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Azacitidine and Entinostat in Treating Patients With Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Has Been Removed By Surgery

Randomized Phase II Trial of Adjuvant Combined Epigenetic Therapy With 5-Azacitidine and Entinostat in Resected Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Versus Standard Care

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01207726
Enrollment
13
Registered
2010-09-23
Start date
2010-09-30
Completion date
2013-05-31
Last updated
2019-02-05

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Conditions

Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Stage IB Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Brief summary

This study combines the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methyltransferase inhibitor, 5-azacitidine (5-AZA), with an orally bioavailable histone deacetylase inhibitor, entinostat (SNDX-275), for the adjuvant treatment of patients with resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NCSLC).

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the effect of 5-azacitidine and entinostat on the hazard of 3 year progression-free survival in patients with resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the safety, tolerability and toxicity of entinostat and 5-azacitidine in patients with resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer. II. To explore the effect of entinostat and 5-azacitidine on median disease-free and overall survival in patients with resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer. III. To assess the pharmacodynamic effects of 5-azacitidine and entinostat on DNA methylation and gene re-expression in patients with resected stage I NSCLC through analysis of sputum. IV. To estimate the effect of entinostat and 5-azacitidine on progression free survival comparing patients with N2 lymph nodes categorized as methylated pre-treatment with those who are categorized as unmethylated. V. To establish factors that predict clinical outcome in patients treated with combination epigenetic therapy by performing genome-wide analyses on pre-treatment tumor DNA. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients receive azacitidine subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-5 and 8-10 and entinostat orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 3 and 10. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM II: Patients receive standard of care. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Interventions

DRUGAzacitidine

Given SC

DRUGEntinostat

Given PO

OTHERLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients must be status post complete (R0) surgical resection of pathologically-proven NSCLC (stage IA-IB according to AJCC version 7) * Patients must be at least 4 weeks out from completion of surgery * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =\< 2 * Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,000/mcL * Platelets \>= 100,000/mcL * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) =\< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal * Creatinine =\< 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal * The effects of entinostat and 5-azacitidine on the developing human fetus at the recommended therapeutic dose are unknown; for this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion criteria

* Patients must be within 8 weeks of completing surgery * Patients who have received prior chemotherapy or radiation for treatment of their current diagnosis of lung cancer * Patients with sub-lobar resections (ie: wedge resection or segmentectomy) * Patients without mediastinal lymph node specimens from mediastinoscopy or surgery (at least level R4 or 7 for right sided tumors OR at least level 5, 6 or 7 for left sided tumors) * Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents * History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to entinostat, 5-azacitidine or other agents used in the study * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements * Pregnant women are excluded from this study because entinostat and 5-azacitidine are agents with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects; because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with entinostat or 5-azacitidine, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated on this protocol; these potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with entinostat or 5-azacitidine; in addition, these patients are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Disease-free Survival (DFS)3 yearsThe DFS hazard rate and 95% confidence interval will be reported. At this time, event time distributions for disease-free survival in the two arms will be estimated with the method of Kaplan and Meier and compared using a stratified Cox-proportional hazards model (stratified for stage IA vs IB) with a two-sided alpha of 10%.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Median Disease-free SurvivalUp to 5 yearsDetermined by the method determined by Kaplan and Meier. Estimated with 95% confidence intervals. Cox proportional hazard modeling will be used for multivariate analysis.
Number of Relapses and Deaths Per Total Time of Follow-up Comparing Patients With N2 Lymph Nodes in Terms of Methylated and UnmethylatedUp to 5 yearsKaplan Meier curves will be used.
Factors That Predict Clinical Outcome in Patients Treated With Combination Epigenetic Therapy in Terms of Epigenomic Data Generated From the Illumina PlatformUp to 2 yearsThe study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. For this reason, 13 pts were enrolled and data was not analyzed, for which we are unable to make any conclusions or report results.
Presence of Methylation PatternsUp to 2 yearsMcNemar's test will be used to compare the change in methylation after treatment in sputum.
Toxicities Graded According to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) v4.0Up to 5 yearsSimple descriptive statistics will be utilized to display the data.
Overall SurvivalUp to 5 yearsDetermined by the method determined by Kaplan and Meier. Estimated with 95% confidence intervals. Cox proportional hazard modeling will be used for multivariate analysis.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Azacitidine SC and Entinostat PO
Patients receive azacitidine SC on days 1-5 and 8-10 and entinostat PO QD on days 3 and 10. Followed by Cytotoxic Therapy investigator Choice
7
Cytotoxic Therapy
Standard of care
6
Total13

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicCytotoxic TherapyAzacitidine SC and Entinostat POTotal
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
5 Participants3 Participants8 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
1 Participants4 Participants5 Participants
Age, Continuous68 years66 years67 years
Region of Enrollment
United States
6 participants7 participants13 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
2 Participants1 Participants3 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
4 Participants6 Participants10 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 70 / 6
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 70 / 6
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 70 / 6

Outcome results

Primary

Disease-free Survival (DFS)

The DFS hazard rate and 95% confidence interval will be reported. At this time, event time distributions for disease-free survival in the two arms will be estimated with the method of Kaplan and Meier and compared using a stratified Cox-proportional hazards model (stratified for stage IA vs IB) with a two-sided alpha of 10%.

Time frame: 3 years

Population: The study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. Data was not collected to assess this outcome measure.

Secondary

Factors That Predict Clinical Outcome in Patients Treated With Combination Epigenetic Therapy in Terms of Epigenomic Data Generated From the Illumina Platform

The study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. For this reason, 13 pts were enrolled and data was not analyzed, for which we are unable to make any conclusions or report results.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

Population: The study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. Data was not collected to assess this outcome measure.

Secondary

Median Disease-free Survival

Determined by the method determined by Kaplan and Meier. Estimated with 95% confidence intervals. Cox proportional hazard modeling will be used for multivariate analysis.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: The study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. Data was not collected to assess this outcome measure.

Secondary

Number of Relapses and Deaths Per Total Time of Follow-up Comparing Patients With N2 Lymph Nodes in Terms of Methylated and Unmethylated

Kaplan Meier curves will be used.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: The study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. Data was not collected to assess this outcome measure.

Secondary

Overall Survival

Determined by the method determined by Kaplan and Meier. Estimated with 95% confidence intervals. Cox proportional hazard modeling will be used for multivariate analysis.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: The study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. Data was not collected to assess this outcome measure.

Secondary

Presence of Methylation Patterns

McNemar's test will be used to compare the change in methylation after treatment in sputum.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

Population: The study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. Data was not collected to assess this outcome measure.

Secondary

Toxicities Graded According to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) v4.0

Simple descriptive statistics will be utilized to display the data.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: The study was terminated early due to poor accrual since the requirement of clinic administration of the 5AZA daily and post-operative patients not wanting 6 months of treatment. Data was not collected to assess this outcome measure.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026