Testing the Addition of the Anti-cancer Drug, Tazemetostat, to the Usual Treatment (Dabrafenib and Trametinib) for Metastatic Melanoma That Has Progressed on the Usual Treatment

Study Purpose

This phase I/II trial investigates the best dose, possible benefits and/or side effects of tazemetostat in combination with dabrafenib and trametinib in treating patients with melanoma that has a specific mutation in the BRAF gene (BRAFV600) and that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Tazemetostat, dabrafenib, and trametinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving tazemetostat in combination with dabrafenib and trametinib may stabilize BRAFV600 mutated melanoma.

Recruitment Criteria

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Study Type

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Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
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More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Patient must have a diagnosis of BRAF^V600E/K-mutated metastatic melanoma.
  • - Patient must have had documented radiographic or clinical evidence of progressive disease while on combination BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy.
For Phase 2 only, no more than one intervening therapy since progression on BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy is allowed. Subjects who have evidence of progression while on, or within 4 weeks of completing, combination BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy in the adjuvant setting will be eligible.
  • - PHASE 2 ONLY: Patient must have EZH2 alteration (somatic mutation or copy number alteration).
Can be performed on either archival or fresh specimen. EZH2 alterations need to be documented by a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)/Clinical Laboratory Improvement Program (CLIP)-certified next generation sequencing platform (Foundation One, Tempus, Guardant360, etc.)
  • - PHASE 2 ONLY: Patient must have measurable disease.
  • - PHASE 2 ONLY: Patient must have at least one tumor lesion amenable to biopsy.
If possible, this lesion should be different from the lesion used for following tumor measurements but is not required.
  • - PHASE 2 ONLY: Patient must agree to planned pre-treatment and planned on-treatment biopsy.
A pre-treatment biopsy will be optional if patient has an archival tissue block or 5 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) slides available from specimen used to document presence of eligible EZH2 alteration that is deemed adequate for evaluation.
  • - Patient must be >=18 years.
  • - Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of tazemetostat in combination with dabrafenib and trametinib in patients < 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study.
  • - Patient must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 50%) - Patients with symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases are eligible if previously treated with surgery and/or radiation with no evidence of radiologic CNS recurrence or progression for 4 weeks and on a stable/tapering dose of steroid for at least one week prior to start of study drug.
Patients with new or progressive asymptomatic CNS metastases are eligible.
  • - Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL.
  • - Albumin >= 2.5 g/dL.
  • - Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL.
  • - Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL.
  • - Platelets >= 100,000/mcL.
  • - Serum bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) except subjects with known Gilbert's syndrome.
  • - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional ULN.
  • - Creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL OR calculated creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault formula) >= 50 mL/min.
  • - Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2.
  • - Patients with a prior (or concurrent, if enrolling in Phase 1) malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial.
  • - Patient must be able to swallow and retain oral medication and must not have any clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may alter absorption such as malabsorption syndrome or major resection of the stomach or bowels.
  • - Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) =< 1.3 x institutional ULN.
Prophylactic low dose warfarin may be given to maintain central catheter patency.
  • - The effects of tazemetostat, and the combination of tazemetostat, dabrafenib and trametinib on the developing human fetus are unknown.
Women of childbearing potential and all male patients must agree to the following:
  • - For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of < 1% per year during the treatment period, for 6 months after tazemetostat discontinuation, or for 6 months after discontinuation of the combination of tazemetostat, dabrafenib and trametinib.
Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
  • - A woman is considered to be of childbearing potential if she is postmenarcheal, has not reached a postmenopausal state (>= 12 continuous months of amenorrhea with no identified cause other than menopause), and has not undergone surgical sterilization (removal of ovaries and/or uterus) - Examples of contraceptive methods with a failure rate of < 1% per year include bilateral tubal ligation, male sterilization, established, proper use of hormonal contraceptives that inhibit ovulation, hormone-releasing intrauterine devices, and copper intrauterine devices.
  • - Due to the potential of enzyme induction with tazemetostat, female subjects who use hormonal contraceptives should use an additional barrier method of birth control while on study treatment and for 6 months after discontinuation of tazemetostat or the combination of tazemetostat, dabrafenib and trametinib.
  • - The reliability of sexual abstinence should be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical study and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient.
Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, or post ovulation methods) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception.
  • - Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test at screening.
  • - For men: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures and agreement to refrain from donating sperm, as defined below: - With female partners of childbearing potential or pregnant female partners, men must remain abstinent or use a condom during the treatment period and for at least 4 months after the last dose of study drug.
Men must refrain from donating sperm during this same period. In addition, female partners of male subjects should adhere to the following:
  • - Intrauterine device (IUD) (must provide medical documentation of IUD) - Hormonal contraceptive (partner must be on a stable dose of the same hormonal contraceptive product for at least 4 weeks before receiving study drug) AND a condom (hormonal contraceptives must be supplemented with condoms) - The reliability of sexual abstinence should be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical study and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient.
Periodic abstinence and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception.
  • - Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Participants with impaired decision-making capacity (IDMC) who have a legally-authorized representative (LAR) and/or family member available will also be eligible.
  • - Have progressed on, been intolerant to is, ineligible for, or has refused prior standard of care anti-PD-1 based immunotherapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Previous therapy with a demethylating agent (i.e. decitabine) or previous therapy with an EZH2 inhibitor.
  • - History of second malignancy not treated with curative intent.
  • - History of life-threatening toxicity, including hypersensitivity, related to BRAF or MEK inhibitor therapy, or known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to the study treatments, their excipients, and/or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) - Active infection requiring intravenous therapy.
  • - Presence of untreated or progressive symptomatic CNS melanoma metastases.
Diffuse leptomeningeal carcinomatosis or metastases causing spinal cord compression are exclusionary. Previously treated lesions should be stable for >= 4 weeks (must be documented by imaging). Subjects on a stable dose of corticosteroids for > 1 week can be enrolled. Subjects must also be off of enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants for > 4 weeks.
  • - Radiation therapy in the last 14 days.
Palliative radiation to a localized area without residual toxicity requires a washout of at least 7 days.
  • - Prior systemic anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, or vaccine therapy) within the 3 weeks preceding the first dose of study treatment.
For Phase 2 only, prior chemotherapy regimens are not permitted.
  • - Use of other investigational drugs within 28 days (or five half-lives, whichever is shorter; with a minimum of 14 days from the last dose) preceding the first dose of study treatment and during the study.
  • - Unresolved toxicity of National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 5.0 (NCI CTCAE v5.0) grade 2 or higher from previous anti-cancer therapy, except alopecia, at the time of randomization.
  • - Current use of a prohibited medication.
Patients must not be treated with any medications or substances that are strong or moderate inhibitors or inducers of of CYP3A or strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP2C8 within 14 days prior to the first treatment through the end of the study. Current use of, or intended ongoing treatment with: herbal remedies (e.g., St. John's wort), or strong inhibitors or inducers of P-glycoprotein (Pgp) or breast cancer resistance protein 1 (Bcrp1) should also be excluded.
  • - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with dabrafenib.
  • - A history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (with the exception of cleared HBV and HCV infection, which will be allowed) - History of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis.
  • - Clinically significant bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy, including known platelet function disorders.
Patients on anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin or low dose warfarin are allowed.
  • - History of myeloid malignancies, including myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) - Has abnormalities known to be associated with MDS (e.g. del 5q, chr 7 abn) and multiple primary neoplasms (MPN) (e.g. JAK2 V617F) observed in cytogenetic testing and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing.
  • - History of T-lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL)/T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) - Patients with history of RAS mutation-positive tumors are not eligible regardless of interval from the current study.
Note: Prospective RAS testing is not required. However, if the results of previous RAS testing are known, they must be used in assessing eligibility.
  • - History or evidence of cardiovascular risks including any of the following: - QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula (QT corrected by Fridericia [QTcF]) >= 450 msec.
  • - History of acute coronary syndromes (including myocardial infarction or unstable angina), coronary angioplasty, or stenting within the past 24 weeks prior to randomization.
  • - History or evidence of current class II, III, or IV heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification system.
  • - Intra-cardiac defibrillators.
  • - Abnormal cardiac valve morphology (>= grade 2) documented by echocardiogram (ECHO); (subjects with grade 1 abnormalities [i.e., mild regurgitation/stenosis] can be entered on study).
Subjects with moderate valvular thickening should not be entered on study.
  • - History or evidence of current clinically significant uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias; clarification: Subjects with atrial fibrillation controlled for > 30 days prior to dosing are eligible.
  • - Treatment refractory hypertension defined as a blood pressure of systolic > 140 mmHg and/or diastolic > 90 mm Hg which cannot be controlled by anti-hypertensive therapy.
  • - Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < institutional lower limit of normal (LLN) by ECHO or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) - Known cardiac metastases.
  • - Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness.
  • - Patients with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • - Pregnant women are excluded from this study because of 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 tazemetostat / dabrafenib / trametinib, breastfeeding should be discontinued prior to treatment.
  • - Patients with uncontrolled diabetes.
- Patients with a history of retinal vein occlusion (RVO), retinal pigment epithelial detachment (RPED) or other ophthalmologic toxicity

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT04557956
Phase

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Phase 1/Phase 2
Lead Sponsor

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Principal Investigator

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Tanner M Johanns
Principal Investigator Affiliation Yale University Cancer Center LAO
Agency Class

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NIH
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries United States
Conditions

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Clinical Stage IV Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8, Metastatic Melanoma
Additional Details

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  • I. To identify a maximum tolerated dose for the EZH2 inhibitor, tazemetostat hydrobromide (tazemetostat), when used in combination with dual BRAF inhibitor (dabrafenib mesylate [dabrafenib]) and MEK inhibitor (trametinib dimethyl sulfoxide [trametinib]) therapy in BRAF/MEK inhibitor-resistant, BRAF^V600-mutated metastatic melanoma.
(Phase 1)
  • II. To determine if the addition of the EZH2 inhibitor, tazemetostat, to BRAF and MEK inhibitor therapy improves progression-free survival over single-agent EZH2 inhibitor therapy in patients with BRAF/MEK inhibitor-resistant, BRAF^V600-mutated melanomas harboring an EZH2 alteration.
(Phase 2) SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
  • I. To observe and record anti-tumor activity.
(Phase 1)
  • II. To determine the overall response rate of single-agent EZH2 inhibitor therapy (tazemetostat) and triplet EZH2 inhibitor (tazemetostat), BRAF inhibitor (dabrafenib) and MEK inhibitor (trametinib) therapy in patients with BRAF/MEK inhibitor-resistant BRAF^V600-mutated melanomas harboring an EZH2 alteration.
(Phase 2) EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:
  • I. To explore alterations in the gene expression profile (ribonucleic acid [RNA]-sequencing), H3K27 methylome (immunohistochemistry [IHC], chromatin immunoprecipitation [ChIP]-Sequencing), and open chromatin landscape (assay for transposase accessible chromatin [ATAC]-sequencing) with EZH2 inhibition in fresh clinical or patient derived xenograft (PDX)-derived tumor samples, which may reveal underlying transcriptional/epigenetic pathways mediating response to treatment.
OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation trial of tazemetostat followed by a phase II trial. Patients in the phase I trial receive treatment as in Arm
  • II. Patients in the phase II trial are randomized to Arm I or Arm II.
ARM I: Patients receive tazemetostat orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo tumor biopsy, computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) throughout the study. At the time of progression, patients may crossover to Arm II after completion of radiation therapy. ARM II: Patients receive tazemetostat PO BID, dabrafenib PO BID, and trametinib PO once daily (QD) on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo tumor biopsy, CT scan, MRI, multigated acquistion scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO) throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days, and then annually thereafter.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Active Comparator: Arm I (tazemetostat) phase II

Patients receive tazemetostat PO BID on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo tumor biopsy, CT scan and MRI throughout the study. At the time of progression, patients may crossover to Arm II after completion of radiation therapy.

Experimental: Arm II (tazemetostat, dabrafenib, trametinib) phase I/phase II

Patients receive tazemetostat orally PO BID, dabrafenib PO BID, and trametinib PO QD on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo tumor biopsy, CT scan, MRI, MUGA or ECHO throughout the study.

Interventions

Procedure: - Biopsy

Undergo tumor biopsy

Procedure: - Computed Tomography

Undergo CT scan

Drug: - Dabrafenib Mesylate

Given PO

Procedure: - Echocardiogram Recording

Undergo ECHO

Procedure: - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Undergo MRI

Procedure: - Multigated Acquisition Scan

Undergo MUGA

Drug: - Tazemetostat Hydrobromide

Given PO

Drug: - Trametinib Dimethyl Sulfoxide

Given PO

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Aventura, Florida

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Recruiting

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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Aventura

Aventura, Florida, 33180

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954-461-2180

Coral Gables, Florida

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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Coral Gables

Coral Gables, Florida, 33146

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Deerfield Beach, Florida

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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Deerfield Beach

Deerfield Beach, Florida, 33442

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Miami, Florida

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University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center

Miami, Florida, 33136

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Plantation, Florida

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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Plantation

Plantation, Florida, 33324

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305-243-2647

Atlanta, Georgia

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Recruiting

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Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

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404-778-1868

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

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Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, 60611

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312-695-1301

Creve Coeur, Missouri

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Siteman Cancer Center at West County Hospital

Creve Coeur, Missouri, 63141

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800-600-3606

Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri

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Washington University School of Medicine

Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110

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Siteman Cancer Center-South County, Saint Louis, Missouri

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Siteman Cancer Center-South County

Saint Louis, Missouri, 63129

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Saint Louis, Missouri

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Siteman Cancer Center at Christian Hospital

Saint Louis, Missouri, 63136

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Saint Peters, Missouri

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Siteman Cancer Center at Saint Peters Hospital

Saint Peters, Missouri, 63376

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Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Suspended

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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Recruiting

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University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232

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412-647-8073

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Recruiting

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Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112

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888-424-2100

Madison, Wisconsin

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Recruiting

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University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center

Madison, Wisconsin, 53792

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clinicaltrials@cancer.wisc.edu

800-622-8922

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