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CompletedNCT02602327Updated Aug 1, 2022

Tas-102 and Radioembolization With 90Y Resin Microspheres for Chemo-refractory Colorectal Liver Metastases

A Phase 1 interventional study of Tas-102 and SIR-Sphere in Colon Cancer, Rectal Cancer and Liver Metastases, sponsored by University of California, San Francisco. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-08-01.

Sponsored by University of California, San Francisco · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was May 2021, 5 years 4 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
21
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a phase I dose escalation study (3+3 design) with a dose expansion arm (12 patients) designed to evaluate safety of the combination of Tas-102 and radioembolization using Yttrium-90 (90Y) resin microspheres for patients with chemotherapy-refractory liver-dominant chemotherapy-refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

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Randomized studies have demonstrated that Tas-102 has single agent activity against chemotherapy refractory colorectal cancer. A recent pre-clinical study has shown that Tas-102 may have activity as a radiation sensitizer in bladder cancer cell lines. Benefit of single agent Tas-102 against chemotherapy refractory colon cancer and the drug's promise a radiosensitizer make Tas-102 a potential candidate drug for testing in combination with radioembolization using Yttrium-90 resin microspheres in patients with liver-dominant chemotherapy-refractory mCRC. This is a phase I dose escalation study with a dose expansion arm designed to evaluate safety of the combination of Tas-102 and radioembolization using 90Y resin microspheres for patients with chemotherapy-refractory colon or rectal adenocarcinoma metastatic to the liver.

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Conditions studied

  • Colon Cancer
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Liver Metastases

Keywords

  • radioembolization
  • Yttrium-90
  • 90Y
  • Resin microspheres
  • Tas-102
  • Lonsurf
  • SIR-Sphere
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In context

Neoplasm Metastasis

3,517 studies on the registry are indexed under Neoplasm Metastasis; 885 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 21 is below the median of 54 across 2,767 interventional studies indexed under Neoplasm Metastasis.

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Lead sponsor

University of California, San Francisco is the lead sponsor of 2,132 studies on the registry; 375 are open to participants now.

Of its 262 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 196 (75%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Male or female, 18 years of age or older, and of any ethnic or racial group.
  2. Diagnosis of unresectable metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma with liver-dominant bilobar disease. Diagnosis may be made by histo- or cyto-pathology, or by clinical and imaging criteria.
  3. Disease progression or intolerance to at least two prior Food and Drug Administration-approved therapeutic regimens.
  4. If extrahepatic disease is present, it must be asymptomatic.
  5. If a primary tumor is in place, it must be asymptomatic.
  6. Measurable target tumors using standard imaging techniques (RECIST v. 1.1 criteria).
  7. Tumor replacement \< 50% of total liver volume.
  8. Current Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 through screening to first treatment on study.
  9. Completion of prior systemic therapy at least 14 days prior to enrollment.
  10. Able to understand informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. At risk of hepatic or renal failure

    • Serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl
    • Serum bilirubin > 1.3 mg/ml
    • Albumin \< 2.0 g/dL
    • Aspartate and/or alanine aminotransferase level > 5 times upper normal limit
    • Any history of hepatic encephalopathy
    • Cirrhosis or portal hypertension
    • Clinically evident ascites (trace ascites on imaging is acceptable)
  2. Contraindications to angiography and selective visceral catheterization

    • Any bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy that is not correctable by usual therapy or hemostatic agents (e.g. closure device)
    • Severe allergy or intolerance to contrast agents, narcotics, or sedatives that cannot be managed medically
  3. Symptomatic lung disease
  4. Prior therapy with Tas-102.
  5. Contraindications to Tas-102

    • Absolute neutrophil count \< 1,500/μl
    • Platelet count \< 75,000/μl
    • Allergy or intolerance to Tas-102
  6. Unresolved toxicity of greater than or equal to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) Grade 2 due to prior therapies.
  7. Evidence of potential delivery of

    • Greater than 30 Gy absorbed dose of radiation to the lungs during a single 90Y resin microsphere administration; or
    • Cumulative delivery of radiation to the lungs > 50 Gy over multiple treatments.
  8. Evidence of any detectable Tc-99m macro aggregated albumin flow to the stomach or duodenum, after application of established angiographic techniques to stop such flow.
  9. Previous radiation therapy to the lungs and/or to the upper abdomen
  10. Any prior arterial liver-directed therapy, including chemoembolization, bland embolization, and 90Y radioembolization
  11. Any intervention for, or compromise of the ampulla of Vater
  12. Active uncontrolled infection. Presence of latent or medication-controlled HIV and/or viral hepatitis is allowed.
  13. Significant extrahepatic disease

    • Symptomatic extrahepatic disease (including primary tumor, if unresected).
    • Greater than 10 pulmonary nodules (each \< 20 mm in diameter) or combined diameter of all pulmonary nodules > 15 cm.
    • Peritoneal carcinomatosis
  14. Life expectancy less than 3 months
  15. Pregnant or lactating female
  16. In the investigator's judgment, any co-morbid disease or condition that would place the patient at undue risk and preclude safe use of radioembolization or Tas-102.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
21 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Tas-102 and radioembolization

    Combination therapy with Tas-102 and radioembolization using 90Y resin microspheres

    Drug: Tas-102 · Device: SIR-Sphere

Interventions

  • DrugTas-102

    Oral nucleoside antitumor agent consisting of α,α,α-trifluorothymidine (FTD) and 5-chloro-6-(2-iminopyrrolidin-1-yl) methyl-2,4 (1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione hydro chloride (TPI) at a molar ratio of 1:0.5.

    Also known as: Lonsurf

  • DeviceSIR-Sphere

    20-60mm resin microspheres containing Yttrium-90 (90Y, Y90) radioisotope

    Also known as: Yttrium-90 (Y90; 90Y) resin microspheres

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Determine dose limiting toxicities (DLT)

    Any adverse events grade ≥ 3 will be reviewed by the treating interventional radiologist and medical oncologist within 24 hours of being informed event. If none of the 3 patients in a cohort experiences a DLT, another 3 patients will be treated at the next higher dose level. However, if 1 of the first 3 patients experiences a DLT, 3 more patients will be treated at the same dose level. The dose escalation will continue until at least 2 patients among a cohort of 3-6 patients experience DLTs (i.e., ≥ 33% of patients with a dose-limiting toxicity at that dose level) or until 3-6 patients had been treated at TAS-102 dose of 35mg/m2 per day in 2 divided doses (up to a maximum of 80 mg per dose) administered concurrently with radioembolization cycles 1 and 2 without experiencing a DLT. DLT window will be 56 days (cycle 1, day 1 to cycle 2, day 28). Dose limiting toxicity will be reached when one of the clinical and/or laboratory parameters are met

    Time frame: 56 days

  2. Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)

    Traditional 3+3 design will be used to determine the recommended dose for the dose expansion phase will be defined as the dose level just below this toxic dose level.

    Time frame: Up to 4 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall response rate (ORR)

    Radiographic overall response rate (measured in accordance to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors \[RECIST\] version 1.1) using imaging. Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR): 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesionsStable Disease (SD): Small changes that do not meet the criteria for CR, PR, or Progressive Disease (PD): 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions. ORR will be defined as a ratio of the number of patients who demonstrated complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to the number of all evaluated patients.

    Time frame: Up to 4 years

  2. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    PFS will be defined as a time period that started at enrollment, during which a patient neither progressed nor died based on radiographic response.

    Time frame: Up to 4 years

  3. Hepatic progression-free survival (HPFS)

    HPFS will be defined as a time period that started at enrollment, during which a patient neither progressed in the liver nor died based on radiographic response.

    Time frame: Up to 4 years

  4. Extrahepatic progression free survival (EHPFS)

    EHPFS will be defined as a time period that started at enrollment, during which a patient neither progressed outside the liver nor died based on radiographic response

    Time frame: Up to 4 years

  5. Overall survival (OS)

    Overall Survival will be analyzed 12 months after the last patient is enrolled. Overall survival will be assessed using a two-sided, log-rank test. The survival function will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier product limit method. In addition, two-sided 95% confidence intervals for the median overall survival will be computed

    Time frame: Up to 12 months

  6. Biomarker response

    Proportion of patients with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) response with ≥ 50% decline from baseline (in patients with baseline level ≥ 3.2) post combination therapy with Tas-102 and 90Y radioembolization. Maximum percent change will be calculated. CEA level will only be followed for participants with elevated level (≥3.2) at baseline.

    Time frame: Up to 4 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of California San Francisco
    San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 1, 2022, 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
NCT02602327
Lead sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Collaborators
Sirtex Medical, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 11, 2015
Start date
Jan 9, 2017
Primary completion
May 20, 2021
Completion
Aug 31, 2021
Last update
Aug 1, 2022

Study contacts

Nicholas Fidelman, MD
principal investigator · University of California, San Francisco
Katherine Van Loon, MD
principal investigator · University of California, San Francisco

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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