Autophagy Inhibition to Augment Mammilian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibition: A Phase I/II Trial of RAD001 and Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in Patients With Previously Treated Renal Cell Carcinoma

Exclusion Criteria

• •.1. Patients currently receiving anticancer therapy or who have received anticancer therapy within 4 weeks of the start of study drug (including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, antibody based therapy, etc.). To prevent explosive disease progression associated with angiogenic rebound from impacting the results of this study, patients who have received prior antiangiogenic therapy in the form of a small molecule multikinase inhibitor or bevacizumab must be off prior therapy for 1 week and have antiangiogenic therapy-associated adverse events (AEs) resolve to grade 2 before starting study treatment.
• •2 Patients, who have had a major surgery or significant traumatic injury within 4 weeks of start of study drug, patients who have not recovered from the side effects of any major surgery or patients that may require major surgery during the course of the study
• •3 Prior treatment with any investigational drug within the preceding 4 weeks .4 Patients receiving chronic, systemic treatment with corticosteroids or another immunosuppressive agent. Topical or inhaled corticosteroids are allowed.
• •5 Patients should not receive immunization with attenuated live vaccines within one week of study entry or during study period
• •6 Uncontrolled brain or leptomeningeal metastases, including patients who continue to require glucocorticoids for brain or leptomeningeal metastases
• •7 Other malignancies within the past 3 years except for adequately treated carcinoma of the cervix or basal or squamous cell carcinomas of the skin, Stage I resected melanoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, resected, basal cell carcinoma, indolent prostate cancer
• •8 Patients who have any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions or other conditions that could affect their participation in the study such as:
• •9 Symptomatic congestive heart failure of New York heart Association Class III or IV
• •10 Unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction within 6 months of start of study drug, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia or any other clinically significant cardiac disease
• •11 Severely impaired lung function with a previously documented spirometry and diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide that is 50% of the normal predicted value and/or 02 saturation that is 88% or less at rest on room air
• •12 Uncontrolled diabetes as defined by fasting serum glucose 1.5 x ULN
• •13 Active (acute or chronic) or uncontrolled severe infections
• •14 Liver disease such as cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis or chronic persistent hepatitis
• •15 A known history of HIV seropositivity as reported by the patient
• •16 Impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of RAD001 (e.g., ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome or small bowel resection)
• •17 Patients with an active, bleeding diathesis
• •18 Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding, or adults of reproductive potential who are not using effective birth control methods. If barrier contraceptives are being used, these must be continued throughout the trial by both sexes. Hormonal contraceptives are not acceptable as a sole method of contraception. (Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to administration of RAD001)
• •19 Patients who have received prior treatment with an mammilian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor (sirolimus, temsirolimus, everolimus).(Phase I prior mTOR inhibitor allowed)
• •20 Patients with a known hypersensitivity to RAD001 (everolimus) or other rapamycins (sirolimus, temsirolimus) or to its excipients
• •21 History of noncompliance to medical regimens
• •22 Patients unwilling to or unable to comply with the protocol .23 A detailed assessment of Hepatitis B/C medical history and risk factors must be done at screening for all patients. HBV DNA and HCV RNA polymerase chain reaction testing are required at screening for all patients with a positive medical history based on risk factors and/or confirmation of prior HBV/HCV infection.