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Status unknownNCT01527877Updated Oct 8, 2012

Study of BKM120 in Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

A Phase 2 interventional study of BKM120 in Head Neck Cancer Squamous Cell Metastatic and Head Neck Cancer Squamous Cell Recurrent, sponsored by Yonsei University. Status unknown at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-10-08.

Sponsored by Yonsei University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2012), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
53
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
20 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is to evaluate disease control rate (DCR) at 8 weeks of BKM120 administered as therapy for patient with recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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One promising approach to the treatment of cancer is inhibition or modulating the crucial signal transduction pathway of PI3K-Akt-mTOR. Several PI3K inhibitors are being tested in the clinical trials for cancer treatment but not for the head and neck cancer yet. BKM120 is a specific Pan-class I PI3K inhibitor. We suggest multicenter single arm phase II study to determine anti-tumor effects of BKM120 in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic SCCHN who failed to prior platinum-based chemotherapy regimens.

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Conditions studied

  • Head Neck Cancer Squamous Cell Metastatic
  • Head Neck Cancer Squamous Cell Recurrent

Keywords

  • BKM120
  • head and neck cancer
  • squamous cell carcinoma
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In context

Carcinoma

6,741 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 1,161 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 53 is above the median of 45 across 5,170 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Yonsei University is the lead sponsor of 1,387 studies on the registry; 232 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed recurrent or metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN), except nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • Disease not amenable to curative treatment (surgery or radiation for curative intent)
  • 20 years of age or older
  • Progressive disease defined as follows

    • after one or two prior chemotherapy regimens including platinum-based chemotherapy given for palliation
    • within 6 months after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (including induction chemotherapy) delivered as part of primary treatment.
  • Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
  • At least one measurable lesion according to the RECIST 1.1 criteria.
  • ECOG performance score of 0 \~ 2
  • Adequate organ function

    • Absolutely Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L, Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L, Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
    • Serum Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN
    • Adequate liver function (total bilirubin ≤ 2.0 x ULN, AST and ALT ≤ 2.0 x ULN or \< 5.0 x ULN if liver metastases are present)
  • Availability of tissue samples (archival tissue or rebiopsied tissues) for molecular analysis (representative paraffin block or unstained sections from tumor diagnostic specimen are mandatory)
  • Patients who have will and ability to comply with the scheduled visits, the treatment plan, laboratory tests and any other trial procedures
  • Patient's informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • More than two prior lines of chemotherapy in the palliative setting.
  • Uncontrolled, untreated brain metastasis Patients with controlled and asymptomatic CNS metastases may participate in this trial. The patient must have completed any prior treatment for CNS metastases ≥ 28 days (must include radiotherapy and/or surgery) and, if on corticosteroid therapy, should be receiving a stable low dose (e.g. dexamethasone 4 mg or equivalent dose of another corticosteroid for at least 14 days before start of study treatment)
  • Surgery, chemotherapy or irradiation within 4 weeks of study entry
  • Prior treatment with any investigational drug within the preceding 4 weeks
  • Concomitant chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or immunotherapy
  • Previous or concomitant malignant disease, except adequately treated basal cell cancer of the skin or cervical cancer in situ, superficial bladder tumors (Ta, Tis \& T1) or any cancer curatively treated > 5 years prior study entry
  • Patient who cannot take the oral drug
  • Patient is pregnant or nursing (lactating) women, where pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive hCG laboratory test (> 5 mIU/mL).
  • Clinically significant psychological disorders including mood and anxiety disorders judged by psychiatry physician
  • Patient who have not recovered to grade 1 or better from any adverse events (except alopecia) related to previous antineoplastic therapy before screening procedures are initiated
  • Severe acute or chronic medical condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with trial participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of trial results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this trial.

    • Patient has poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (HbA1c> 8 %)
    • Patient has history of cardiac dysfunction including history of documented congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association functional classification III-IV) and documented cardiomyopathy
    • Patient is currently receiving treatment with medication that has a known risk to prolong the QT interval or inducing Torsades de Pointes. * Active infection, inflammatory bowel disease
    • Inadequate liver function (total bilirubin ≥ 2.0 x ULN, AST and ALT ≥ 2.0 x ULN or ≥ 5.0 x ULN if liver metastases are present)
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
53 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    BKM120

    Drug: BKM120

Interventions

  • DrugBKM120

    Patients will be instructed to take BKM120 orally at a dose of 100 mg with a glass of water once daily, in a fasting state or with a light fat-free meal, and as close as possible to the same time each day. The patient will be dosed on a flat scale of mg/day and not be adjusted to body weight or body surface area. If vomiting occurs no attempt should be made to replace the dose. • BKM120 should be taken 1-hour following a light meal. Please note that patients must avoid consumption of Seville orange (and juice), grapefruit or grapefruit juice, grapefruit hybrids, pummelos and exotic citrus fruits from 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug and during the entire study treatment period due to potential CYP3A4 interaction. Regular orange juice is allowed.

    Also known as: NVP-BKM120, BKM-120

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Disease control rate at 8 weeks

    The disease control rate (DCR) is defined as the proportion of randomized patients achieving a best overall response of PR or CR or SD, defined by RECIST criteria (version 1.1), relative to the total number of patients in the considered analysis population (ITT).

    Time frame: Eight weeks after administration of the drug

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall response rate (ORR)

    Overall objective response rate (ORR) is the best response rate stipulated as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) (target lesion and tumor response defined according to RECIST guideline version 1.1) and identified as percentage of the confirmed patients.

    Time frame: Every 8 weeks from date of first treatment until date of last treatment up to 24 months

  2. Toxicity profile

    From C1D1 to 1 months after the last dose adminitration Overall safety profile verified as relevance of adverse events and laboratory abnormality in the study and grades granted based on (USA National Cancer Center) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events such as the type, frequency and severity (CTCAE), v4.0.

    Time frame: Every 4 weeks from date of first treatment until date of last treatment up to 24 months

  3. Overall survival

    From C1D1 to death

    Time frame: Every 8 weeks from date of first treatment until the date of death from any cause, assessed approximately up to 24 months

  4. Progression-free survival

    From C1D1 until confirmed disease progression or death

    Time frame: Every 8 weeks from date of first treatment until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed approximately up to 24 months

  5. Quality of life assessment

    Quality of life assessment will be performed using FACT-HN\& questionnaire FACT-H\&N questionnaire includes physical well-being (PWB), social/family well-being (SWB), emotional well-being (EWB), functional well-being (FWB), and head \& neck cancer subscale (HNCS). Patients will be evaluation on baseline, day 1 of every cycle (4 weeks), and end of treatment.

    Time frame: Every 4 weeks from date of first treatment until the date of death from any cause, assessed approximately up to 24 months

  6. Time to progression (TTP)

    From C1D1 until confirmed disease progression.

    Time frame: Every 8 weeks from date of first treatment until the date of first documented progression, assessed approximately up to 24 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Severance Hospital
    Seoul, Korea, Republic of
    • Byoung Chul Cho, MD · Contact · cbc1971@yuhs.ac · 82-2-2228-8126
    • Byoung Chul Cho, M.D., Ph.D. · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Kim HR, Kang HN, Yun MR, Ju KY, Choi JW, Jung DM, Pyo KH, Hong MH, Ahn MJ, Sun JM, Kim HS, Kim J, Yoo J, Kim KR, Koh YW, Kim SH, Choi EC, Yoon SO, Shim HS, Paik S, Kim TM, Cho BC. Mouse-human co-clinical trials demonstrate superior anti-tumour effects of buparlisib (BKM120) and cetuximab combination in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck. Br J Cancer. 2020 Dec;123(12):1720-1729. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01074-2. Epub 2020 Sep 23. PubMed 32963347 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 8, 2012, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01527877
Lead sponsor
Yonsei University
Responsible party
Byoung Chul Cho (Assistant professor, Yonsei University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 7, 2012
Start date
Sep 2012
Primary completion
Dec 2013 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 2014 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 8, 2012

Study contacts

Byoung Chul Cho, M.D., Ph.D.
Contact
cbc1971@yuhs.ac
82-2-2228-8126
Byoung Chul Cho, M.D., Ph.D.
principal investigator · Yonsei University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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