Conditions: Cancer, Advanced
Keywords: Relapsed cancer
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 15
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Part 1 of the study will assess the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of ridaforolimus (MK-8669) after administration of single and multiple 40 mg doses in Chinese participants with advanced cancer. Part 2 of the study is optional; participants can continue to receive the study treatment in a weekly regimen of daily oral doses of ridaforolimus 40 mg for five consecutive days followed by two days off-treatment.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: In Part 1 (Days 1-19), participants received ridaforolimus (MK-8669) 40 mg via oral enteric-coated tablet on Day 1; followed by no study treatment on Days 2-7; followed by two weekly sequences (Days 8-19) consisting of 5 consecutive days of ridaforolimus 40 mg and 2 consecutive days off study treatment. Following Part 1, participants underwent at least a 2-day study treatment washout prior to starting Part 2. In Part 2, participants received a weekly treatment regimen consisting of 5 consecutive days (Days 1-5) of ridaforolimus 40 mg via oral enteric-coated tablet and 2 consecutive days (Days 6-7) off study treatment. This weekly treatment regimen was repeated every subsequent week for the remainder of participation in Part 2.

Interventions: intervention 1: ridaforolimus
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 4 enteric-coated tablets, each containing 10 mg ridaforolimus, orally (total daily dose: 40 mg)

Protocol document: