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No longer recruiting (closed or complete)Last updated: 22 November 2024

EPIK-O: This phase III study is evaluating how safe and effective a combined treatment of targeted therapy (alpelisib) and a different cancer drug (olaparib), compared to chemotherapy (paclitaxel or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin), is in people with platinum resistant or refractory high-grade serous ovarian cancer, with no germline BRCA mutation detectedA Phase III, Multi-center, Randomized (1:1), Open-label, Active-controlled, Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Alpelisib (BYL719) in Combination With Olaparib as Compared to Single Agent Cytotoxic Chemotherapy, in Participants With no Germline BRCA Mutation Detected, Platinum-resistant or Refractory, High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Female Reproductive System Cancers Gynaecological

Age

People18+

Trial acronym

EPIK-O

Clinical summary

Summary

Eligible participants will be randomly allocated to either the Experimental Arm or Active Comparator Arm. In the Experimental Arm, participants will receive Alpelisib + olaparib. Alpelisib will be administered at a dose of 200mg, orally, once daily. Olaparib will be administered at a dose of 200mg, orally, twice daily. In the Active Comparator Arm, participants will receive the investigator's choice of one of 2 single agent cytotoxic chemotherapies: Paclitaxel (80 mg/m2, intravenously, weekly) or Pegylated liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD) (40-50 mg/m2, intravenously, every 28 days).

Conditions

This trial is treating people with ovarian cancer

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Participant has histologically confirmed diagnosis of high-grade serous or high-grade endometrioid ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer
  • Measurable disease, i.e., at least one measurable lesion per RECIST 1.1 criteria (a lesion at a previously irradiated site may only be counted as a target lesion if there is clear sign of progression since the irradiation)
  • If no measurable disease is present, the disease should be assessable by Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup criteria (GCIC) for CA-125
  • Participant has no germline BRCA1/2 mutation as determined by an FDA approved assay.
  • Participant has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
  • Participant has platinum-resistant (progression within one to six months after completing platinum-based therapy) or platinum refractory disease (progression during treatment or within 4 weeks after the last dose), where platinum-based therapy is not an option, according to the GCIG 5th Ovarian Cancer Consensus Conference definitions. The platinum-based chemotherapy regimen does not necessarily need to be the last regimen the participant received prior to study entry.
  • Participant must have received at least one but no more than three prior systemic treatment regimens and for whom single-agent chemotherapy is appropriate as the next line of treatment.
  • Participant has adequate bone marrow and organ function

Exclusion

  • Participant has received prior treatment with any PI3K, mTOR or AKT inhibitor.
  • Participant is concurrently using other anti-cancer therapy
  • Participant is in a state of small or large bowel obstruction or has other impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease
  • Participant has had surgery within 14 days prior to starting study drug or has not recovered from major side effects
  • Participant has not recovered from all toxicities 5 related to prior anticancer therapies to baseline or NCI CTCAE Version 4.03 Grade ≤1. Exception to this criterion: participants with any grade of alopecia are allowed to enter the study.
  • Participants with liver impairment and Child Pugh score B or C
  • Participant has received radiotherapy ≤ 4 weeks or limited field radiation for palliation ≤2 weeks prior to randomization, and who has not recovered to baseline, grade 1 or better from related side effects of such therapy (with the exception of alopecia).
  • Participant has a known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or excipients

Other inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Inclusion

  • You have had treatment, but your cancer has come back (relapsed or recurrent).
  • You have had treatment but your cancer has gotten worse or has not responded to the treatment you have been given.
  • You are able to swallow medication by mouth.

Exclusion

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

Clinical trials have complex eligibility criteria, and other criteria may apply for this trial. Ask your doctor about whether this trial could be right for you.

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Trial sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Scientific Title

A Phase III, Multi-center, Randomized (1:1), Open-label, Active-controlled, Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Alpelisib (BYL719) in Combination With Olaparib as Compared to Single Agent Cytotoxic Chemotherapy, in Participants With no Germline BRCA Mutation Detected, Platinum-resistant or Refractory, High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

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