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MOUNTAINEER-03: Evaluating whether a combination of targeted therapies with chemotherapy works better than standard treatment for people with HER2+ advanced colorectal cancerAn Open-label Randomized Phase 3 Study of Tucatinib in Combination With Trastuzumab and mFOLFOX6 Versus mFOLFOX6 Given With or Without Either Cetuximab or Bevacizumab as First-line Treatment for Subjects With HER2+ Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Bowel Cancers Lower gastrointestinal tract

Age

People18+

Trial acronym

MOUNTAINEER-03

Clinical summary

Summary

This study is being done to find out if tucatinib with other cancer drugs works better than standard of care to treat people with HER2 positive colorectal cancer that is locally advanced, metastatic or unable to be removed with surgery (unresectable).

This study will also determine what side effects happen when participants take this combination of drugs. A side effect is anything a drug does to the body besides treating your disease. 

Participants will be assigned randomly (by chance) to one of two treatment groups.

People in the tucatinib group will receive tucatinib targeted therapy, trastuzumab targeted therapy and mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy regimen.

People in the standard of care group will get either:

  • mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy regimen alone;
  • mFOLFOX6 with bevacizumab targeted therapy, or
  • mFOLFOX6 with cetuximab targeted therapy.

All drigs given in this study are used to treat this type of cancer.

 

Conditions

This trial is treating people with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic bowel cancer that is HER2+

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Histologically and/or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum which is locally advanced unresectable or metastatic
  • Able to provide the most recently available formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue blocks (or freshly sectioned slides) obtained prior to treatment initiation to a central laboratory

    • If archival tissue is not available, a newly-obtained baseline biopsy of an accessible tumor lesion is required within 35 days prior to start of study treatment
  • HER2+ disease as determined by a tissue based assay performed at a central laboratory.
  • Participant has rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog wild-type (RAS WT) disease as determined by local or central testing. For central RAS analysis, tissue sample must be analyzed within 1 year of biopsy date.
  • Radiographically measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 with:

    • At least one site of disease that is measurable and that has not been previously irradiated, or
    • If the participant has had previous radiation to the target lesion(s), there must be evidence of progression since the radiation
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1
  • CNS Inclusion - based on contrast brain magnetic resonance imaging, participants may have any of the following:

    • No evidence of brain metastases
    • Previously treated brain metastases which are asymptomatic

Exclusion

  • Prior systemic anticancer therapy for colorectal cancer (CRC) in the locally advanced unresectable or metastatic setting; note that participants may have received a maximum of 2 doses of mFOLFOX6 in the locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic setting prior to randomization.

    • Note: May have received chemotherapy for CRC in the adjuvant setting if it was completed >6 months prior to enrollment
  • Radiation therapy within 14 days prior to enrollment (or within 7 days in the setting of stereotactic radiosurgery)
  • Previous treatment with anti-HER2 therapy
  • Ongoing Grade 3 or higher neuropathy
  • Active or untreated gastrointestinal (GI) perforation at the time of screening.

Inclusion

  • Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or has grown into nearby parts of the body (locally advanced).
  • Your cancer has not spread to other parts of the body, but it is not possible to perform surgery to remove it (unresectable).

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

Seagen Inc.

Scientific Title

An Open-label Randomized Phase 3 Study of Tucatinib in Combination With Trastuzumab and mFOLFOX6 Versus mFOLFOX6 Given With or Without Either Cetuximab or Bevacizumab as First-line Treatment for Subjects With HER2+ Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

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