinalabsorption due to gastrectomy or drainage PEG tube

  • Patients with history of retinal pathology or evidence of visible retinal pathologythat is considered a risk factor for RVO, intraocular pressure > 21 mm Hg asmeasured by tonometry, or other significant ocular pathology, such as anatomicalabnormalities that increase the risk for RVO

  • Patients with a history of corneal erosion (instability of corneal epithelium),corneal degeneration, active or recurrent keratitis, and other forms of seriousocular surface inflammatory conditions.

  • History of rhabdomyolysis

  • Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any of the active or inactiveavutometinib (VS-6766) and defactinib ingredients (hydroxypropylmethylcellulose,mannitol, magnesium stearate) of the investigational product.

  • Any other medical condition (e.g., cardiac, gastrointestinal, pulmonary,psychiatric, neurological, genetic, etc.) that in the opinion of the Investigatorwould places the patient at unacceptably high risk for toxicity.

  • Exposure to medications (with or without prescriptions), supplements, herbalremedies, or foods with potential for drug-drug interactions with studyinterventions within 14 days prior to the first dose of study intervention andduring the course of therapy, including:

  • strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers, due to potential drug-drug interactionswith both avutometinib (VS-6766) and defactinib.

  • strong CYP2C9 inhibitors or inducers, due to potential drug-drug interactionswith defactinib.

  • P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors or inducers, due to potential drug-druginteractions with defactinib.

  • strong breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) inhibitors or inducers, due topotential drug-drug interactions with avutometinib and defactinib.

Study Design

Total Participants: 40
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Avutometinib (VS-6766)
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
March 15, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
March 31, 2027

Connect with a study center

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Middletown, New Jersey 07748
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, New Jersey 07645
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge 5095409, New Jersey 5101760 07920
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Middletown 5101170, New Jersey 5101760 07748
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Montvale 5101361, New Jersey 5101760 07645
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk -Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Commack, New York 11725
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Harrison, New York 10604
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Uniondale, New York 11553
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)

    West Harrison, New York 10604
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk -Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Commack 5113412, New York 5128638 11725
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Harrison 5120095, New York 5128638 10604
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10065
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Uniondale 5141927, New York 5128638 11553
    United States

    Site Not Available

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