A Phase 2 interventional study of Niraparib in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, sponsored by Ospedale Policlinico San Martino. Withdrawn. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-09-08.
Sponsored by Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
Colorectal Cancer ranks third among the most frequent malignancies representing a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The constant improvement in the "continuum of care" of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients led to a median overall survival of about 30-36 months.
Due to the cumulative toxicities of first-line combinations of chemotherapy and biological agents, discontinuation or intermittent chemotherapy or maintenance strategies have been investigated in clinical trials. After a 4 to 6-month induction treatment with bevacizumab plus doublet or triplet regimens, a fluoropyrimidine plus bevacizumab is regarded as the optimal maintenance regimen. Little evidence is available on the role of maintenance with anti-EGFR agents.
A recent systematic review and network meta-analysis of 12 relevant randomized clinical trials comprising 5540 patients with mCRC showed that a maintenance strategy with a fluoropyrimidine, with or without the addition of bevacizumab, is preferred. However, given the lack of a clear overall survival benefit, shared decision-making should include observation as an acceptable alternative.
Poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are now approved for breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers. Evidence suggests that PARP inhibitors are more effective in tumors harboring homologous recombination DNA damage repair (HRR) deficiency and platinum sensitivity may be used a surrogate marker of HRD and therefore of PARP-inhibitors efficacy. An extensive Next Generation Sequencing analysis revealed that 15% of mCRC samples harbors mutations in genes involved in the HRR pathway. Several clinical trials are ongoing to test PARP inhibitors either alone or in combination in mCRC patients. The originality of this trial is to investigate PARPi in the maintenance setting.
Pre-clinical evidence showed that PARP blockade after initial oxaliplatin response delayed disease progression in mCRC carrying Kirsten Rat Sarcoma and BRAF mutations, suggesting that maintenance treatment with PARP inhibitors warrants further clinical investigation in mCRC patients who respond to oxaliplatin-containing induction treatment.
The main objective of this trial is to investigate the efficacy of anti-PARP inhibition as maintenance treatment in mCRC patients who obtained a complete or partial response after 4-month induction treatment with oxaliplatin-based double or triplet plus biologic agents.
Multicenter phase II no profit study investigating the disease-free survival efficacy of niraparib as maintenance treatment in 46 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with partial or complete response after oxaliplatin-based induction therapy.
The study also includes translational research objectives.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Treatment with Niraparib must be started after at least 2 weeks and no later than 6 weeks after the end of platinum-based induction therapy.
Drug: Niraparib
Patients will receive Niraparib 200-300 mg orally as an individualized weight and platelet-based, flat-fixed, continuous daily dose. Niraparib will be administered orally once daily in 28-day cycles.
Also known as: Zejula
Progression-Free Survival 1
Progression-Free Survival 1 is defined as the time from the patient registration to the date of first radiographic progression by RECIST guidelines (version 1.1), or death from any cause in the absence of progression, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: 36 months
Progression-Free Survival (2) after re-introduction of first-line treatment combination
Progression-Free Survival (2) is defined as the patient registration to progression or death from any cause in the absence of progression, whichever comes first on anticancer treatment following maintenance therapy.
Time frame: 36 months
Overall Survival
Overall Survival is defined as time from patient registration until death from any cause. If no event (death) has been observed, the patient is censored at the date of last follow up
Time frame: 36 months
Objective Response Rate
Objective Response Rate is defined as the percentage of patients with Complete Response or Partial Response, as assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v.1.1 criteria using an independent review.
Time frame: 36 months
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events
Toxicity / adverse events classified according to NCI-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0.
Time frame: 36 months
Translational objectives for evaluated Association between DNA damage responseprotein expression with Progression-free survival of Niraparib maintenance
Association between DNA damage responseprotein expression with Progression-free survival of Niraparib maintenance
Time frame: 36 months
Translational objectives 2 for evaluated association of Colorectal Cancer-optimized mutational signatures, including HRDetect, with Progression-free survival of Niraparib maintenance
Association of Colorectal Cancer-optimized mutational signatures, including HRDetect, with Progression-free survival of Niraparib maintenance
Time frame: 36 months
Translational objectives 3 for evaluated association between in vitro drug screening sensitivity on Patient-derived organoids and clinical outcome
Association between in vitro drug screening sensitivity on Patient-derived organoids and clinical outcome
Time frame: 36 months
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