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An Explorative Study of Afatinib in the Treatment of Advanced Cancer Carrying an EGFR, a HER2 or a HER3 Mutation

An Open Explorative Phase II, Open Label Study of Afatinib in the Treatment of Advanced Cancer Carrying an EGFR, a HER2 or a HER3 Mutation

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03810872
Enrollment
87
Registered
2019-01-22
Start date
2017-06-21
Completion date
2022-12-31
Last updated
2019-01-22

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

Conditions

Cancers Harbouring an EGFR Mutation, (Excluding Non-squamous Non- Small Cell Lung Cancer, a Registered Indication), a HER2 Mutation or a HER3 Mutation

Brief summary

Objective(s):To investigate the efficacy and safety of afatinib in EGFR, HER 2 and HER3 mutated cancers, regardless of cancer type, excluding EGFR mutated non-small cell lung cancer. Methodology:Open label, genomic driven trial (basket trial) No. of patients total entered:Optimal Simon two stage design for the three genetic driven cohorts: 10 patients will be enrolled per cancer type in the first stage and an additional 19 in the second stage (maximum total 87 patients) Indication : cancers harbouring an EGFR mutation(excluding non-squamous non- small cell lung cancer, a registered indication), a HER2 mutation or a HER3 mutation Test product(s) : Afatinib At progression paclitaxel will be added for those patients that have no contra-indications dose: Starting dose of afatinib at 40 mg/day. Dose increase to 50 mg in the absence of adverse events. Stepwise dose reduction to 30,20, 10 mg/day according to drug-related adverse events. At progression, addition of paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 weekly 3w/4 to afatinib 40 mg/day . mode of admin. : Oral for afatinib Intravenous for paclitaxel Duration of treatment: Continuous treatment until progression or unacceptable adverse events or withdrawal of consent. At disease progression, add paclitaxel until progression or unacceptable adverse event or withdrawal of consent if no contra-indications. Criteria for efficacy: Primary Endpoint: • Response rate (CR+ PR) via RECIST v1.1 Secondary Endpoints: * Disease control rate (CR+PR+SD) * Progression free survival * Overall survival * To correlate tumor response with findings on tumor biopsies * To investigate resistance mechanisms * response rate (CR+ PR) determined by RECIST and progression free survival on the combination therapy of afatinib and paclitaxel Criteria for safety: Incidence and intensity of adverse events according CTCAE v4.0

Interventions

DRUGAfatinib

Open label

DRUGPaclitaxel

Paclitaxel

Sponsors

AZ-VUB
Lead SponsorOTHER

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

* Women and men with locally advanced or metastatic cancers harboring either an activating EGFR mutation or a HER2 mutation or a HER3 mutation * Failure of at least one line of standard systemic therapy * No eligibility for other open genomic driven phase I, II or III trial available for these tumor genotypes * ECOG performance status ≤2 * Patient with a life expectancy \>3 months * Patients able to provide written informed consent prior to enrollment into the clinical trial. * Adequate organ function

Exclusion criteria

* Non squamous non-small cell lung cancer harbouring an EGFR mutation (registered indication) * Chemotherapy, biological therapy or investigational agents within four weeks prior to the start of study treatment * Known hypersensitivity to afatinib or the excipients of any of the trial drugs * Prior treatment with afatinib

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Response rate6 weeks
Incidence and intensity of adverse events4 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Disease control rate6 weeks
Progression free survival6 weeks
Overall survival6 weeks

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Primary ContactLore Decoster, Dr
lore.decoster@uzbrussel.be+32 2 477 64 15
Backup ContactNadia Cappoen
nadia.cappoen@uzbrussel.be+32 2 477 54 81

Outcome results

None listed

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