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Belzutifan/MK-6482 for the Treatment of Advanced Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma (PPGL), Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (pNET), Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Disease-Associated Tumors, Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (wt GIST), or Solid Tumors With HIF-2α Related Genetic Alterations (MK-6482-015)
Study Purpose
This is a study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of belzutifan monotherapy in participants with advanced pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL), pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET), von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Disease-Associated Tumors, Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (wt GIST), or Advanced Solid Tumors With hypoxia inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2α) related genetic alterations. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the objective response rate (ORR) of belzutifan per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) by blinded independent central review (BICR).
Recruitment Criteria
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms |
No |
Study Type
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Interventional |
Eligible Ages | 12 Years and Over |
Gender | All |
Inclusion Criteria:
Cohort A1: Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma (PPGL)- - Has documented histopathological diagnosis (local report) of pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma Note: Participants are allowed to receive therapy in first line where a satisfactory treatment option does not exist and if participants are not candidates for systemic chemotherapy or have refused such therapy.
- - Has locally advanced or metastatic disease that is not amenable to surgery or curative intent treatment.
- - Has adequately controlled blood pressure defined as blood pressure ≤150/90 mm Hg (≤135/85 mm Hg for adolescents) and with no change in antihypertensive medications (for participants with concomitant hypertension) for at least 2 weeks prior to start of study treatment.
- - Has documented histopathological or cytopathological diagnosis (local report) of well-differentiated, low, or intermediate grade (G1 or G2 pNET per 2017 World Health Organization (WHO) classification and grading) pNET.
- - Has locally advanced disease or metastatic disease that is: 1.
- - Has disease progression within the past 12 months from Screening.
- - Has measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as assessed by local site investigator/radiology assessment and verified by BICR.
- - Have a diagnosis of VHL disease as determined by a germline test (documented germline VHL gene alteration) locally and/or clinical diagnosis.
- - Have at least 1 measurable PPGL or pNET per RECIST 1.1 by CT or MRI as assessed by local site investigator/radiology assessment and verified by BICR.
- - Participants from China or Japan defined as participants of Chinese or Japanese origin residing in mainland China or Japan respectively at the time of Screening, must have at least 1 measurable RCC or PPGL or pNET per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by local site investigator/radiology assessment and verified by BICR.
- - Must be ≥18 years of age.
- - Must not have pheochromocytoma >5 cm or paraganglioma >4 cm that requires immediate surgery.
- - Have adequately controlled blood pressure defined as blood pressure ≤150/90 mm Hg and with no change in antihypertensive medications (for participants with concomitant hypertension) for at least 2 weeks prior to start of study treatment.
- - Must not have Metastatic or locally advanced, unresectable PPGL.
- - Presence of concomitant VHL disease-associated tumors is permitted as long as they do not require immediate surgery or intervention.
- - Must not have lesion(s) located in the head of the pancreas must be >2 cm that requires immediate surgery.
- - Must not have lesion(s) located in the body or tail of the pancreas must be >3 cm that requires immediate surgery.
- - Must not have locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic pNET.
- - Presence of concomitant VHL disease-associated tumors is permitted as long as they do not require immediate surgery or intervention.
- - Must not have lesion(s) >3 cm that requires immediate surgery.
- - Must not have metastatic RCC.
- - Presence of concomitant VHL disease-associated tumors is permitted as long as they do not require immediate surgery or intervention.
- - Has documented histopathological diagnosis of GIST.
- - Local test report documenting the absence of sensitizing mutations in both platelet derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) and receptor tyrosine kinase (c-KIT).
- - Has locally advanced or metastatic disease that is not amenable to surgery or curative intent treatment.
- - Local test report documenting germline or somatic mutations in at least one of the HIF-2α related genes.
- - Has locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor that is not amenable to surgery or curative intent treatment.
- - Has progressed on/after standard therapy for advanced/metastatic disease.
- - Male participants are eligible to participate if they agree to the following during the intervention period and for at least 7 days after the last dose of study intervention: 1.
- - A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: 1.
- - Submit an archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion (not previously irradiated).
- - Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of either 0 or 1, as assessed within 7 days of treatment initiation.
- - Has adequate organ function.
- - Has a life expectancy of at least 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- - Is unable to swallow orally administered medication or has a disorder that might affect the absorption of belzutifan.
- - Has a history of a second malignancy, unless potentially curative treatment has been completed with no evidence of malignancy for 2 years with the following exceptions: Note: The time requirement does not apply to participants who underwent successful definitive resection of basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or other in situ cancers.
- - Participants with history of VHL disease (germline VHL mutation documented by a local test report or with clinical diagnosis) will be permitted provided concurrent lesions (other than the tumor type being assessed such as PPGL for Cohort A1 and pNET for Cohort A2) are localized without immediate need for intervention.
- - Prior history of surgical resection(s) for concurrent localized VHL disease-associated tumors is allowed provided there is no history of metastatic disease from concurrent tumors; history of systemic therapy for concurrent tumors will be exclusionary.
- - Participants with history of other genetic syndromes (such as those with succinate dehydrogenase subunit genes (SDHx) germline mutation or multiple endocrine neoplasia/MEN) will be allowed provided concurrent tumors (outside of the organ affected in Cohort A1, Cohort A2, C and D respectively) are localized and do not require immediate intervention; history of metastatic disease in concurrent tumors or history of systemic therapy for concurrent tumors will be exclusionary.
- - Cohort B1 participants with concomitant central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastoma must not require immediate surgery or intervention and must not be at risk of imminent neurological complications.
- - Cohort B1 participants with concomitant retinal angiomas/retinal hemangioblastomas must not require immediate intervention.
- - Cohort B1 participants with any concomitant tumors must not require immediate surgery or intervention.
- - For Cohort B1 participants, history of any anticancer systemic therapy (including investigational agents) for any VHL disease-associated tumor or history of metastatic disease from any VHL disease-associated tumor or other non-VHL disease-related tumor(s) will be exclusionary.
- - Has known CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
- - Has clinically significant cardiac disease, including unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, or arterial bypass (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) ≤6 months from Day 1 of study drug administration, or New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure.
- - Has any of the following: A pulse oximeter reading <92% at rest, or requires intermittent supplemental oxygen, or requires chronic supplemental oxygen.
- - Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study.
- - Has had major surgery ≤4 weeks prior to first dose of study intervention.
- - Has received prior treatment (except somatostatin analogs for pNET participants) with chemotherapy, targeted therapy, biologics or other investigational therapy within the past 4 weeks of first dose of study intervention.
- - Has received prior locoregional therapies or radiation within the past 4 weeks of first dose of study intervention.
- - Has received prior treatment with Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT)/radionuclide therapy (such as 177Lu-Dotatate) or other radiopharmaceutical therapy within the past 12 weeks from Screening for participants with pNET.
- - Has received meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) therapy or other radiopharmaceutical therapy within the past 12 weeks from Screening for participants with PPGL.
- - Has received prior treatment with any HIF-2α inhibitor (including belzutifan).
- - Has a known hypersensitivity to the study treatment and/or any of its excipients.
- - Has toxicities from prior locoregional or systemic or any other therapies that is not recovered to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) ≤Grade 1 (with the exception of alopecia).
- - Has received colony-stimulating factors (e.g., granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), or recombinant Erythropoietin (EPO) ≤28 days prior to the first dose of study intervention.
- - Is currently receiving strong inhibitors of Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) that cannot be discontinued for the duration of the study.
- - Is currently receiving either strong or moderate inducers of CYP3A4 that cannot be discontinued for the duration of the study.
- - Is currently enrolled in and receiving study therapy, was enrolled in a study of an investigational agent, and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks (28 days) of the first dose of study intervention.
- - Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
- - Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
- - Has a known history of hepatitis B or known active hepatitis C (HCV) infection.
- - For Cohort A2, has a tumor histology consistent with poorly differentiated pNET, neuroendocrine carcinoma, or neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of nonpancreatic origin.
- - For Cohort A2, participants who have uncontrolled symptoms from functional pNETs at study entry.
- - Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.
- - For Cohort B1 participants, metastatic disease identified at Screening.
- - For Cohort C and GIST participants, clinically significant active bleeding (such as gastrointestinal [GI] bleeding), perforation, obstruction, and other disease-related complications, requiring emergency surgery.
- - For Cohort D participants, VHL disease is exclusionary.
Trial Details
Trial ID:
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NCT04924075 |
Phase
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Phase 2 |
Lead Sponsor
The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data. |
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
Principal Investigator
The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study. |
Medical Director |
Principal Investigator Affiliation | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
Agency Class
Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial. |
Industry |
Overall Status | Recruiting |
Countries | Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States |
Conditions
The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied. |
Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor, Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, HIF-2α Mutated Cancers |
Study Website: | View Trial Website |
Arms
Experimental: Belzutifan
Belzutifan, 120 mg, oral, once daily (QD) until progressive disease or discontinuation.
Interventions
Drug: - Belzutifan
Belzutifan, 120 mg, oral, once daily (QD) until progressive disease or discontinuation.
Contact a Trial Team
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Status
Recruiting
Address
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ( Site 0110)
Los Angeles, California, 90048
Status
Recruiting
Address
University of Iowa ( Site 0104)
Iowa City, Iowa, 52242
Status
Recruiting
Address
Johns Hopkins Hospital-Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center - Developmental Therapeutics ( Site
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287
Status
Recruiting
Address
National Institutes of Health ( Site 0125)
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
Status
Recruiting
Address
Massachusetts General Hospital ( Site 0111)
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
Status
Recruiting
Address
University of Michigan ( Site 0126)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
Status
Recruiting
Address
Washington University-Internal Medicine/Oncology ( Site 0124)
Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ( Site 0123)
New York, New York, 10029
Status
Recruiting
Address
Penn Medicine: University of Pennsylvania Health System-Heme/Onc ( Site 0127)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
Status
Recruiting
Address
Vanderbilt University Medical Center ( Site 0107)
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
Status
Recruiting
Address
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ( Site 0112)
Houston, Texas, 77030
International Sites
Status
Recruiting
Address
Prince of Wales Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 1601)
Randwick, New South Wales, 2031
Status
Recruiting
Address
The Royal Melbourne Hospital ( Site 1602)
Parkville, Victoria, 3050
Status
Recruiting
Address
Tom Baker Cancer Center ( Site 0203)
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N2
Status
Recruiting
Address
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 0202)
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Peking University First Hospital-Urology ( Site 1900)
Beijing, Beijing, 100034
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center ( Site 1905)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510700
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine ( Site 1904)
Shanghai, Shanghai,
Status
Recruiting
Address
West China Hospital of Sichuan University ( Site 1906)
Cheng Du, Sichuan, 610041
Status
Recruiting
Address
Rigshospitalet ( Site 0304)
Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, 2100
Status
Recruiting
Address
Rigshospitalet-Department of Endocrinology ( Site 0303)
Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, 2100
Status
Recruiting
Address
Odense Universitetshospital ( Site 0302)
Odense, Syddanmark, 5000
Status
Recruiting
Address
CHU Strasbourg-Hautepierre-Medecine Interne, Endocrinologie et Nutrition ( Site 0402)
Strasbourg, Alsace, 67098
Status
Recruiting
Address
Institut Paoli-Calmettes-Oncology ( Site 0406)
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, 13009
Status
Recruiting
Address
Gustave Roussy ( Site 0403)
Villejuif, Ile-de-France, 94800
Status
Recruiting
Address
Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud - Hôpital Bicêtre ( Site 0407)
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, 94270
Status
Recruiting
Address
Hôpital Edouard Herriot-oncologie ( Site 0405)
Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, 69003
Status
Recruiting
Address
Hopitaux Universitaires Paris Centre-Hopital Cochin ( Site 0404)
Paris, , 75014
Status
Recruiting
Address
Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg ( Site 0504)
Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, 79106
Status
Recruiting
Address
Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen-Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division (
München, Bayern, 80336
Status
Recruiting
Address
Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken-Div. of Endocrinology and Diabetes ( Site 0500)
Würzburg, Bayern, 97080
Status
Recruiting
Address
Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf-Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology ( Site 0505)
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 40225
Status
Recruiting
Address
Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin - Campus Mitte-Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism ( Site
Berlin, , 10117
Status
Recruiting
Address
Semmelweis University-Belgyógyászati és Onkológiai Klinika Hematológia Osztály ( Site 0600)
Budapest, , 1083
Status
Recruiting
Address
Sheba Medical Center-Institute of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ( Site 1400)
Ramat Gan, , 5262100
Status
Recruiting
Address
Sourasky Medical Center ( Site 1401)
Tel Aviv, , 6423906
Status
Completed
Address
University of Naples Federico II-Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia ( Site 0704)
Naples, Campania, 80100
Status
Recruiting
Address
Ospedale San Raffaele-Oncologia Medica ( Site 0705)
Milano, Lombardia, 20132
Status
Recruiting
Address
Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia-Oncology ( Site 0701)
Brescia, , 25123
Status
Recruiting
Address
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS-Divisione di Oncologia Medica Gastrointestinale e Tumori Neuroe
Milano, , 20141
Status
Recruiting
Address
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona - Ospedale Borgo Roma ( Site 0703)
Verona, , 37134
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Hokkaido University Hospital ( Site 1800)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Yokohama City University Hospital-Department of Urology ( Site 1804)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Kochi Medical School Hospital ( Site 1807)
Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
National Cancer Center Hospital ( Site 1802)
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Kyoto University Hospital ( Site 1806)
Kyoto, ,
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center ( Site 1803)
Tokyo, , 123-8558
Status
Recruiting
Address
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht ( Site 1530)
Utrecht, , 3584 CX
Status
Suspended
Address
GBUZ Republican Clinical Oncological Dispensary ( Site 0804)
Ufa, Baskortostan, Respublika, 450054
Status
Completed
Address
Saint Petersburg State University-Clinic of advanced medical technologies n. a. Nicolay I. Pirogov (
Saint Petersburg, Leningradskaya Oblast, 190020
Status
Suspended
Address
Saint-Petersburg City Clinical Oncology Dispensary-Department of chemotherapy ( Site 0803)
Saint Petersburg, Leningradskaya Oblast, 198255
Status
Suspended
Address
Fed State Budgetary Inst N.N. Blokhin Med Center of Oncology MHRF ( Site 0801)
Moscow, Moskva, 115522
Status
Completed
Address
Endocrinology Research Center of Rosmedtechnologies-Surgery ( Site 0809)
Moscow, Moskva, 117036
Status
Recruiting
Address
National Cancer Centre Singapore ( Site 1700)
Singapore, Central Singapore, 168583
Status
Recruiting
Address
Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Medical Oncology ( Site 1101)
Oviedo, Asturias, 33011
Status
Completed
Address
MD Anderson Cancer Center-Oncology ( Site 1102)
Madrid, Madrid, Comunidad De, 28033
Status
Recruiting
Address
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre-Medical Oncology ( Site 1103)
Madrid, Madrid, Comunidad De, 28041
Status
Recruiting
Address
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron ( Site 1100)
Barcelona, , 08035
Status
Recruiting
Address
Skanes University Hospital Lund ( Site 1200)
Lund, Skane Lan, 221 85
Status
Completed
Address
Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna ( Site 1202)
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, 171 76
Status
Recruiting
Address
Akademiska sjukhuset-Blod- och tumörsjukdomar ( Site 1201)
Uppsala, Uppsala Lan, 751 85
Status
Recruiting
Address
Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset-Department of Oncology CTU Clinical Trial Unit ( Site 1204)
Gothenburg, Vastra Gotalands Lan, 413 45
Status
Recruiting
Address
Ege University Medicine of Faculty ( Site 0900)
Bornova, Izmir, 35100
Status
Recruiting
Address
Hacettepe Universitesi-oncology hospital ( Site 0901)
Ankara, , 06230
Status
Recruiting
Address
Ankara Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi. ( Site 0904)
Ankara, , 06800
Status
Recruiting
Address
Istanbul Universitesi Cerrahpasa-Medical Oncology ( Site 0902)
Istanbul, , 34668
Status
Recruiting
Address
Addenbrooke's Hospital ( Site 1309)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 2QQ
Status
Active, not recruiting
Address
Royal Free Hospital ( Site 1302)
London, England, NW32QG
Status
Recruiting
Address
The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre ( Site 1308)
Glasgow, Glasgow City, G12 0YN
Status
Recruiting
Address
Hammersmith Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 1304)
London, London, City Of, W12 OHS