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    Design and Analysis of Phase IClinical Trials in Cancer Therapy

    Alex A. AdjeiKatherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer

    MedicineRoswell Park Cancer InstituteBuffalo, NY

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    Definition

    First evaluation of a new cancer therapy inhumans

    First-in-human single agent study

    Combination of novel agents

    Combination novel agent and approved agent

    Combination of approved standard agents ?(pilot study ?)

    Combination of novel agent and radiationtherapy

    Eligible patients usually have refractorysolid tumors of any type

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    Conventional eligibility criteria- examples:

    Advanced solid tumors unresponsive to standardtherapies or for which there is no known effective

    treatment

    Performance status (e.g. ECOG 0 or 1)

    Adequate organ functions (e.g. ANC, platelets,

    Creatinine, AST/ALT, bilirubin)

    Specification about prior therapy allowed

    Specification about time interval between prior therapy

    and initiation of study treatment

    No serious uncontrolled medical disorder or active

    infection

    Phase I Patient Population

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    Agent-specific eligibility criteria - examples:

    Restriction to certain patient populationsmust havestrong scientific rationale

    Specific organ functions:

    For examplecardiac function restrictions (e.g. QTc < 450-470ms, LVEF > 45%, etc) if preclinical data or prior clinical data

    of similar agents suggest cardiac risks

    For exampleno recent (6-12 months) history of acute

    MI/unstable angina, cerebrovascular events, venous

    thromboembolism; no uncontrolled hypertension; no significant

    proteinuria, for antiangiogenic agents

    Prohibited medications if significant risk of interaction

    with study drug

    Phase I Patient Population

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    A New Agent Merits Clinical Study if

    It is biologically plausible that the agent may

    have activity in cancer (target seems valid and

    agent affects it)

    There is reason to expect benefit for patients(preclinical or other evidence of efficacy)

    There is reasonable expectation of safety

    (toxicology)

    Sufficient data on which to base starting dose

    Hirschfeld S, 2004

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    The 3 Basic Tenets Of Phase I Studies

    Define a recommended dose : SAFELY (minimum # of serious toxicities)

    EFFICIENTLY (smallest possible # of pts) RELIABLY (high statistical confidence)

    SAFETY TRUMPS EVERYTHINGELSE

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    At what dose do you start ?

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    Typically a rodent (mouse or rat) and non-rodent(dog or non-human primate) species

    Reality of animal organ specific toxicitiesvery few

    predict for human toxicity Myelosuppression and gastrointestinal toxicity

    more predictable

    Hepatic and renal toxicitieslarge false positive

    Toxicologic parameters

    LD10lethal dose in 10% of animals

    TDL (toxic dose low)lowest dose that causesany toxicity in animals

    Preclinical Toxicology

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    Phase I Trials : Starting Dose

    1/10th of the LD10 in rodents,or

    1/3rd of the minimal toxic dose in

    large animalsExpressed as mg/m2

    These have historically been safedoses

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    Equivalent Surface Area DosageConversion Factors

    MOUSE20g

    RAT150 g

    MONKEY3.0 kg

    DOG8 kg

    MAN60 kg

    Mouse 1 1/6 1/12Rat 2 1 1/7Monkey 4 2 1 3/5 1/3Dog 6 4 5/3 1 Man 12 7 3 2 1

    Freireich EJ, et al, Cancer Chemother Rep 50:219-244, 1966

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    What are the endpoints

    / objectives ?

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    Phase I Study Endpoints

    Dose, toxicity, pharmacology (efficacy ? )

    Classical goals

    Identify dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs)Identify the maximally tolerated dose

    (MTD)

    Assess pharmacokinetics (drug metabolismand clearance)

    Evaluate target modulation

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    Defining Toxicities :NCI Common Toxicity Criteria

    Grade 1 = mild

    Grade 2 = moderateGrade 3 = severe

    Grade 4 = life-threatening

    Grade 5 = fatal

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    Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLT)

    Toxicities that, due to their severity or duration,

    are considered unacceptable, and limit further

    dose escalation

    Defined in advance of beginning trial

    Classically based on cycle 1 toxicity

    Examples:

    ANC < 500 for 5 or 7 days

    ANC < 500 of any duration with fever

    PLT < 10,000 or 25,000

    Grade 3 or greater non-hematologic toxicity

    Inability to re-treat patient within 2 wks of scheduledtreatment

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    Definition of DLT is Dynamic

    Examples: DLTs in 2008 Diarrhea : grade 3 in spite of adequate antidiarrheal

    therapy (loperamide)

    Nausea and vomiting : grade 3 in spite of adequate

    anti-emetic prophylaxis and therapy (steroids, 5HT3antagonists)

    Hypertension : grade 3 in spite of adequate anti-hypertensive therapy

    Inability to take at least 90% of drug doses in a cycle(continuous oral meds)

    Grade 2 chronic unremitting toxicity

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    Maximally Tolerated Dose(MTD)

    Inconsistently defined as either: Dose at which 33% of pts experience

    unacceptable toxicity (DLT in 2 of 3 or 2 of 6)

    OR 1 dose level below that

    MTD = level @ DLT (in Europe or Japan)

    MTD = level below DLT (in US)

    6-10 pts treated at the recommended Phase IIdose (MTD or 1 dose level below)

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    Recap : Trans-AtlanticDifferences in Terminology

    Important to note that:

    Maximum tolerated dose (MTD):

    Usually means recommended dose in US

    Usually means dose level above recommendeddose in Europe and some other jurisdictions

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    How many patients percohort?

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    Patients per Cohort : Guiding

    Principles

    Minimum needed to provide adequate

    toxicity information

    Classically 3 patients per cohort In some designs 1 patient per cohort

    until toxicity seen

    If correlative studies are a major aim, may

    increase up to 6 patients per cohort

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    3 pts

    Dose

    3 pts

    3 pts

    3 pts

    3 pts

    3 ptsRecommended dose

    DLT

    3 pts+

    Eisenhauer et al.

    DLT

    Phase I Standard 3 + 3 Design

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    How quickly do youescalate?

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    Phase I Trial Design : Dose Escalation

    Escalation in decreasing steps (Hansen HH et al.

    Cancer Res. 1975)

    Attributed to a merchant from Pisa in the 13th century

    (Leonardo Bonacci, 1170-1240; aka Fibonacci)

    Outlined a number of problems including how many pairs

    of rabbits can be produced from a single pair underspecified conditions? (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89,

    144..) in a book, Liber abacus

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    Phase I Trials: Dose Escalation

    Cohort Dose % Escalation

    1 n first dose

    2 2 n 100%

    3 3.3 n 67%

    4 5 n 50%5 7 n 40%

    6 and higher 25-33%

    The Modified Fibonacci Schedule

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    Cohort Dose Escalation

    # of pts w/DLT Action

    0/3 Increase to next level

    1/3 Accrue 3 more pts at same dose level

    1/3 + 0/3 Increase to next dose level

    1/3 + 1/3 Stop: recommend previous dose level

    1/3 + 2/3 Stop: recommend previous dose level

    1/3 + 3/3 Stop: recommend previous dose level

    2/3 Stop: recommend previous dose level3/3 Stop: recommend previous dose level

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    Problems and Pitfalls

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    Phase I Study Assumptions

    The higher the dose,

    the greater the

    likelihood of efficacy

    Dose-related acute

    toxicity is regarded as

    a surrogate for

    efficacy The highest safe dose

    is the dose most likely

    to be efficacious

    A B

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    103 103

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    SURVIA

    LFRACTION

    c d

    DOSE DOSE

    y

    x

    z

    w

    Slope of line c = y/x = k

    Slope of line d = z/w = h

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    Dose-response: Efficacy and

    Toxicity

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    1.25

    2.00

    2.50

    3.00

    3.50

    4.25

    4.75

    5.50

    7.00

    Therapeutic

    Adverse

    M difi d Fib i D

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    Modified Fibonacci DoseEscalation

    Problems:

    Requires many patients

    Takes a long time

    May expose a substantial proportion of

    patients to low, ineffective doses

    Cl i Ph I T i l

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    Classic Phase I TrialsDesign Limitations

    Wide confidence intervals

    Patients treated at ineffective dosesin first cohorts

    High risk of severe toxicities at late

    cohorts

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    Classic Phase I Trials

    Design LimitationsChronic toxicities usually cannot

    be assessedCumulative toxicities usually

    cannot be identifiedUncommon toxicities will be

    missed

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    Phase I Studies and Infrequent

    Toxicities

    Probability of NOT observing a serioustoxicity occuring at a rate of:

    Number of patients 10% 20%

    1 0.90 0.80

    2 0.81 0.64

    3 0.73 0.51

    6 0.53 0.26

    10 0.35 0.11

    15 0.21 0.04

    Probability of overlooking a toxicity: POT(p) = (1-

    p)n; n = sample size,p = true toxicity rate

    Al D i

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    Alternate Designs

    Starting dose

    Number of patients per dose level

    Method/rapidity of dose escalation

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    Starting

    Dose

    (% of LD10)

    # of Dose

    Levels to

    Reach MTD

    # of Unsafe

    Trials*

    n = 21

    # of Unsafe

    Drugs*

    n = 14

    10% 7 (4-14) 0 0

    20% 5 (3-11) 5 2

    30% 3 (2-9) 11 6

    Selection of Starting Dose for Phase I Trials:

    Retrospective analysis of 21 trials using

    modified Fibonacci dose escalation

    *Unsafe defined as reaching MTD in 3 dose levels

    Eisenhauer et al JCO (18), 2000

    I t ti t d l ti

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    Intra-patient dose escalationTreat patients at dose level 1

    Dose level 2 is well tolerated and patients

    at dose level 1 have no toxicities

    Patients at level 1 are escalated to level 2

    WHY NOT DO THIS ALWAYS ?

    Makes evaluation of chronic toxicitiesdifficult

    The proverbial 1 responder at dose level 1

    Phase I Trial Design

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    First proposed by Simon et al (J Natl

    Cancer Inst 1997)

    Several variations exist:

    usual is doubling dose in single-patient cohorts

    till Grade 2 toxicity

    then revert to standard 3+3 design using a 40%

    dose escalation

    intrapatient dose escalation allowed in somevariations

    More rapid initial escalation

    Phase I Trial DesignAccelerated Titrated Design (Rule-based)

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    1 pt

    Dose

    1 pt

    1 pt

    3 pts

    3 pts 3 ptsRecommended dose

    DLT

    3 pts+ DLT

    Accelerated Titrated Design

    Accelerated Titrated Design : Phase

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    Accelerated Titrated Design : Phase

    I Study of Lonafarnib (SCH66336)

    Adjei AA et al, Cancer Research, 2000

    Phase I Trial Design

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    Bayesian method

    Pre-study probabilities based on preclinical orclinical data of similar agents

    At each dose level, add clinical data to betterestimate the probability of MTD being reached

    Fixed dose levels, so that increments ofescalation are still conservative

    Phase I Trial DesignModified Continual Assessment Method

    (MCRM Model-based)

    Modified Con

    tinual Assessment Method (MCRM

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    Example: Pre-set dose levels of 10, 20, 40, 80, 160,

    250, 400 If after each dose level, the statistical model

    predicts a MTD higher than the next pre-set doselevel, then dose escalation is allowed to the next

    pre-set dose level

    Advantages:

    Allows more dose levels to be evaluated with a smaller

    number of patientsMore patients treated at or closer to therapeutic dose

    Disadvantages:

    Does not save time, not easily implemented if without

    access to biostatistician support

    Modified Continual Assessment Method (MCRMModel-based)

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    EXAMPLE of Probability of DLTs (Bayesian design)

    Under-Dosing(This % should be minimal)

    Ideal Dosing(This bar should be the highest percentage)

    Over-Dosing(This bar should be below 25%)

    Excessive Over-Dosing(This bar should be 0%)

    7% 60% 30% 3%

    44% 52% 4% 0%

    Drug at 0.5mg

    7% 66% 27% 0%

    Drug at 0.75 mg

    0% 35% 64% 0%

    Drug at 1.0 mg

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    0/3

    Posterior summaries for probabilities of DLT (in %)

    ________________________________________________________________

    Dose 0-0.16 0.16-0.33 0.33-0.6 0.6-1 Median Overdose

    mg Under- Targeted Over- Excessive DLT rate Control/day dosing Toxicity dosing toxicity

    ________________________________________________________________

    2.5 95.7 3.3 0.5 0.4 0.0 ok

    5 91.1 5.5 3.1 0.4 0.2 ok

    10 82.9 9.1 6.7 1.3 1.9 no3

    17.5 62.5 17.7 12.5 7.2 8.8 no2,3

    25 40.0 21.2 19.3 19.5 22.3 no1-3

    35 15.6 19.7 20.4 44.3 53.7 no1-3

    45 9.9 12.5 19.9 57.7 73.0 no1-3

    60 5.6 10.9 12.0 71.5 86.5 no1-3

    75 3.2 7.7 12.7 76.4 92.8 no1-3

    100 2.4 3.3 13.3 80.9 96.6 no1-3

    __________________________________________________________________1 Escalation to this dose not possible, overdose control criterion

    (P(overdosing or excessive tox)>25%) violated

    2 Escalation to this dose not possible, overdose control criterion

    (P(excessive tox)>5%) violated3 Escalation to this dose not possible, increment >100%

    No first cycle DLTs

    Bayesian model supports dose escalation in cohort 2 (100% doseincrement)

    Prior and posterior probabilities of DLT (median and 95%-CI)

    dose

    ProbabilityofDLT

    0.0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1.0

    dose

    ProbabilityofDLT

    0.0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1.0

    2.5 5 10 17.5 25 35 45 60 75 100

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    1/4

    Posterior summaries for probabilities of DLT (in %)

    ________________________________________________________________

    Dose 0-0.16 0.16-0.33 0.33-0.6 0.6-1 Median Overdose

    mg Under- Targeted Over- Excessive DLT rate Control/day dosing Toxicity dosing toxicity

    ________________________________________________________________

    2.5 48.1 28.4 16.4 7.1 16.5 no2

    5 30.5 31.5 27.5 10.5 26.4 no1,2

    10 16.5 23.7 37.3 22.4 38.3 no1-3

    17.5 8.8 14.7 41.6 34.9 50.3 no1-3

    25 6.1 9.9 37.6 46.4 58.3 no1-3

    35 5.6 7.7 29.6 57.1 65.6 no1-3

    45 3.7 7.6 24.5 64.1 69.6 no1-3

    60 3.3 6.5 18.9 71.2 75.1 no1-3

    75 2.4 6.1 15.3 76.1 78.1 no1-3

    100 2.4 4.9 13.6 79.1 82.3 no1-3

    __________________________________________________________________1 Escalation to this dose not possible, overdose control criterion

    (P(overdosing or excessive tox)>25%) violated

    2 Escalation to this dose not possible, overdose controlcriterion

    (P(excessive tox)>5%) violated3 Escalation to this dose not possible, increment >100%

    First cycle DLT in first cohort

    Bayesian model does not support dose escalation in cohort 2

    Prior and posterior probabilities of DLT (median and 95%-CI)

    dose

    P

    robabilityofDLT

    0.0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1.0

    dose

    P

    robabilityofDLT

    0.0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1.0

    2.5 5 10 17.5 25 35 45 60 75 100

    Challenges to developing novel non-

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    General requirement for long-term administration:pharmacology and formulation critical

    Difficulty in determining the optimal dose in phase I:

    MTD versus OBD

    Absent or low-level tumor regression as single agents:problematic for making go no-go decisions

    Need for large randomized trials to definitively assessclinical benefit: need to maximize chance of success in

    phase III

    Challenges to developing novel non

    classical cytotoxic agents

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    Phase I Trial Design: Non-Cytotoxic Agents

    MTD may not be the goal of Phase I sincespecificity of effect may be lost at MTD

    Pharmacologic effect may not equal

    biologic effectGoal: identify optimal biologically effective

    dose (OBED)

    Paradox: requires early development andintegration of (usually unvalidated)

    measures of biologic effect into Phase I

    Do we need correlative studies ?

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    Conventional cytotoxic drugs have led to predictable

    effects on proliferating tissues (neutropenia,

    mucositis, diarrhea), thus enabling dose selection and

    confirming mechanisms of action

    Targeted biological agents may or may not have

    predictable effects on normal tissues and often enterthe clinic needing evidence/proof of mechanisms in

    patients

    Do we need correlative studies ?

    Do we need correlative studies ?

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    Therefore, biological correlative studies maybe used to derive the best dose and schedule

    of an agent,and

    To determine whether the drug is inducing the

    intended biological effect in the patient,and

    To predict clinical benefit, although this

    generally requires testing in large randomized

    studies.

    Do we need correlative studies ?

    Alternative Endpoints

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    Alternative Endpoints

    Minimum blood levels/AUC or other

    PK measure Inhibition of target

    In normal tissue

    In tumor tissue

    Need enough preclinical evidence tosuggest that the above are

    reasonable endpoints withsufficient clinical promise

    Must also pay attention to toxicity

    Phase I Trial Design : Non-Cytotoxic

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    Phase I Trial Design : Non Cytotoxic

    Agents - Examples

    Pre-clinically define target drug exposureMatrixMetalloproteinase Inhibitors

    Define pharmacodynamic endpointBortezomib

    (70% of 26S proteasome inhibition in PBMCs)

    Use functional imaging as endpointVatalanib

    (DCE-MRI)

    Use cumulative toxicitiesCI-1040 MEK Inhibitor,800mg TID intolerable after 3 cycles of therapy

    Problem : If drug works, youre a genius. If it

    doesnt, youre a goat

    V t l ib (PTK/ZK) VEGF R t

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    Adapted from Dvorak H. J Clin Oncol. 2002;20(21):4368-4380.

    VEGF-AVEGF-CVEGF-DVEGF-E

    VEGF-AVEGF-B

    VEGF-CVEGF-D

    VEGFR-1/Flt-1 VEGFR-2/KDR VEGFR-3/Flt-4

    PTK/ZK PTK/ZK PTK/ZK

    Extracellular

    Intracellular

    Vatalanib (PTK/ZK) : VEGF Receptor

    Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor

    PTK/ZK Induced Significant

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    Reduction in tumor blood flow through liver metastases

    secondary to colorectal cancer at day 2 is significantly

    correlated with improved early clinical outcome

    PTK/ZK Induced Significant

    Reduction in Tumor Blood Flow in

    Metastatic Colorectal Cancer by DCE-MRI

    Baseline Day 2

    Thomas AL, et al. Semin Oncol. 2003;30:32-38.Morgan B, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2003;21:3955-3964.

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    Morgan B, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2003;21:3955-3964.

    MeanbaselineMRIKi,%

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    Using DCE-MRI to Establish theOptimal Therapeutic Dose for Vatalanib

    The Conundrum of Optimal Biologic

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    The Conundrum of Optimal BiologicDose : Phase III PTK787/FOLFOX in CRC

    PTK787 1250 mg QD

    0

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    Time since randomization, months

    Progres

    sion-freesurviv

    al,% PTK/ZK + FOLFOX4

    Placebo + FOLFOX4

    Phase I Trials of Agent Combinations

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    Initial dose-finding component often needed if you

    are planning a new combination for a phase II trial Patients for dose-finding phase:

    Advanced solid tumors (all comers):

    Advantage:fast accrual

    Disadvantage:may not be representative of your patientpopulation of interest

    Specific patient population (e.g. same as phase IIcohort):

    Advantage:population of interest, and early glimpse atantitumor activity in disease of interest

    Disadvantage:slow down accrual especially if rare/uncommontumors

    Phase I Trials of Agent Combinations

    Phase I Trials of Agent Combinations

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    Dose escalation:

    New drug A + Standard combination BC

    Ideally keep standard combo doses and

    escalate the new drug (e.g. 1/3, 2/3, full dose)

    Need to provide rationale: why add A to BC?

    Need to think about overlapping toxicity in

    your definition of DLT

    Do you need PK assessment to determine if

    A, B and C interact with each other?

    Phase I Trials of Agent Combinations

    How are Phase I Studies

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    How are Phase I Studies

    Designed Now ?

    31 targeted agents: representative of most

    common targets

    Reports (papers or abstracts) of completed single

    agent phase I trials in non-hematologic

    malignancies

    57 phase I reports identified

    Parulekar and Eisenhauer JNCI July 2004

    Agents/Targets

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    Agents/TargetsTarget Agent #Trials

    Angiogenesis Endostatin

    ZD6474

    PTK787

    SU6668

    SU5416

    Bevacizumab

    SU11248

    3

    1

    1

    3

    3

    1

    1

    BCL-2 G3139 2

    PKC alpha ISIS 3521 2

    raf kinase BAY 43-

    9006 ISIS5132

    3

    3

    DNA MTase MG98 2

    MEK CI-1040 1

    mTOR CCI-779 1

    Target Agent #Trials

    EGFR/HER2

    ZD1839OSI-774

    C225

    MAB225

    EMD7200

    EKB569RG83852

    trastuzumab

    51

    1

    1

    1

    11

    1

    MMP BAY 12-9566

    Marimastat

    COL-3BMS-275291

    3

    2

    11

    Farnesyl

    trans-

    ferase

    BMS-214662

    R115777

    L778,123

    SCH66336

    2

    3

    2

    3

    Results: Reason for Halting

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    Results: Reason for Halting

    Dose EscalationReason No. Trials No. Agents

    Toxicity 36 20

    PK 7 5

    Other:Design (max. planned dose)

    Drug Supply

    Other phase I results

    Active dose

    3

    4

    2

    1

    3

    2

    2

    1Not stated 4 4

    TOTAL 57

    Basis for Recommending Phase II Dose

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    Basis for Recommending Phase II Dose

    Recommended phase II dose? No. Trials No. Agents

    Recommended 50 27

    Basis: Toxicity

    PK (blood levels)Other trial toxicity

    Clinical activity

    PBMC findings

    Tumor measuresConvenience

    35

    92

    1

    1

    11

    19

    72

    1

    1

    11

    Not stated 5 5

    Not recommended 2 1

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    Secondary Information to

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    ySupport Dose Recommendation

    No.

    TrialsPrimary

    Basis

    No. Trials Secondary Support From:

    Toxicity PK Tumor

    measures

    Surrogate

    measures

    Other

    Toxicity 35 - 12 2 7 8

    PK 9 - - 1 1 3Tumor

    measures

    1 - - - - -

    Surrogate

    measures

    1 - - - - -

    Other 4 2 1 1 -

    TOTAL 50 1 12 4 9 11

    Other includes: clinical effects, results other trials, convenience, etc.

    Laboratory and Imaging Studies

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    y g g

    Total

    No. Trials

    Primary

    Basis ofDose

    Supportive

    of dose

    No

    Help

    Tumor Tissue 5 1 4 -

    Surrogate

    Tissue:

    PMBC

    Skin

    Buccal

    11

    2

    2

    1

    -

    -

    5

    2

    2

    5

    -

    -

    Imaging 6 - 1 5

    15

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    Summary Review

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    Summary: ReviewPhase I Trials Targeted Agents

    Toxicity

    Most common reason to halt escalation and primary

    basis for dose recommendation (35/50 trials)

    PK (Blood levels) Second most common basis for dose

    recommendation (9/50 trials)

    Laboratory studies May provide information to support dose

    recommendation

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    Phase I Study - Ethics

    Phase I Study Ethics

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    Phase I Study - Ethics

    Patient benefit or antitumor activity is not aprimary goal of the study, but therapeutic intent

    is an important feature

    Desperate patients cannot make a truly informed

    decision

    Historically low probability of response in Phase I

    trials

    < 5% response rate Majority of responses occur within 80%-120% of the

    recommended phase II dose

    Response Rates and Toxic Deaths in Phase I OncologyTrials (Horstman et al NEJM 352; 2005)

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    Trial No. ofTrials

    # of PtsAssessed

    forResponse

    OverallResponse Rate*

    %

    No. ofPatients

    Assessed forToxic Events

    Deathsfrom Toxic

    Eventsno. %

    TotalFirst use of an agent inhumans

    117 3164 4.8 3498 9 (0.26)

    Cytotoxic chemotherapyFirst use of an agent inhumans

    43 1298 5.0 1422 7 (0.49)

    ImmunomodulatorFirst use of an agent inhumans

    16 404 7.4 431 1 (0.23)

    Receptor or signaltransductionFirst use of an agent inhumans

    27 742 3.8 853 1 (0.12)

    AntiangiogenesisFirst use of an agent inhumans

    8 200 7.0 228 0

    Gene transferFirst use of an agent inhumans

    0 0 0 0 0

    Vaccine

    First use of an agent inhumans

    23 520 3.1 564 0

    Trials (Horstman et al, NEJM 352; 2005)

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    Phase I Study - Ethics

    Investigators have an inherent conflict ofinterest

    Funding

    Academic promotion

    Publicity

    Phase I Study Ethics : Partial

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    ySolutions to the Dilemma

    Youre the patients physician 1st and a scientist 2nd

    Scientific goals should never take precedence overthe patients best interest

    Only pts for whom no life-prolonging or curativetherapy exists are eligible for Phase I trials

    Informed consent is obtained from every patient

    No new agent can hit the pharmacy shelveswithout going through Phase I clinical evaluation

    Phase I Clinical Trials - Summary

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    y

    Most drugs tend to follow the MTD/DLT

    paradigm Alternative designs continue to be explored.

    Most times they are more complex.

    Correlative studies are increasingly importantin the comprehensive evaluation of new agents

    Patient benefit/wellbeing trumps all the science

    Being a good phase I trialist is not as simple asyou may think