RRx-001 in Second Line Treatment of Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma Prior to Readministration of First-Line Therapy

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2016-05-25
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if the investigational drug, RRx-001, an epigenetic agent, which turns on a number of beneficial genes that the tumor has silenced, can resensitize the tumor(s), in other words make it/them re-respond to gemcitabine and cisplatin, which, hopefully, will translate to a longer lifespan. The name of the open-label study, which means that patients will know what treatments they are receiving, is EPIC, a hybrid or combination of EPIgenetic for the mechanism of action of RRx-001 and Cholangiocarcinoma.

The study treatment is divided into two stages. During the first stage, patients will receive RRx-001, which is administered intravenously weekly, for a fixed time period of six weeks. At that time the second stage starts in which cisplatin and gemcitabine are reintroduced for as long as the tumors respond to them to determine whether resensitization has occurred.

The primary objective of this clinical trial is to evaluate the progression-free survival (PFS) of patients at 9 weeks after the reintroduction of gemcitabine and cisplatin.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: EpicentRx, Inc.
• Treatments: Cisplatin; Gemcitabine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of biliary tract adenocarcinoma/cholangiocarcinoma

• Must have locally advanced or distant metastatic disease that is not surgically curable

• Failed first-line chemotherapy

• Age ≥ 18 years

• Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks (3 months)

• Performance status 0 or 1

• Adequate liver, kidney, and bone marrow function

Exclusion Criteria:

• Symptomatic metastatic brain or meningeal tumors

• Investigational compound within 4 weeks of enrollment

• History of needing to permanently discontinue prior gemcitabine/ cisplatin regimen for reasons other than progression (i.e. toxicity)

• Any medical condition which, in the investigator's opinion, makes the patient unsuitable for participation

• Pregnant or nursing

• Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the subject's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results

• Albumin <2.8

• Uncontrolled or clinically relevant ascites

• Absolute contraindication for MRI imaging such as intracorporeal metal or pacemaker