Losartan and Paclitaxel in Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer

NCT07265739 | Not Yet Recruiting Phase 2 DMC FDA Drug

• 1 other identifier: 25-680
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 27
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this Phase II study is to measure the effects of a combination of study drugs, losartan and paclitaxel, on platinum resistant ovarian cancer.

Conditions

Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer

Keywords

Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer; epithelial ovarian carcinoma; fallopian tube carcinoma; primary peritoneal carcinoma

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Overall Response Rate (ORR)

  ORR will be determined as the number of patients with a partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) to therapy by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria.

  Screening through end of treatment, estimated 24 months total.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Progression free survival (PFS)

  Screening through end of treatment, estimated 24 months total

Study Arms (1)

Losartan + Paclitaxel

EXPERIMENTAL

Once daily oral losartan combined with paclitaxel administered intravenously once weekly. Each cycle is 21 days and participants may receive study treatment until disease progression or withdrawal. Losartan and paclitaxel are administered at a pre-determined dose.

Drug: losartan; Drug: Paclitaxel

Interventions

losartan DRUG

Treatment with losartan will be administered orally once daily starting on day 1 of every 21-day cycle and will be taken continuously throughout the cycle. Losartan is administered at 25 mg a day for the first 7 days of cycle 1. Losartan may be increased to 50 mg daily on day 8 if systolic blood pressure ≥ 120 mm Hg.

Losartan + Paclitaxel

Paclitaxel DRUG

Paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 will be administered as a 60-min intravenous infusion after any premedication as per institutional guidelines. A ramp-up infusion rate is also acceptable as per institutional guidelines. Paclitaxel will be administered on days 1, 8 and 15 of a 21-day cycle and treatment will continue until unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.

Losartan + Paclitaxel

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• The subject must be 18 years of age.
• Subjects with histologically/cytologically confirmed advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma. Subjects with mucinous carcinoma and low-grade serous carcinoma are not eligible.
• Participants must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded for non-nodal lesions and short axis for nodal lesions) as ≥20 mm (≥2 cm) by chest x-ray or as ≥10 mm (≥1 cm) with CT scan, MRI, or calipers by clinical exam.
• Subject is able to provide written, informed consent before initiation of any study related procedures, and is able, in the opinion of the investigator, to comply with all the requirements of the study.
• Subject has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
• Subject has adequate organ function at screening:
• i) absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1000/mm3 without the use of hematopoietic growth factors.
• ii) platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm3. iii) hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL (must be at least 1 weeks post-red blood cell transfusion and not receiving erythropoietic-stimulating agents).
• iv) total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × the upper limit of normal (ULN). For subjects with documented Gilbert's disease, total bilirubin ≤ 3.0 mg/dL is allowed.
• v) serum albumin ≥ 2.5 g/dL vi) serum creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 40 mL/min, using Cockcroft and Gault vii) alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 x ULN in the absence of documented liver metastases; ≤ 5 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases.
• Prior to study Day 1 (first study treatment administration), subject must be:
• i) at least 4 weeks after the most recent biologic (antibody-based) or immunotherapy ii) at least 2 weeks after any prior chemotherapy or targeted small molecule therapy
• Subjects must have platinum resistant ovarian cancer defined as disease recurrence \< 6 months after completion of a platinum-containing regimen. Patients with primary platinum refractory disease are eligible. Primary platinum refractory disease is defined as progression of disease prior to completion of 1st line platinum therapy or immediately following (≤ 3 months following last date of chemotherapy).
• Subjects will have received ≤4 prior lines for platinum resistant ovarian cancer (PROC); maintenance bevacizumab or poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase (PARP) are not included as a line of therapy.
• Subjects who are eligible for bevacizumab, mirvetuximab, or PARP inhibitor therapy must have received these treatments. For patients who are ineligible for these treatments or those who decline, this must be documented in the records.

You may not qualify if:

• Has adverse events (AEs) from prior anti-cancer therapy that have not resolved to Grade ≤ 1, except alopecia.
• Subjects with asymptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases are eligible provided they have been clinically stable and not requiring steroid for at least 4 weeks.
• Serious concomitant systemic disorders incompatible with the study (at the discretion of the investigator), such as significant cardiac or pulmonary morbidity e.g. congestive heart failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease and cardiac arrhythmias not well controlled with medication) or myocardial infarction within the last 3 months.
• Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac disease.
• Active infection requiring therapy or has a known history of positive Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or positive Hepatitis C antibody with detected Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA. No testing for Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C is required.
• Received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study treatment or requiring a live vaccine during the study.
• Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• History of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to paclitaxel.
• Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy at baseline or screening.
• Essential hypertension or any other condition currently being treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)/angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB) inhibitor, calcium channel blocker, diuretic or any other antihypertensive agent.
• Subjects with a history of orthostasis or syncope.
• Subjects with a history of hypersensitivity, allergy or intolerance to ACE/ARB inhibitors.
• Subjects with baseline systolic blood pressure ≤ 95 or diastolic blood pressure ≤ 60 obtained on two separate days prior to study enrollment.
• Subjects with uncontrolled hypertension at baseline defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 110 on two readings obtained on two separate days prior to study enrollment.
• Presence of any serious or unstable concomitant systemic disorder incompatible with the clinical trial (e.g., substance abuse; psychiatric disturbance; or uncontrolled intercurrent illness including active infection, arterial thrombosis, and symptomatic pulmonary embolism).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Massachusetts General Hospital: lead
• American Cancer Society, Inc.: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial; Fallopian Tube Neoplasms

Interventions

Losartan; Paclitaxel

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Ovarian Neoplasms; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Ovarian Diseases; Adnexal Diseases; Genital Diseases, Female; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Urogenital Neoplasms; Genital Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Gonadal Disorders; Fallopian Tube Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Biphenyl Compounds; Benzene Derivatives; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Hydrocarbons; Organic Chemicals; Imidazoles; Azoles; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Tetrazoles; Taxoids; Cyclodecanes; Cycloparaffins; Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic; Diterpenes; Terpenes

Study Officials

• Oladapo Yeku, MD, Ph.D., FACP

  Massachusetts General Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Oladapo Yeku, MD, Ph.D., FACP

CONTACT

617-643-9354; Oyeku@mgh.harvard.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 23, 2025
• First Posted: December 5, 2025
• Study Start (Estimated): August 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2028
• Last Updated: May 6, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: Data can be shared no earlier than 1 year following the date of publication
• Access Criteria: Contact the Partners Innovations team at http://www.partners.org/innovation

Locations

US (1)