Clinical trial NCT04071223: Testing the Addition of a New Anti-cancer Drug, Radium-223 Dichloride, to the Usual Treatment (Cabozantinib) for Advanced Renal Cell Cancer That Has Spread to the Bone, RadiCaL Study
Official title: A Phase II Randomized Trial of Radium-223 Dichloride and Cabozantinib in Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma With Bone Metastasis (RadiCal)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Collecting Duct Carcinoma
Kidney Medullary Carcinoma
Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone
Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8
Unclassified Renal Cell Carcinoma
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Sponsor class: NIH
First posted: 2019-08-28
Enrollment: 134
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This phase II trial studies whether adding radium-223 dichloride to the usual treatment, cabozantinib, improves outcomes in patients with renal cell cancer that has spread to the bone. Radioactive drugs such as radium-223 dichloride may directly target radiation to cancer cells and minimize harm to normal cells. Cabozantinib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving radium-223 dichloride and cabozantinib may help lessen the pain and symptoms from renal cell cancer that has spread to the bone, compared to cabozantinib alone.

Detailed description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To assess the symptomatic skeletal event (SSE)-free survival of metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) patients with bone metastases treated with cabozantinib S-malate (cabozantinib) + radium Ra 223 dichloride (radium-223 dichloride) compared to cabozantinib alone.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To investigate the safety, toxicity and tolerability as defined by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 in patients treated with cabozantinib + radium-223 dichloride compared to cabozantinib alone.

II. To assess SSE-free survival of each treatment arm in predefined sub-groups. III. To assess progression-free survival (PFS) in each treatment arm. IV. To assess overall survival (OS) in each treatment arm. V. To assess time to first SSE (defined as first use of radiation therapy to relieve skeletal symptoms, new symptomatic pathologic vertebral or non-vertebral bone fractures, spinal cord compression, or symptomatic tumor-related orthopaedic surgical intervention) in each treatment arm.

VI. To assess the objective response rate by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1.

VII. To assess time to subsequent anti-cancer systemic therapy and type of systemic therapy.

EXPLORATORY QUALITY OF LIFE OBJECTIVES:

I. To compare patient-reported pain as assessed by the Brief Pain Inventory questionnaire (BPI) between patients randomized to cabozantinib versus cabozantinib + radium-223 dichloride at 6 months.

II. To compare patient-reported pain as assessed by the BPI between patients randomized to cabozantinib versus cabozantinib + radium-223 dichloride at other timepoints.

III. To compare overall health-related quality of life as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS) Global Health 10 between patients randomized to cabozantinib versus cabozantinib + radium-223 dichloride.

IV. To compare quality-adjusted survival (overall survival x utility score assessed by European Quality of Life Five Dimension Five Level Scale \[EQ5D-5L\]) between patients randomized to cabozantinib + radium-223 dichloride.

CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate changes in the following bone turnover markers between arms:

Ia. Marker of bone formation: P1NP, BSAP. Ib. Marker of bone resorption: CTX, NTX. II. To correlate changes in bone turnover markers with SSE-free survival. III. To assess the immunomodulatory properties of cabozantinib with or without radium-223 dichloride at baseline, during treatment, and at progression.

IV. To identify prognostic and predictive genomic biomarkers of response to cabozantinib and radium-223 dichloride via assessment of tissue, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (cfDNA).

V. To assess the association between bone response according to MD Anderson response criteria and SSE-free survival (FS).

VI. To correlate change in level of total alkaline phosphatase and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase to overall response to cabozantinib + radium-223 dichloride compared to cabozantinib alone.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM A: Patients receive radium Ra 223 dichloride intravenously (IV) over 1 minute on day 1 of cycles 1-6 and cabozantinib S-malate orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 of every cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM B: Patients receive cabozantinib S-malate PO QD on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

All patients undergo blood sample collection, bone scan, computed tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and may undergo fludeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) or sodium fluoride (NaF)-PET throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6 months for up to 5 years from study registration.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Documented histologic or cytologic diagnosis of renal cell cancer (RCC). All subtypes of RCC are eligible including but not limited to clear cell, papillary, chromophobe, translocation, collecting duct carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, and unclassified categories. Enrollment of non-clear cell patients will be limited to 20% of the total sample size (\~ 42 patients). Once this goal is met, accrual of non-clear cell patients will be discontinued (a notice will be sent out 2 weeks in advance). Sarcomatoid and rhabdoid differentiation are allowed
* Presence of at least 1 metastatic bone lesion not treated with prior radiation is required.

  * The presence of bone metastases can be detected by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Tc-99m bone scan or positron emission tomography (PET) (fludeoxyglucose F-18 \[FDG\] or sodium fluoride \[NaF\]) imaging. Patients with non-measurable bone-only disease are allowed. Patients may have received prior radiation therapy for bone metastases or other external radiation \>= 7 days prior to registration, as long as they still have at least 1 metastatic bone lesion not treated with radiation. Patients with visceral metastases are allowed, as long as they have at least one untreated bone metastases
* No prior treatment with cabozantinib
* No treatment with any type of small molecular kinase inhibitor (including investigational kinase inhibitors) within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) of registration or receipt of any anti-cancer therapy (including investigational therapy, monoclonal antibodies, cytokine therapy) within 3 weeks of registration
* No prior hemibody external radiotherapy
* No prior therapy with radium-223 dichloride or systemic radiotherapy (such as samarium, strontium)
* No major surgery within 6 weeks of randomization. Procedures such as thoracentesis, paracentesis, percutaneous biopsy, Moh's or other topical skin surgery, Lasik eye surgery are not considered major surgery. Patients who have had a nephrectomy may be registered \>= 3 weeks after surgery, providing there are no wound-healing complications. Subjects with clinically relevant ongoing complications from prior surgery are not eligible
* Recovery to baseline or =\< grade 1 CTCAE version 5.0 from toxicity related to any prior treatment, unless adverse events are clinically nonsignificant and/or stable on supportive therapy
* The use of osteoclast targeted therapy including either bisphosphonates or denosumab is mandated on this study except in patients with contraindications as determined by the treating investigator, including:

  * Hypocalcemia
  * Hypophosphatemia
  * Renal impairment including those with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 35 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault equation or acute renal impairment
  * Hypersensitivity to drug formulation

    * Dental condition or need for dental intervention that per the investigator would increase the risk of osteonecrosis of jaw (ONJ).
    * Use of osteoclast targeted therapy or reason against use needs to be recorded in the electronic case report form (eCRF). Additionally, reason for discontinuation of osteoclast targeted therapy need to be appropriately documented in the eCRF
* Not pregnant and not nursing, because this study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown.

  * Therefore, for women of childbearing potential only, a negative urine pregnancy test done =\< 28 days prior to registration is required. A female of childbearing potential is a sexually mature female who: 1) has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months)
* Age \>= 18 years
* Karnofsky performance status \>= 60%
* No brain metastases or cranial epidural disease unless adequately treated with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, or surgery and stable for at least 4 weeks prior to registration as documented by MRI or CT imaging or deemed stable by clinical investigator. Treated brain metastases are defined as having no ongoing requirement for steroids and no evidence of progression or hemorrhage after treatment for at least 4 weeks prior to registration as documented by MRI or CT imaging or deemed stable by clinical investigator
* No imminent or established spinal cord compression based on clinical symptoms and/or imaging. In patients with untreated imminent or established spinal cord compression, treatment with standard of care as clinically indicated should be completed at least 2 weeks before registration
* No imminent or impending pathologic fracture based on clinical symptoms and/or imaging. In patients with untreated imminent or impending pathologic fracture, treatment with standard of care as clinically indicated should be completed at least 2 weeks before registration
* No significant, uncontrolled intercurrent or recent illness, including but not limited to the following conditions:

  * Cardiovascular disorders: Symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia; uncontrolled hypertension defined as sustained blood pressure \> 150 mm Hg systolic or \> 100 mm Hg diastolic despite optimal antihypertensive treatment; stroke (including transient ischemic attack), myocardial infarction, or other ischemic event, within 6 months before randomization; thromboembolic event (e.g., deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism) within 1 month before randomization
  * Gastrointestinal disorders: Disorders associated with a high risk of perforation or fistula formation: active inflammatory bowel disease, active diverticulitis, active cholecystitis, active symptomatic cholangitis or active appendicitis, active acute pancreatitis or active acute obstruction of the pancreatic or biliary duct, or active gastric outlet obstruction; abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, bowel obstruction, or intra-abdominal abscess within 3 months before randomization. Note: Complete healing of an intra-abdominal abscess must be confirmed before randomization
  * No clinically significant hematuria, hematemesis, or hemoptysis, or other history of significant bleeding (e.g., pulmonary hemorrhage) within 3 months before randomization
  * No lesions invading major pulmonary blood vessels
  * No other clinically significant disorders:

    * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy (with no medications prohibited by this protocol \[e.g. drug-drug interactions\]) with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial
    * For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy (with no medications prohibited by this protocol \[e.g. drug-drug interactions\]), if indicated
    * Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load (with no medications prohibited by this protocol \[e.g. drug-drug interactions\])
    * No serious non-healing wound or ulcer
    * No malabsorption syndrome
    * No uncompensated/symptomatic hypothyroidism
    * No moderate to severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh B or C)
    * No requirements for hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
    * No history of solid organ transplantation
* No chronic concomitant treatment with strong CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors. Because the list of these agents is constantly changing, it is important to regularly consult a frequently updated medical reference. Patients may not have received a strong CYP3A4 inducer within 12 days prior to registration nor a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor within 7 days prior to registration
* No concomitant anticoagulation with coumarin agents (e.g., warfarin), direct thrombin inhibitors (e.g., dabigatran), direct factor Xa inhibitor betrixaban, or platelet inhibitors (e.g., clopidogrel). Allowed anticoagulants include:

  * Prophylactic use of low-dose aspirin for cardio-protection (per local applicable guidelines) and low-dose low molecular weight heparins (LMWH).
  * Therapeutic doses of LMWH or anticoagulation with direct factor Xa inhibitors rivaroxaban, edoxaban, or apixaban in subjects without known brain metastases who are on a stable dose of the anticoagulant for at least 1 week before first dose of study treatment without clinically significant hemorrhagic complications from the anticoagulation regimen or the tumor.
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count \>= 100,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin \>= 9 g/dl (transfusions allowed)
* Calculated (calc.) creatinine clearance \>= 30 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault equation
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), for patients with Gilberts disease =\< 3.0 x ULN
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 3.0 x ULN
* Urine protein to creatinine (UPC) ratio =\< 2 mg/mg OR 24-hr urine protein \< 2 g

Primary outcomes:
measure: Symptomatic skeletal event (SSE)-free survival (FS)
timeFrame: From the date of randomization to the date of the earliest occurrence of SSE or death from any cause, assessed up to 5 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Incidence of adverse events
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
measure: SSE-FS
timeFrame: From randomization to the date of SSE or death due to any cause, whichever comes first, assessed up to 5 years
measure: Progression-free survival
timeFrame: From randomization to time of radiographic progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 5 years
measure: Overall survival
timeFrame: From randomization to the date of death due to any cause, assessed up to 5 years
measure: Time to first SSE
timeFrame: From randomization to the date of first SSE or death due to any cause, assessed up to 5 years
measure: Overall response rate (ORR)
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Birmingham
country: United States
facility: University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center
state: Alabama
city: La Jolla
country: United States
facility: UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
state: California
city: Sacramento
country: United States
facility: University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: California
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Rush University Medical Center
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Illinois
city: Decatur
country: United States
facility: Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois - Decatur
state: Illinois
city: Maywood
country: United States
facility: Loyola University Medical Center
state: Illinois
city: New Lenox
country: United States
facility: UC Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross
state: Illinois
city: Orland Park
country: United States
facility: University of Chicago Medicine-Orland Park
state: Illinois
city: Ankeny
country: United States
facility: UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Ankeny Clinic
state: Iowa
city: Des Moines
country: United States
facility: Iowa Methodist Medical Center
state: Iowa
city: Des Moines
country: United States
facility: UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Des Moines Clinic
state: Iowa
city: Iowa City
country: United States
facility: University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Iowa
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas Cancer Center
state: Kansas
city: Overland Park
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas Cancer Center-Overland Park
state: Kansas
city: Westwood
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas Hospital-Westwood Cancer Center
state: Kansas
city: Metairie
country: United States
facility: East Jefferson General Hospital
state: Louisiana
city: Metairie
country: United States
facility: LSU Healthcare Network / Metairie Multi-Specialty Clinic
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Tulane University School of Medicine
state: Louisiana
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
state: Massachusetts
city: Worcester
country: United States
facility: UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus
state: Massachusetts
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: Trinity Health Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Henry Ford Hospital
state: Michigan
city: Livonia
country: United States
facility: Trinity Health Saint Mary Mercy Livonia Hospital
state: Michigan
city: Burnsville
country: United States
facility: Minnesota Oncology - Burnsville
state: Minnesota
city: Maplewood
country: United States
facility: Minnesota Oncology Hematology PA-Maplewood
state: Minnesota
city: Creve Coeur
country: United States
facility: Siteman Cancer Center at West County Hospital
state: Missouri
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas Cancer Center - North
state: Missouri
city: Lee's Summit
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas Cancer Center - Lee's Summit
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Washington University School of Medicine
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Siteman Cancer Center-South County
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Missouri Baptist Medical Center
state: Missouri
city: Saint Peters
country: United States
facility: Siteman Cancer Center at Saint Peters Hospital
state: Missouri
city: New York
country: United States
facility: NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center
state: New York
city: Chapel Hill
country: United States
facility: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: North Carolina
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Duke University Medical Center
state: North Carolina
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Ohio
city: Oklahoma City
country: United States
facility: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
state: Oklahoma
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
state: Pennsylvania
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: UPMC-Shadyside Hospital
state: Pennsylvania
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center - RedBird
state: Texas
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
state: Texas
city: Fort Worth
country: United States
facility: UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Fort Worth
state: Texas
city: Richardson
country: United States
facility: UT Southwestern Clinical Center at Richardson/Plano
state: Texas
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah
state: Utah
city: Milwaukee
country: United States
facility: Medical College of Wisconsin
state: Wisconsin
Study officials:
affiliation: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
name: Rana R McKay
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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