Targeted Therapy With CDK4/6 Inhibitors in Chemo-Refractory, Rb Wild-Type Extensive SCLC

NCT04010357 | Active Not Recruiting Phase 2 DMC FDA Drug

• 1 other identifier: CASE1519
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 14
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to:

• Test how well the study medicine Abemaciclib, a CDK4/6 inhibitor, works to shrink lung cancer tumors in the body.
• Test the safety of Abemaciclib when given to participants with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), large cell neuroendocrine lung cancer, extrapulmonary small cell cancers and other high grade neuroendocrine cancers of the lung. Specifically, this study is looking at SCLC, large cell neuroendocrine lung cancer, extrapulmonary small cell cancers and other high grade neuroendocrine cancers of the lung that have not responded to treatment (refractory) or come back after treatment with chemotherapy (relapsed) as the study medication has been shown to be effective any time the disease relapses not just in the first few months.

Conditions

Small-cell Lung Cancer; Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Lung; Extrapulmonary Small Cell Carcinoma

Keywords

Platinum refractory disease; Wild Type Rb Extensive Stage SCLC; High grade neuroendocrine cancers of the lung

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Overall Response Rate (ORR)

  Overall Response Rate (ORR) defined as the proportion of subjects in the analysis population who have complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) using RECIST 1.1 criteria at any time during the study. Response for the primary analyses will be determined by independent radiology review. CR: Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.

  Up to 2 years from start of study

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Progression Free Survival (PFS) according to RECIST 1.1

  At 6 months from start of study

• Overall Survival (OS)

  Up to 10 years from start of study.

• Safety and adverse events (AE's) and serious adverse events (SAE's) (CTCAE grade version 5.0).

  Up to 90 days from end of treatment

• Duration of response in all responders (DoR using RECIST 1.1)

  Up to 2 years from start of study

Study Arms (1)

Abemaciclib

EXPERIMENTAL

* Subjects will receive Abemaciclib (200 mg), orally every 12 hours on days 1 to 28 of a 28-day cycle for a total of 56 doses per cycle. * Subjects will be evaluated after 4 weeks (1st cycle) and then every 8 weeks (2 cycles) with radiographic imaging to assess response to treatment.

Drug: Abemaciclib,

Interventions

Abemaciclib, DRUG

Abemaciclib (CDK4/6 inhibitors) is an investigational drug that works by interrupting the rapid and uncontrolled growth of cancer cells. Some cancer cells develop because their cells overrun the molecular brakes that normally permit cell to divide only when they are needed to replace old ones. These brakes are regulated by a group of enzymes known as cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). Alterations causing over-activity of two of these enzymes, CDK4 andCDK6, are found in a variety of cancers, including small cell lung cancer with retinoblastoma (Rb) protein.The drugs work by selectively turning off the overactive CDK4 and CDK6. As a result, the cancer cells' division cycle is halted, preventing them from proliferating.

Also known as: LY2835219

Abemaciclib

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Subjects must have histologically confirmed extensive stage small cell lung cancer, large cell neuroendocrine lung cancer, extrapulmonary small cell cancer or other high grade neuroendocrine cancer of the lung.
• Pathology confirmed Retinoblastoma wild type tested by NGS or ctDNA.
• Subjects must have:
• Platinum refractory disease: defined as no response after 1-2 cycles of chemotherapy, or
• Relapse: defined as initial response but relapse after completing platinum-based chemotherapy.
• Subjects must have measurable disease per the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), version 1.1.
• Subjects shall have archival tumor material for correlative studies if available. If tissue is not available they still may be eligible for the trial
• Performance status: ECOG Performance status ≤ 2
• Patients who received chemotherapy must have recovered CTCAE Grade ≤1) from the acute effects of chemotherapy except for residual alopecia or Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy prior to enrollment. A washout period of at least 21 days is required between last chemotherapy dose and enrollment (provided the patient did not receive radiotherapy). Please refer to eligibility criteria for specific laboratory requirements.
• Patients who received radiotherapy must have completed and fully recovered from the acute effects of radiotherapy. A washout period of at least 14 days is required between end of radiotherapy and enrollment.
• Patients with treated brain metastases are eligible if follow-up brain imaging after CNS-directed therapy shows no evidence of progression.
• The patient is able to swallow oral medications.
• The patient has adequate organ function for all of the following criteria, as defined below:
• Hematologic system:
• absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5 × 10\^9/L

You may not qualify if:

• Prior treatment toxicities not resolved to ≤ Grade 1 according to NCI CTCAE Version 5.0 (except alopecia, and neuropathy).
• Subjects receiving any other investigational agents.
• The patient has serious preexisting medical condition(s) that would preclude participation in this study (for example, interstitial lung disease, severe dyspnea at rest or requiring oxygen therapy, history of major surgical resection involving the stomach or small bowel, or preexisting Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis or a preexisting chronic condition resulting in baseline Grade 2 or higher diarrhea).
• Females who are pregnant or lactating.
• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to Abemaciclib.
• Subjects with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, syncope of cardiac etiology, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, sudden cardiac arrest, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
• The patient has active bacterial infection (requiring intravenous \[IV\] antibiotics at time of initiating study treatment), fungal infection, or detectable viral infection (such as known human immunodeficiency virus positivity or with known active hepatitis B or C \[for example, hepatitis B surface antigen positive\]. Screening is not required for enrollment.
• HIV-positive subjects on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with Abemaciclib. In addition, these subjects are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow suppressive therapy. Appropriate studies will be undertaken in subjects receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Case Comprehensive Cancer Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5065, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Interventions

abemaciclib

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Afshin Dowlati, MD

  Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 3, 2019
• First Posted: July 8, 2019
• Study Start: January 13, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2025
• Study Completion: December 1, 2025
• Last Updated: December 2, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: Beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication
• Access Criteria: Investigators who provide a methodologically sound proposal for use of requested data.

Locations

US (1)