Tovorafenib for Treatment of Craniopharyngioma in Children and Young Adults

Launched by SABINE MUELLER, MD, PHD · Jul 15, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a combination of two medications, nivolumab and Tovorafenib, to see how well they work for treating craniopharyngioma, a type of brain tumor, in children and young adults. The goal is to determine if this treatment is safe and effective for those who have either newly diagnosed or recurrent craniopharyngioma. The trial is currently looking for participants aged 1 to 39 years who are surgical candidates for a biopsy or tumor removal. This includes those who have recently been diagnosed with craniopharyngioma or those whose tumors have returned after previous treatment.

Participants in the trial will receive the investigational medications and will be monitored closely by doctors for any side effects and how well the treatment is working. It’s important for potential participants to be in relatively good health overall, as there are specific eligibility requirements regarding previous treatments and health conditions. Families interested in this trial should discuss it with their healthcare provider to see if it might be a good option for their loved one. Additionally, women who could become pregnant and men are required to use birth control during the study and for six months afterward, due to unknown effects on a developing fetus.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Newly Diagnosed Participants:
• • Newly diagnosed craniopharyngioma, as based on imaging characteristics and central radiology review. Participants will initially be screened within confines of a screening consent and only those participants with findings consistent with craniopharyngioma and without findings suggesting an indeterminate lesion or lesion of an alternative diagnosis (including abnormal tumor markers found in blood or cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), if completed as part of standard of care (SOC) work-up or if lesion concerning for alternate diagnosis) will move ahead with enrollment on the treatment protocol. Additionally, for participants that have undergone initial biopsy to confirm diagnosis, are within 6 weeks of radiographic diagnosis, and are planned to undergo follow up second surgery for additional tumor resection as per standard of care recommendations, these participants will also be considered eligible.
• • Participants must be surgical candidates for biopsy or resection and planned for standard of care biopsy or resection.
• Recurrent Participants:
• • Recurrent craniopharyngioma, as based on histologic confirmation at time of initial diagnosis (participants with Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma (ACP) will only be eligible for the recurrent arm).
• • Recurrent craniopharyngioma without prior histologic confirmation will initially be screened within confines of a screening consent and only those participants with findings consistent with craniopharyngioma and without findings suggesting an indeterminate lesion or lesion of an alternative diagnosis (including abnormal tumor markers found in blood or CSF, if completed as part of SOC work-up or if lesion concerning for alternate diagnosis) will move ahead with enrollment on the treatment protocol.
• • Participants should be surgical candidates for biopsy or resection. If participants are not surgical candidates, but have available archival tumor tissue, they will be enrolled into the exploratory cohort.
• • Participants must be willing to provide archival tissue, a minimum of 10-20 paraffin embedded unstained slides OR 1 block with tumor content of 40% or greater is required. Participants who do not meet this criteria may be discussed on a case-by-case basis with the Study Chair(s).
• • Participants can have been previously treated with surgical resection alone, cyst drainage and biopsy alone, radiation therapy, other systemic therapies, or any combination thereof.
• * Prior Therapy:
• • Had their last dose of myelosuppressive chemotherapy \>= 21 days prior to study registration (\>=42 days if nitrosourea therapy).
• • Had their last dose of hematopoietic growth factor \>=14 days (long-acting growth factor) or \>=7 days (short-acting growth factor) prior to study registration, or beyond the time during which adverse events (AEs) are known to occur.
• • Had their last dose of biologic (anti-neoplastic agent) \>=7 days prior to study registration, or beyond the time during which AEs are known to occur.
• • Had their last dose of monoclonal antibodies \>=21 days prior to study registration.
• Radiation:
• • Had their last fraction of local irradiation to primary tumor \>=12 weeks prior to registration; investigators are reminded to review potentially eligible cases to avoid confusion with pseudo-progression.
• • At least 14 days after local palliative radiation (small-port).
• All Participants:
• • Age 1 to 39 years.
• • Participants continuing on maintenance therapy after standard of care biopsy/resection must have measurable disease, as defined as lesions that can be accurately measured in two dimensions (longest diameter to be recorded) with a minimum size of no less than double the slice thickness. Previously irradiated lesions are considered non-measurable except in cases of documented progression of the lesion since the completion of radiation therapy. Participants without measurable disease may continue on study and will be followed for study endpoints, but will not be included as part of target accrual.
• • Performance Score: Karnofsky \>= 50 for participants \> 16 years of age and Lansky \>= 50 for participants \<= 16 years of age. Participants who are unable to walk because of paralysis, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score.
• • Corticosteroids: Participants who are receiving dexamethasone must be on a stable or decreasing dose for at least 1 week prior to registration. The participant steroid dose should be no more than a steroid-equivalent of dexamethasone 0.1 mg/kg/day (or maximum 4mg/day; whichever is the lower dose) at time of enrollment. Participants that have been stable on physiologic hormone replacement for hypopituitarism are allowed.
• * Organ Function Requirements:
• * Adequate Bone Marrow Function defined as:
• • Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>=1000/mm3.
• • Platelet count \>= 100,000/mm3 (transfusion independent, defined as not receiving platelet transfusions for at least 7 days prior to enrollment).
• • Adequate Renal Function defined as-
• • ---A serum creatinine \< 1.5 Upper Limit normal (ULN) based on age and gender.
• • Adequate Liver Function defined as-
• • Bilirubin (sum of conjugated + unconjugated) \<= 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (except in participants with documented Gilbert syndrome).
• • Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)((alanine aminotransferase (ALT)) \<= 3 x ULN.
• • Serum albumin \>=2 g/dL (20g/L).
• • Adequate Neurologic Function defined as participants with seizure disorder may be enrolled if well controlled. Participants on non-enzyme inducing anticonvulsants may be excluded pending interaction(s) with study drug.
• • Adequate Pulmonary Function defined as no evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance due to pulmonary insufficiency, and a pulse oximetry of \> 92% while breathing room air.
• • prothrombin time (PT) /partial thromboplastin time (PTT)/International Normalized Ratio (INR) within institutional normal limits or deemed appropriate for surgical intervention by the treating team for patients undergoing surgery biopsy/resection
• • The effects of Tovorafenib on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (non-hormonal contraception; barrier method of birth control; abstinence - note, tovorafenib can make hormonal contraceptives ineffective) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation and 28 days after completion of Tovorafenib administration, whichever is later. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
• • A legal parent/guardian or participants must be able to understand, and willing to sign, a written informed consent and assent document, as appropriate.
• • Ability to complete the PedsQL Core Module. Patients must enroll on PNOC COMP if PNOC COMP is open to accrual at the enrolling institution.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Newly Diagnosed Participants:
• • - Participants should not have undergone any previous tumor-directed therapy.
• Recurrent Participants:
• • Participants who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 3 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from acute adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
• • Participants must be at least 1 week since the completion of therapy with a biologic or small molecule agent. For any agent with known adverse events that can occur beyond 1 week after administration, the period prior to enrollment must be beyond the time during which adverse events are known to occur. Such participants should also be discussed with study chairs.
• • Participants should not have previously received any RAS-pathway, but have not received Tovorafenib will be eligible.
• All Participants:
• • Rapidly progressive symptoms that require urgent surgery or radiation therapy, which would prevent central review and or preclude participation with tumor-directed medical management alone.
• • Uncontrolled symptoms of neuroendocrine dysfunction such as diabetes insipidus, hypothyroidism, panhypopituitarism (participants can be on supplemental medications for hormonal repletion; however, should be on controlled doses for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment).
• • Clinically significant active cardiovascular disease, or history of myocardial infarction, or deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism within 6 months prior to registration, ongoing cardiomyopathy, or current prolonged QT interval corrected for heart rate by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) interval \> 440 ms based on triplicate ECG average.
• • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to Tovorafenib or other agents used in study.
• • Nausea and vomiting \>= Grade 2, malabsorption requiring supplementation, or significant bowel or stomach resection that would preclude adequate absorption.
• • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection.
• • Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents.
• • Women of childbearing potential must not be pregnant or breast-feeding.
• • Current treatment with a strong cytochrome P4502C8(CYP2C8) inhibitor or inducer other than those allowed per Section 5.6.1. Medications that are substrates of CYP2C8 are allowed but should be used with caution.
• • Participants with inability to return for follow-up visits or obtain follow-up studies required to assess toxicity to therapy.