TY - JOUR
T1 - Alisertib in Combination with Weekly Paclitaxel in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer or Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
T2 - A Randomized Clinical Trial
AU - Falchook, Gerald
AU - Coleman, Robert L.
AU - Roszak, Andrzej
AU - Behbakht, Kian
AU - Matulonis, Ursula
AU - Ray-Coquard, Isabelle
AU - Sawrycki, Piotr
AU - Duska, Linda R.
AU - Tew, William
AU - Ghamande, Sharad A
AU - Lesoin, Anne
AU - Schwartz, Peter E.
AU - Buscema, Joseph
AU - Fabbro, Michel
AU - Lortholary, Alain
AU - Goff, Barbara
AU - Kurzrock, Razelle
AU - Martin, Lainie P.
AU - Gray, Heidi J.
AU - Fu, Siqing
AU - Sheldon-Waniga, Emily
AU - Lin, Huamao Mark
AU - Venkatakrishnan, Karthik
AU - Zhou, Xiaofei
AU - Leonard, E. Jane
AU - Schilder, Russell J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Part of this work was supported by the Judi Rees/Albert Pisani MD Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and the Ann Rife Cox Chair in Gynecology (Robert L. Coleman).
Funding Information:
The study was funded by Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Part of this work was supported by the Judi Rees/Albert Pisani MD Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and the Ann Rife Cox Chair in Gynecology (Robert L. Coleman).
Funding Information:
Funding/Support: The study was funded by
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Importance: There is an unmet medical need for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer, and new approaches are needed to improve progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival. Objective: This phase 1/2 study evaluated the activity of alisertib in combination with weekly paclitaxel in patients with breast (phase 1) and ovarian cancer (phase 1 and phase 2). Design, Setting, and Participants: An open-label phase 1 and randomized phase 2 clinical trial conducted from April 16, 2010, for phase 1 and March 28, 2012, to August 12, 2013, for phase 2 was conducted at 33 sites (United States, France, and Poland). Data are reported from a cutoff date of August 12, 2014, with a median duration of follow-up of 7.2 months in the alisertib plus paclitaxel arm and 4.6 months in the paclitaxel arm. A total of 191 women with advanced breast (phase 1 only) or recurrent ovarian cancer were enrolled, including 142 patients randomized to alisertib plus paclitaxel (n = 73) or paclitaxel alone (n = 69) in the phase 2 study. Interventions: Patients were randomized 1:1 stratified by platinum-free interval (refractory, 0-6 months, 6-12 months) and prior weekly taxane treatment (yes, no) to receive alisertib 40 mg twice per day orally and 3 days on and 4 days off for 3 weeks, plus paclitaxel (60 mg/m 2 intravenously, days 1, 8, and 15), or weekly paclitaxel 80 mg/m 2 intravenously in 28-day cycles. Main Outcomes and Measures: Primary endpoint was PFS; primary efficacy analysis and safety analysis used modified intention to treat (mITT) population (all randomized patients who received ≥1 dose of study drug). Results: The median age for the 191 patients enrolled in phase 1 was 59 (range, 29-75) years. The median age for the 142 patients enrolled in phase 2 was 63 (range, 30-81) years for patients receiving alisertib plus paclitaxel and 61 (range, 41-81) years for patients receiving paclitaxel. At data cutoff, 107 (75%) patients had a documented PFS event; 52 (71%) in the alisertib plus paclitaxel arm, and 55 (80%) in the paclitaxel arm. Median PFS was 6.7 months with alisertib plus paclitaxel vs 4.7 months with paclitaxel (HR, 0.75; 80% CI, 0.58-0.96; P =.14; 2-sided P value cutoff =.20 to be considered worthy of further investigation). Drug-related grade 3 or higher adverse events were reported in 63 (86%) vs 14 (20%) patients in the alisertib plus paclitaxel and paclitaxel arms, including 56 (77%) vs 7 (10%) neutropenia, 18 (25%) vs 0 stomatitis, and 10 (14%) vs 2 (3%) anemia; 54 (74%) vs 17 (25%) had adverse events leading to dose reductions. Two patients died during the study (1 in each arm); neither death was considered related to study drug. Conclusions and Relevance: The primary endpoint, PFS, significantly favored alisertib plus paclitaxel over paclitaxel alone. Further investigation is warranted. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01091428.
AB - Importance: There is an unmet medical need for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer, and new approaches are needed to improve progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival. Objective: This phase 1/2 study evaluated the activity of alisertib in combination with weekly paclitaxel in patients with breast (phase 1) and ovarian cancer (phase 1 and phase 2). Design, Setting, and Participants: An open-label phase 1 and randomized phase 2 clinical trial conducted from April 16, 2010, for phase 1 and March 28, 2012, to August 12, 2013, for phase 2 was conducted at 33 sites (United States, France, and Poland). Data are reported from a cutoff date of August 12, 2014, with a median duration of follow-up of 7.2 months in the alisertib plus paclitaxel arm and 4.6 months in the paclitaxel arm. A total of 191 women with advanced breast (phase 1 only) or recurrent ovarian cancer were enrolled, including 142 patients randomized to alisertib plus paclitaxel (n = 73) or paclitaxel alone (n = 69) in the phase 2 study. Interventions: Patients were randomized 1:1 stratified by platinum-free interval (refractory, 0-6 months, 6-12 months) and prior weekly taxane treatment (yes, no) to receive alisertib 40 mg twice per day orally and 3 days on and 4 days off for 3 weeks, plus paclitaxel (60 mg/m 2 intravenously, days 1, 8, and 15), or weekly paclitaxel 80 mg/m 2 intravenously in 28-day cycles. Main Outcomes and Measures: Primary endpoint was PFS; primary efficacy analysis and safety analysis used modified intention to treat (mITT) population (all randomized patients who received ≥1 dose of study drug). Results: The median age for the 191 patients enrolled in phase 1 was 59 (range, 29-75) years. The median age for the 142 patients enrolled in phase 2 was 63 (range, 30-81) years for patients receiving alisertib plus paclitaxel and 61 (range, 41-81) years for patients receiving paclitaxel. At data cutoff, 107 (75%) patients had a documented PFS event; 52 (71%) in the alisertib plus paclitaxel arm, and 55 (80%) in the paclitaxel arm. Median PFS was 6.7 months with alisertib plus paclitaxel vs 4.7 months with paclitaxel (HR, 0.75; 80% CI, 0.58-0.96; P =.14; 2-sided P value cutoff =.20 to be considered worthy of further investigation). Drug-related grade 3 or higher adverse events were reported in 63 (86%) vs 14 (20%) patients in the alisertib plus paclitaxel and paclitaxel arms, including 56 (77%) vs 7 (10%) neutropenia, 18 (25%) vs 0 stomatitis, and 10 (14%) vs 2 (3%) anemia; 54 (74%) vs 17 (25%) had adverse events leading to dose reductions. Two patients died during the study (1 in each arm); neither death was considered related to study drug. Conclusions and Relevance: The primary endpoint, PFS, significantly favored alisertib plus paclitaxel over paclitaxel alone. Further investigation is warranted. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01091428.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.3773
DO - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.3773
M3 - Article
C2 - 30347019
AN - SCOPUS:85055291610
SN - 2374-2437
VL - 5
JO - JAMA Oncology
JF - JAMA Oncology
IS - 1
ER -