Pazopanib and ARQ 197 for Advanced Solid Tumors

Exclusion Criteria

• •Subjects in the expansion cohort must have prothrombin time (PT)/ international normalized ratio (INR)/partial thromboplastin time (PTT) less than or equal to 1.2 X institutional ULN, except patients with confirmed positive lupus anticoagulant test.
• •Subjects must have blood pressure (BP) no greater than 140 mmHg (systolic) and 90 mmHg (diastolic) for eligibility. Initiation or adjustment of BP medication is permitted prior to study entry provided that the average of three BP readings at a visit prior to enrollment is less than 140/90 mmHg.
• •The effects of study drugs on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for at least 2 months after dosing with study drugs ceases. 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. Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to entry.
• •Patients must be able to swallow whole tablets or capsules. Nasogastric or G-tube administration is not allowed.
• •Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
• •Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents.
• •Patients with active brain metastases or carcinomatous meningitis are excluded from this clinical trial. Patients whose brain metastatic disease status has remained stable for greater than or equal to 4 weeks following treatment of the brain metastases are eligible to participate.
• •History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to pazopanib or ARQ 197.
• •Eligibility of subjects receiving any medications or substances known to affect or with the potential to affect the activity or pharmacokinetics of pazopanib or ARQ 197 will be determined following review of their cases by the Principal Investigator. Efforts should be made to switch subjects with gliomas or brain metastases who are taking enzyme inducing anticonvulsant agents to other medications.
• •Certain medications that act through the cytochromes P450 (CYP450) system are specifically prohibited in subjects receiving pazopanib and ARQ 197 and others should be avoided or administered with extreme caution.
• •* Strong inhibitors of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) such as ketoconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, atazanavir, indinavir, nefazodone, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, telithromycin, voriconazole may increase pazopanib concentrations and are prohibited; although, in exceptional circumstances they may be administered in conjunction with lowering the dose of pazopanib by 50% of what would otherwise be administered. Grapefruit juice is also an inhibitor of CYP450 and should not be taken with pazopanib.
• •* Strong inducers of Cytochrome P450 Family 3 Subfamily A Member 4 (CYP3A4), such as rifampin, may decrease pazopanib concentrations, are strictly prohibited.
• •* Medications which have narrow therapeutic windows and are substrates of CYP3A4, cytochrome P450 2D6 CYP2D6), or cytochrome P₄₅₀2C8 (CYP2C8) should be avoided and, if necessary, administered with caution.
• •* Inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) should be avoided and, if necessary, administered with caution.
• •Cardiovascular baseline corrected QT Interval (QTc) greater than or equal to 480 msec will exclude patients from entry on study. Medications that may cause QTc interval prolongation are listed, and should be avoided by patients entering on trial. Patients for whom a given medication that may cause QTc interval prolongation cannot be discontinued may be eligible at the discretion of the study principal investigator (PI). A comprehensive list of agents with the potential to cause QTc prolongation can be found at http://www.azcert.org/medical-pros/drug-lists/bycategory.cfm. (Note: If subjects must take medications with a risk or possible risk of Torsades de Pointes, they should be watched carefully for symptoms of Torsades de Pointes, such as syncope. Performing additional electrocardiograms (EKGs) on subjects who must take one or more of these medications is not required; however, additional investigations, including EKGs, may be performed as per the treating physicians judgment.)
• •Subjects with any of the following cardiovascular conditions within the past 6 months:
• •* cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attack (TIA)
• •* clinically significant bradycardia or other uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
• •* admission for unstable angina or myocardial infarction
• •* cardiac angioplasty or stenting
• •* coronary artery bypass graft surgery
• •* pulmonary embolism, untreated deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or DVT which has been treated with therapeutic anticoagulation for less than 6 weeks
• •* arterial thrombosis
• •* symptomatic peripheral vascular disease
• •* Class III or IV heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification system. A subject who has a history of Class II heart failure and is asymptomatic on treatment may be considered eligible
• •* History of serious or non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
• •* Patients who received major surgery within the past 4 weeks
• •* Subjects with any condition that may impair the ability to swallow or absorb oral medications/investigational product including:
• •* any lesion, whether induced by tumor, radiation or other conditions, which makes it difficult to swallow capsules or pills
• •* prior surgical procedures affecting absorption including, but not limited to major resection of stomach or small bowel
• •* active peptic ulcer disease
• •* malabsorption syndrome
• •Subjects with any condition that may increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding or gastrointestinal perforation, including
• •* active peptic ulcer disease
• •* known intraluminal metastatic lesions
• •* inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease) or other gastrointestinal conditions which increase the risk of perforation
• •* history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intraabdominal abscess within 28 days prior to beginning study treatment
• •* History of hemoptysis in excess of 2.5 mL (1/2 teaspoon ) within 8 weeks prior to first dose of study drug.
• •* Urine protein/creatinine ratio should be screened by urine analysis. If protein is 1+ or higher, 24-hour urine protein should be obtained and the level should be less than 1g for patient enrollment. Patients with less than 1+ proteinuria are eligible following initial determination by urinalysis within 1 week prior to enrollment and do not need the urinalysis repeated.
• •* Patients with clinically significant intercurrent illnesses, including but not limited to, life threatening infection, psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements will not be eligible to participate.
• •* Pregnant women are excluded from this study because the effects of the study drugs on the developing fetus are unknown. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with the study drugs, breastfeeding should be discontinued prior to the first dose of study drug and women should refrain from nursing throughout the treatment period and for 14 days following the last dose of study drug.
• •* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic (PK) interactions.
• •* Patients who require use of coumarin-derivative anticoagulants such as warfarin are excluded. Low molecular weight heparin is permitted for prophylactic use, but not therapeutic use.
• •INCLUSION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES:
• •Both men and women of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this trial.