A Study Evaluating Temozolomide vs. Temozolomide and Olaparib for Advanced Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

Overview

About this study

The purpose of this study is to determine how well the addition of olaparib to the usual treatment, temozolomide, works in treating patients with neuroendocrine cancer (pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma) that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) or cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). PARPs are proteins that help repair DNA mutations. PARP inhibitors, such as olaparib, can keep PARP from working, so tumor cells can't repair themselves, and they may stop growing. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving olaparib with temozolomide may shrink or stabilize the cancer in patients with pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma better than temozolomide alone.

Participation eligibility

Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.

​​​​​​Inclusion Criteria:

  • Lesions must be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as ≥ 1 cm with CT or MRI (or ≥ 1.5 cm for lymph nodes). Non-measurable disease includes disease smaller than these dimensions or lesions considered truly nonmeasurable including: leptomeningeal disease, ascites, pleural or pericardial effusion, lymphangitic involvement of skin or lung.
  • Prior treatment with other chemotherapy, radiotherapy (including peptide radionuclide receptor therapy [PRRT]), or surgery must be completed ≥ 28 days prior to registration. Patients must have recovered from any effects of any major surgery prior to registration. Prior treatment with radiolabeled MIBG must be completed ≥ 12 weeks prior to registration and lifetime cumulative 131I-MIBG dose must be < 1000 MBq kg-1 (36 mCi kg-1 ). Prior treatment with antibiotics must be completed ≥ 7 days prior to registration. No prior treatment with temozolomide, dacarbazine, or a poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor. No prior allogeneic bone marrow transplant or double umbilical cord blood transplantation (dUCBT).
  • Not pregnant and not nursing, because this study involves an agent that has known genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects. Therefore, for women of childbearing potential only, a negative pregnancy test done ≤ 7 days prior to registration is required.
  • Therapy utilized in this trial is associated with medium/high fetal risk. Women of childbearing potential and their partners, who are sexually active, must agree to use two highly effective forms of contraception in combination. This should be started from the time of registration and continue throughout the period of taking study treatment and for at least 1 month after last dose of study drug(s), or they must totally/truly abstain from any form of sexual intercourse. Male patients must use a condom during treatment and for 3 months after the last dose of study drug(s) when having sexual intercourse with a pregnant woman or with a woman of childbearing potential. Female partners of male patients should also use a highly effective form of contraception if they are of childbearing potential.
  • Male patients should not donate sperm throughout the period of taking study drug(s) and for 3 months following the last dose of study drug(s).
  • Age ≥ 18 years old.
  • ECOG Performance Status: 0-2.
  • Required Initial Laboratory Values:
    • Absolute Neutrophil Count ≥ 1,500/mm^3;
    • Platelet Count ≥ 100,000/mm3;
    • Hemoglobin ≥ 10 mg/dL* ;
    • Total Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)** ;
    • AST/ALT ≤ 3.0 x ULN;
    • Creatinine < 1.5 x ULN OR Calc. Creatinine Clearance > 50 mL/min.***

*.   In the absence of transfusion within the previous 24 hours.
**   Except in the case of Gilbert’s syndrome, then Total Bilirubin must be ≤ 3.0 x ULN.
*** Calculated by Cockcroft-Gault equation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • No indication of uncontrolled, potentially reversible cardiac condition(s) as determined by investigator (e.g., unstable ischemia, uncontrolled symptomatic arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, QTcF prolongation > 500 msec, electrolyte disturbances, etc.) and no known congenital long QT syndrome.
  • No extensive bilateral lung disease or pneumonitis.
  • No abnormal organ or bone marrow function ≤ 28 days prior to registration.
  • Patients with HIV positivity are allowed if CD4 Count > 250 cells/μL and they have an undetectable HIV viral load within 6 months of registration.
  • No active infection.
  • No history of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) (or any dysplastic leukocyte morphology suggestive of MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia.
  • No known gastrointestinal condition(s) that might predispose for drug intolerability or poor drug absorption.
  • No known medical condition causing an inability to swallow oral formulations of agents.
  • No history of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to PARP inhibitors.
  • Concurrent use of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is not permitted.
  • Chronic concomitant treatment with strong or moderate CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors is not allowed.
  • Patients must discontinue the agent(s) ≥ 21 days prior to registration; enzalutamide and/or phenobarbital must be discontinued ≥ 5 weeks prior to registration. 

 

Participating Mayo Clinic locations

Study statuses change often. Please contact the study team for the most up-to-date information regarding possible participation.

Mayo Clinic Location Status Contact

Rochester, Minn.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Mabel Ryder, M.D.

Open for enrollment

Contact information:

Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

855-776-0015

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