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CompletedLast updated: 24 January 2024

PUMA: This phase II trial is evaluating neratinib (targeted) therapy in patients that have solid cancers with activating HER2, HER3 or EGFR mutationsAn Open-label, Multicenter, Multinational, Phase 2 Study Exploring the Efficacy and Safety of Neratinib Therapy in Patients With Solid Tumors With Activating HER2, HER3 or EGFR Mutations or With EGFR Gene Amplification.

Clinical summary

Summary

This is an open-label, multicenter, multinational, Phase 2 study exploring the efficacy and safety of neratinib therapy in patients with solid tumors with activating HER2, HER3 or EGFR mutations or with EGFR gene amplification. The trial will consist of a screening period, a treatment period, and an end-of-treatment visit occurring when neratinib is discontinued for any reason, a safety-follow-up visit occurring 28 to 42 days after the last dose of neratinib and a survival follow-up period lasting for a maximum of 12 months for each patient after their last dose of neratinib or until initiation of additional anti-cancer therapy. Treatment will consist of neratinib 240 mg by mouth with food once daily.

Conditions

This trial is treating patients with advanced cancers that express HER2, HER3 or EGFR mutations.

Cancer

Multi-Cancer Multi-Cancer

Age

People18+

Phase

II

Trial Acronym

PUMA

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Trial sponsor

Puma Biotechnology, Inc.

Scientific Title

An Open-label, Multicenter, Multinational, Phase 2 Study Exploring the Efficacy and Safety of Neratinib Therapy in Patients With Solid Tumors With Activating HER2, HER3 or EGFR Mutations or With EGFR Gene Amplification.

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Provide written informed consent
  • Histologically confirmed cancers for which no curative therapy exists
  • Documented HER2 or EGFR exon 18 mutation
  • Participants must agree and commit to use appropriate methods of contraception as outlined in the protocol
  • At least one measurable lesion, defined by RECIST v1.1

Exclusion

  • Participants harboring ineligible somatic HER2 mutations
  • Prior treatment with any HER2-directed tyrosine kinase inhibitor (e.g., lapatinib, afatinib, dacomitinib, neratinib) is excluded with the following exception: patients with EGFR exon 18 mutated NSCLC who may have received afatinib, osimertinib, or other pan HER or EGFR TKIs remain eligible
  • Participants who are receiving any other anticancer agents
  • Symptomatic or unstable brain metastases
  • Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding

There are additional inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study center will determine if criteria for participation are met.

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
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