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A Study Called EPI VITRAKVI to Compare Treatment Results in Patients With Infantile Fibrosarcoma (IFS), a Type of Connective Soft Tissue Cancer, Who Received a Treatment Called Larotrectinib From a Study Called SCOUT With Patient Data From an External Database

A Comparison of Clinical Outcomes in Infantile Fibrosarcoma (IFS) Patients Treated With Larotrectinib in the Phase I/II SCOUT Study Versus (an) External Historical Cohort(s)

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05236257
Acronym
EPI VITRAKVI
Enrollment
93
Registered
2022-02-11
Start date
2022-03-10
Completion date
2022-09-13
Last updated
2024-12-10

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

Conditions

Infantile Fibrosarcoma, Locally Advanced or Metastatic Infantile Fibrosarcoma Harboring an NTRK Gene Fusion

Keywords

Advanced solid tumors, Infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS), Neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK), Fusion Positive, Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase (TRK) fusion, Larotrectinib, External control

Brief summary

This is an observational study in which data from the past of children and young people with a specific cancer, called NTRK gene fusion positive infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) is studied. IFS is a rare type of childhood cancer that commonly affects legs and arms. IFS cancers typically have specific changes in their building plans (genes) called NTRK gene fusion. NTRK stands for the specific gene that has been altered, the neurotrophic tyrosine kinase (NTRK) gene. This change to the building plan leads to the creation of an altered protein known as a TRK fusion protein, which can cause cancer cells to grow and to survive. The specific cancer is therefore also called TRK (tropomyosin receptor kinase) fusion-positive IFS. The study drug, larotrectinib (also called BAY2757556) works by blocking the altered TRK fusion protein. Larotrectinib is already available in Europe and in many other countries and is approved for doctors to prescribe to patients with NTRK gene fusion cancer which has spread to nearby tissues and/or lymph nodes or to other parts of the body. In France, HAS (the French authority in charge of evaluating health products and technologies) gave a positive opinion for the reimbursement of larotrectinib but only in the pediatric patients with IFS or another STS harboring a NTRK gene fusion, which is locally advanced or metastatic, and refractory or in relapse mainly due to the lack of comparative evidence. The main purpose of this study is to collect more data to learn how well larotrectinib works compared with current standard of care chemotherapy in people up to 21 years of age with NTRK gene fusion positive IFS that has spread to nearby tissues and/or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or other parts of the body (metastatic). To see how well larotrectinib works, researchers will make a comparison between * how long larotrectinib works well and * how long the standard of care works well. Working well means that the treatments can prevent the following from happening: * need for a new treatment for the cancer * need for radiation therapy for the cancer * need for surgery to treat the cancer, but which causes major damage to body parts * death. In addition to the above, data about medical problems related to the treatments in both groups and that may have required to stop the treatment will be compared. The data for the comparison will come from * an ongoing international study called SCOUT which was started in December 2015 (larotrectinib group) * international databases (standard of care chemotherapy group). Data will be from the year 2000 up to the present. There will be no required visits with a study doctor or required tests in this study.

Interventions

Pediatric patients with IFS harboring an NTRK gene fusion.

DRUGStandard of Care

Standard of care for the patients from the eligible external cohorts.

Sponsors

Bayer
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 21 Years

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≤ 21 years old. * Locally advanced or metastatic Infantile Fibrosarcoma (IFS). * Identification of an NTRK gene fusion by a molecular biology assay. * Patients with available information on clinical, radiological characteristics of their tumor, therapies administered and outcomes. * Patients receiving larotrectinib in the SCOUT trial. * Patients receiving at least chemotherapy drugs in the historical control cohort(s). * No opposition from the patients and/or representatives for data use.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients treated with TRK inhibitors in the historical control cohort(s). * Patients with documented absence of NTRK gene fusion. * Patients participating in an investigational program with interventions outside of routine clinical practice.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time to Medical Treatment Failureup to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical controlTime to medical treatment failure was defined as the time (months) from the start of treatment to the date of the earliest event from: subsequent systemic treatment, radiation therapy, mutilating surgery or death due to any cause.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time to Mutilating Surgery Including Limb Amputationup to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical controlTime to mutilating surgery including limb amputation was defined as the time from start date of Larotrectinib (for SCOUT) or start date of chemotherapy (for historical control cohorts) till the start date of a mutilating surgery (including limb amputation)
Time to First Radiation Therapyup to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical controlTime to radiation therapy was defined as the time from start date of Larotrectinib (for SCOUT) or start date of chemotherapy(for historical control cohorts) till the start date of a radiation therapy, if any
Time to Subsequent Systemic Treatmentup to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical controlTime to subsequent systemic treatment was defined as the time from start date of Larotrectinib (for SCOUT) or start date of chemotherapy (for historical control cohorts) till the start date of a post-treatment systemic anti-cancer therapy, if any
Overall Survivalup to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical controlNumber of participants with death due to any cause, alive, or lost to follow-up.
Number of Participants With Treatment Discontinuation Due to Treatment Emergent Adverse Eventsup to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical controlLarotrectinib treatment for the SCOUT study and chemotherapy (first line) for the external historical control cohort(s).
Time to Complete Surgical Resectionup to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical controlTime to complete surgical resection (excluding amputation) was defined as the time from start date of Larotrectinib (for SCOUT) or start date of chemotherapy (for historical control cohorts) till the start date of a complete surgical resection (excluding amputation), if any

Countries

France

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Study was conducted between 10-Mar-2022 (start retrospective observational study) and 13-Sep-2022 (table listing filles final) using secondary data. Three data sources were used in the study including SCOUT study (18 countries worldwide including France) and external historical control cohorts from the Institut Curie database and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe (CWS) database.

Pre-assignment details

In total, 93 patients were included in this study (IFS population). The larotrectinib arm of the study included 51 patients from the SCOUT study. The single comparator arm of patients that received conventional chemotherapy included in total 42 external control patients, pooled from the Institut Curie database (N=18) and the CWS database (N=24).

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Larotrectinib
Pediatric patients (up to 21 years old) with Infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) harboring an NTRK gene fusion who have been enrolled in the SCOUT study (Bayer Study ID: 20290; NCT02637687) and treated with larotrectinib.
51
External Controls
External historical control patients treated with at least one chemotherapy-based regimen, pooled from the Institut Curie (CURIE) database (N=18) and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe (CWS) database (N=24).
42
Total93

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyDiscontinued study treatment2241
Overall StudyOngoing with study treatment291

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicExternal ControlsTotalLarotrectinib
Age, Continuous0.73 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.81
1.43 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.91
2.01 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.49
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
42 Participants93 Participants51 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
15 Participants36 Participants21 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
27 Participants57 Participants30 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
1 / 513 / 42
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 510 / 42
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1 / 513 / 42

Outcome results

Primary

Time to Medical Treatment Failure

Time to medical treatment failure was defined as the time (months) from the start of treatment to the date of the earliest event from: subsequent systemic treatment, radiation therapy, mutilating surgery or death due to any cause.

Time frame: up to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical control

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEDIAN)
LarotrectinibTime to Medical Treatment FailureUnweighted sampleNA months
LarotrectinibTime to Medical Treatment FailureWeighted sampleNA months
External ControlsTime to Medical Treatment FailureUnweighted sampleNA months
External ControlsTime to Medical Treatment FailureWeighted sample24.0 months
p-value: 0.005895% CI: [0.07, 0.63]Cox Proportional Hazards model
p-value: 0.0023Log Rank
Secondary

Number of Participants With Treatment Discontinuation Due to Treatment Emergent Adverse Events

Larotrectinib treatment for the SCOUT study and chemotherapy (first line) for the external historical control cohort(s).

Time frame: up to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical control

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
LarotrectinibNumber of Participants With Treatment Discontinuation Due to Treatment Emergent Adverse Events0 Participants
External ControlsNumber of Participants With Treatment Discontinuation Due to Treatment Emergent Adverse Events1 Participants
Secondary

Overall Survival

Number of participants with death due to any cause, alive, or lost to follow-up.

Time frame: up to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical control

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
LarotrectinibOverall SurvivalDead1 Participants
LarotrectinibOverall SurvivalAlive50 Participants
External ControlsOverall SurvivalDead3 Participants
External ControlsOverall SurvivalAlive39 Participants
p-value: 0.3295% CI: [0.03, 3.06]Cox Proportional Hazards model
p-value: 0.294Log Rank
Secondary

Time to Complete Surgical Resection

Time to complete surgical resection (excluding amputation) was defined as the time from start date of Larotrectinib (for SCOUT) or start date of chemotherapy (for historical control cohorts) till the start date of a complete surgical resection (excluding amputation), if any

Time frame: up to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical control

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEDIAN)
LarotrectinibTime to Complete Surgical ResectionUnweighted SampleNA months
LarotrectinibTime to Complete Surgical ResectionWeighted SampleNA months
External ControlsTime to Complete Surgical ResectionUnweighted SampleNA months
External ControlsTime to Complete Surgical ResectionWeighted Sample6.1 months
p-value: 0.571395% CI: [0.36, 1.77]Cox Proportional Hazards model
p-value: 0.5695Log Rank
Secondary

Time to First Radiation Therapy

Time to radiation therapy was defined as the time from start date of Larotrectinib (for SCOUT) or start date of chemotherapy(for historical control cohorts) till the start date of a radiation therapy, if any

Time frame: up to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical control

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEDIAN)
LarotrectinibTime to First Radiation TherapyUnweighted SampleNA months
LarotrectinibTime to First Radiation TherapyWeighted SampleNA months
External ControlsTime to First Radiation TherapyUnweighted SampleNA months
External ControlsTime to First Radiation TherapyWeighted SampleNA months
Secondary

Time to Mutilating Surgery Including Limb Amputation

Time to mutilating surgery including limb amputation was defined as the time from start date of Larotrectinib (for SCOUT) or start date of chemotherapy (for historical control cohorts) till the start date of a mutilating surgery (including limb amputation)

Time frame: up to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical control

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEDIAN)
LarotrectinibTime to Mutilating Surgery Including Limb AmputationUnweighted SampleNA months
LarotrectinibTime to Mutilating Surgery Including Limb AmputationWeighted SampleNA months
External ControlsTime to Mutilating Surgery Including Limb AmputationUnweighted SampleNA months
External ControlsTime to Mutilating Surgery Including Limb AmputationWeighted SampleNA months
p-value: 0.69695% CI: [0.05, 1.12]Cox Proportional Hazards model
p-value: 0.0476Log Rank
Secondary

Time to Subsequent Systemic Treatment

Time to subsequent systemic treatment was defined as the time from start date of Larotrectinib (for SCOUT) or start date of chemotherapy (for historical control cohorts) till the start date of a post-treatment systemic anti-cancer therapy, if any

Time frame: up to 5.5 years for participants in SCOUT study and 22.5 years for participants in external historical control

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEDIAN)
LarotrectinibTime to Subsequent Systemic TreatmentUnweighted SampleNA months
LarotrectinibTime to Subsequent Systemic Treatmentweighted SampleNA months
External ControlsTime to Subsequent Systemic TreatmentUnweighted SampleNA months
External ControlsTime to Subsequent Systemic Treatmentweighted Sample24.0 months
p-value: 0.070395% CI: [0.05, 1.13]Cox Proportional Hazards model
p-value: 0.0486Log Rank

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026