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Sapanisertib and Ziv-Aflibercept in Treating Patients With Recurrent Solid Tumors That Are Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

Phase I Study of MLN0128 (TAK-228) (NSC# 768435) in Combination With Ziv-Aflibercept (NSC# 724770) in Patients With Advanced Cancers

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02159989
Enrollment
83
Registered
2014-06-10
Start date
2014-06-18
Completion date
2024-01-29
Last updated
2025-10-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Ovarian Carcinoma, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor, Recurrent Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Refractory Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Unresectable Solid Neoplasm

Brief summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of sapanisertib and ziv-aflibercept in treating patients with solid tumors that have come back (recurrent) and have spread to another place in the body (metastatic) or cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Sapanisertib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Ziv-aflibercept may stop the growth of solid tumors by blocking the growth of new blood vessels necessary for tumor growth. Giving sapanisertib with ziv-aflibercept may kill more tumor cells.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate safety and tolerability, determine maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommend a phase II dose of the combination of MLN0128 (TAK-228) (sapanisertib) with ziv-aflibercept in patients with advanced cancers refractory to standard therapy. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To give early indication of efficacy by evaluation of tumor size. II. To evaluate v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1 (Akt)/mechanistic target of rapamycin (serine/threonine kinase) (mTOR) signaling and adaptive responses; testing phosphorylation levels of biomarkers such as, but not limited to, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)1 and 2, AKT and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) following treatment with MLN0128 (TAK-228) and ziv-aflibercept in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and biopsy samples during expansion cohort. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study. Patients receive sapanisertib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, and 23-25 and ziv-aflibercept intravenously (IV) over 60 minutes on days 1 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 for 4 weeks.

Interventions

DRUGSapanisertib

Given PO

BIOLOGICALZiv-Aflibercept

Given IV

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with advanced or metastatic cancer that is refractory to standard therapy or relapsed after standard therapy; patients must have histologically confirmed malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective * Patients enrolled in the expansion cohort must have biopsiable disease; there will be preferential enrollment of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors or ovarian cancer during the dose expansion cohort * Patients must be \>= 4 weeks beyond treatment of any chemotherapy, other investigational therapy, hormonal, biological, targeted agents or radiotherapy, and must have recovered to =\< grade 1 toxicity or previous baseline for each toxicity; exception: patients may have received palliative low dose radiotherapy to the limbs 1-4 weeks before this therapy provided pelvis, sternum, scapulae, vertebrae, or skull were not included in the radiotherapy field * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =\< 1 * Life expectancy of greater than 3 months * Leukocytes \>= 3,000/mcL * Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500/mcL * Platelets \>= 100,000/mcL * Hemoglobin \>= 9 g/dL * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) =\< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal * Creatinine =\< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance \>= 60 mL/min for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal * Fasting serum glucose =\< 130 mg/dL * Fasting triglycerides =\< 300 mg/dL * Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) \< 7.0% * Patients must have evaluable or measurable disease by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 * Women of child-bearing potential MUST have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days unless prior hysterectomy or menopause (defined as 12 consecutive months without menstrual activity); patients should not become pregnant or breastfeed while on this study; women of child-bearing potential must agree to use 1 highly effective method of contraception and 1 additional effective (barrier) method, at the same time, from the time of signing the informed consent through 90 days (or longer, as mandated by local labeling \[e.g.; United Surgical Partners International (USPI), Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC), etc;\]) after the last dose of study drug; or agree to practice true abstinence; 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; male patients, even if surgically sterilized (i.e., status post-vasectomy), who: * Agree to practice highly effective barrier contraception during the entire study treatment period and through 120 days after the last dose of study drug, or * Agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document * Ability to swallow oral medications

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered to =\< grade 1 adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier * Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents * Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events * History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to MLN0128 (TAK-228) or ziv-aflibercept * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including active infection * Pregnant women are excluded from this study because MLN0128 (TAK-228) and ziv-aflibercept 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 MLN0128 (TAK-228) and ziv-aflibercept, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with MLN0128 (TAK-228) and ziv-aflibercept; these potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study * Patients with known human immunodeficiency virus infection are not to be enrolled in the study * History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess within 28 days or manifestations of malabsorption due to prior gastrointestinal (GI) surgery or GI disease that may alter the absorption of MLN0128 (TAK-228) * New York Heart Association class III or greater congestive heart failure within last 6 months or uncontrolled hyperlipidemia (cholesterol \> 300 mg/dl; triglyceride 2.5 X upper limit of normal \[ULN\] despite lipid lowering agent) within last 3 months * Uncontrolled diabetes (fasting serum glucose \> 130 mg/dl) despite best medical management or poorly controlled diabetes mellitus defined as hemoglobin (Hb)A1c \> 7%; subjects with a history of transient glucose intolerance due to corticosteroid administration are allowed in this study if all other inclusion/

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)DLT was assessed during Cycle 1 (28-day cycle).DLTs were defined as adverse events per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0, related to study agents and fulfilling one of the following criteria: Hematologic * Grade 4 neutropenia for \> 7 days * Febrile neutropenia (defined as absolute neutrophil count \[ANC\] \< 1.0 x 109/L and fever ≥ 38.5° C) or grade ≥3 infection with ANC≤1.0 x 109/L. * Platelet count \< 25,000/mm for \> 7 days Non-hematologic * Any toxicity ≥grade 3 that persists for \> 7 days, except: 1. nausea/vomiting, diarrhea and electrolyte imbalances; 2. grade 3 lab abnormalities that are asymptomatic and responsive to supportive measures and that are without clinical consequence; and 3. grade 3 hyperglycemia or grade 3 diabetes that can be stably controlled. * Delay of treatment \> 7 days due to hematologic and \> 14 days due to non-hematologic toxicity MTD is the highest dose level at which no more than 1 of 6 evaluable patients had a DLT

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.1At baseline and every 8 weeks. Confirmatory scans done 8 (not less than 4) weeks following initial documentation of objective response. If a patient has been on the study for 12 months, the response was evaluated every 12 weeks, assessed up to 3 years.Tumor response by change in tumor size from baseline assessed by Objective response rate was defined as the percentage of patients who had complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST v1.1.
Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.1At baseline and every 8 weeks. Confirmatory scans done 8 (not less than 4) weeks following initial documentation of objective response. If a patient has been on the study for 12 months, the response was evaluated every 12 weeks, assessed up to 3 years.Tumor response by change in tumor size from baseline assessed by Disease control rate was defined as the percentage of patients who had CR or PR or stable disease (SD) according to RECIST v1.1.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

This is an open label, Phase I trial examining MLN0128 in Combination with Ziv-Aflibercept in patients with advanced cancers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Pre-assignment details

Of the 83 patients, only 55 patients received at least 1 dose of the study agents. The remaining 28 patients screen failed and did not receive any dose of the study drugs. Per the protocol, all 55 patients who received one or more doses of drug were included in the analysis and the results are reported here.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Dose Level 1
MLN0128 (mg PO): 3 QD Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 3
5
Dose Level 1b
MLN0128 (mg PO): 3 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 2
4
Dose Level 2
MLN0128 (mg PO): 3 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 3
3
Dose Level 3
MLN0128 (mg PO): 4 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 3
3
Dose Level 4
MLN0128 (mg PO): 4 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 4
4
Dose Level 5
MLN0128 (mg PO): 5 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 4
3
Dose Level 6
MLN0128 (mg PO): 6 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 4
7
Dose Level 5a
MLN0128 (mg PO): 5 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 3
4
Dose Level 4a
MLN0128 (mg PO): 4 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 2
3
Dose Level 2a
MLN0128 (mg PO): 4 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 3
9
Dose Level 2a Expansion
MLN0128 (mg PO): 4 (3 days on/4 days off) Ziv-Aflibercept (mg/kg IV Q2 weeks): 3
10
Total55

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003FG004FG005FG006FG007FG008FG009FG010
Overall StudyAdverse Event10001012021
Overall StudyDeath00000000001
Overall StudyInsurance Issues00000000010
Overall StudyLack of Efficacy23302331367
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up00010000001
Overall StudyNew treatment01000000000
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject20021031000

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTotalDose Level 1bDose Level 2Dose Level 3Dose Level 4Dose Level 5Dose Level 6Dose Level 1Dose Level 5aDose Level 4aDose Level 2aDose Level 2a Expansion
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
20 Participants1 Participants1 Participants2 Participants2 Participants1 Participants4 Participants1 Participants2 Participants2 Participants1 Participants3 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
35 Participants3 Participants2 Participants1 Participants2 Participants2 Participants3 Participants4 Participants2 Participants1 Participants8 Participants7 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
5 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants0 Participants2 Participants0 Participants2 Participants0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
43 Participants3 Participants3 Participants3 Participants3 Participants3 Participants5 Participants2 Participants2 Participants3 Participants7 Participants9 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
7 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants0 Participants1 Participants3 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
3 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
6 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants1 Participants0 Participants1 Participants0 Participants2 Participants0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
46 Participants4 Participants3 Participants3 Participants3 Participants2 Participants6 Participants5 Participants2 Participants3 Participants7 Participants8 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
55 participants4 participants3 participants3 participants4 participants3 participants7 participants5 participants4 participants3 participants9 participants10 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
40 Participants3 Participants3 Participants3 Participants2 Participants2 Participants2 Participants5 Participants3 Participants3 Participants7 Participants7 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
15 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants2 Participants1 Participants5 Participants0 Participants1 Participants0 Participants2 Participants3 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
EG004
affected / at risk
EG005
affected / at risk
EG006
affected / at risk
EG007
affected / at risk
EG008
affected / at risk
EG009
affected / at risk
EG010
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
5 / 54 / 43 / 33 / 34 / 43 / 37 / 74 / 43 / 37 / 98 / 10
other
Total, other adverse events
5 / 54 / 43 / 33 / 34 / 43 / 37 / 74 / 43 / 39 / 910 / 10
serious
Total, serious adverse events
4 / 52 / 41 / 30 / 33 / 42 / 34 / 73 / 42 / 34 / 92 / 10

Outcome results

Primary

Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)

DLTs were defined as adverse events per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0, related to study agents and fulfilling one of the following criteria: Hematologic * Grade 4 neutropenia for \> 7 days * Febrile neutropenia (defined as absolute neutrophil count \[ANC\] \< 1.0 x 109/L and fever ≥ 38.5° C) or grade ≥3 infection with ANC≤1.0 x 109/L. * Platelet count \< 25,000/mm for \> 7 days Non-hematologic * Any toxicity ≥grade 3 that persists for \> 7 days, except: 1. nausea/vomiting, diarrhea and electrolyte imbalances; 2. grade 3 lab abnormalities that are asymptomatic and responsive to supportive measures and that are without clinical consequence; and 3. grade 3 hyperglycemia or grade 3 diabetes that can be stably controlled. * Delay of treatment \> 7 days due to hematologic and \> 14 days due to non-hematologic toxicity MTD is the highest dose level at which no more than 1 of 6 evaluable patients had a DLT

Time frame: DLT was assessed during Cycle 1 (28-day cycle).

Population: Patients enrolled in the dose escalation phase must have received at least 75% of planned doses of both drugs to be evaluable for a DLT.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Dose Level 1Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Dose Level 1bDose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Dose Level 2Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Dose Level 3Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Dose Level 4Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Dose Level 5Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Dose Level 6Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)2 Participants
Dose Level 5aDose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)1 Participants
Dose Level 4aDose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Dose Level 2aDose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Dose Level 2a ExpansionDose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) and Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)0 Participants
Secondary

Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.1

Tumor response by change in tumor size from baseline assessed by Disease control rate was defined as the percentage of patients who had CR or PR or stable disease (SD) according to RECIST v1.1.

Time frame: At baseline and every 8 weeks. Confirmatory scans done 8 (not less than 4) weeks following initial documentation of objective response. If a patient has been on the study for 12 months, the response was evaluated every 12 weeks, assessed up to 3 years.

Population: Only those patients who had measurable disease present at baseline, had received at least one cycle of therapy, and have had their disease re-evaluated were considered evaluable for response

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Dose Level 1Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.12 Participants
Dose Level 1bTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.13 Participants
Dose Level 2Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.13 Participants
Dose Level 3Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.13 Participants
Dose Level 4Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.14 Participants
Dose Level 5Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.12 Participants
Dose Level 6Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.14 Participants
Dose Level 5aTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.12 Participants
Dose Level 4aTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.13 Participants
Dose Level 2aTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.17 Participants
Dose Level 2a ExpansionTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Disease Control Rate Per RECIST v1.16 Participants
Secondary

Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.1

Tumor response by change in tumor size from baseline assessed by Objective response rate was defined as the percentage of patients who had complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST v1.1.

Time frame: At baseline and every 8 weeks. Confirmatory scans done 8 (not less than 4) weeks following initial documentation of objective response. If a patient has been on the study for 12 months, the response was evaluated every 12 weeks, assessed up to 3 years.

Population: Only those patients who had measurable disease present at baseline, had received at least one cycle of therapy, and have had their disease re-evaluated were considered evaluable for response

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Dose Level 1Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 1bTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 2Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 3Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 4Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.11 Participants
Dose Level 5Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 6Tumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 5aTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 4aTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 2aTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.10 Participants
Dose Level 2a ExpansionTumor Response by Change in Tumor Size From Baseline: Objective Response Rate Per RECIST v1.11 Participants

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