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Abemaciclib in Newly Diagnosed Meningioma Patients

Study Purpose

This study is being done to learn about how an investigational drug called abemaciclib works in treating patients with a newly-diagnosed grade 3 meningioma. Abemaciclib is a drug that is approved by the FDA, but not for brain tumors. Participants who consent to the trial will have surgical tissue collected from the planned surgical resection and tested. If the tissue shows positive results for RB cells and participants are qualified, they will be enrolled and receive study treatment two to five weeks after completing standard-of-care radiation therapy. This is a randomized clinical trial which means that participants will be randomly assigned to a treatment based on chance, like a flip of a coin. Neither the participant nor the researcher chooses the assigned group. Randomization will help the researchers study how the drug works by comparing the difference between the study drug and the placebo and how they work in treating brain tumors. This is a double-blinded study, which means that neither the participant nor the study team will know which treatment the participant is receiving.

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

An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes.


An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes.


Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.

Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Participant with an intracranial WHO Grade 3 meningioma or lower grade meningioma that has progressed to WHO grade 3 that have received prior radiation therapy.
  • - Resected tissue must demonstrate: (a) RB positivity on immunohistochemistry (IHC); or, no RB mutations on next-generation sequencing (NGS).
  • - A washout period of 14 to 35 days is required between end of RT and Day 1 and must be fully recovered from the acute effects of RT.
  • - Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document (personally or by the legally authorized representative, if applicable).
  • - Participant has voluntarily agreed to participate by giving written informed consent (personally or via legally authorized representative(s), and assent if applicable).
Participant must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests and other procedures.
  • - Age ≥18 years at time of consent.
  • - Have a performance status (PS) of ≤2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale.
  • - Ability to swallow oral medications.
  • - Participant has adequate bone marrow and organ function.
  • - Confirmed negative serum pregnancy test (β-hCG) before starting study treatment or participant who is no longer of childbearing potential due to surgical, chemical, or natural menopause.
  • - For females of reproductive potential: use of highly effective contraception during study participation and for an additional 3 weeks after the end of treatment administration.
  • - For males of reproductive potential: use of condoms or other methods to ensure effective contraception with partner and for an additional 3 weeks after the end of treatment administration.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Prior history of cancer with ongoing treatment of disease.
  • - Current use of coumarin-derived anticoagulant for treatment, prophylaxis or otherwise.
Therapy with heparin, low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) or fondaparinux is allowed.
  • - Pregnancy, breastfeeding or lactation.
  • - Known allergic reactions to components of the abemaciclib.
  • - Active infection or fever >38.5°C requiring systemic antibiotic, antifungal or antiviral therapy within 4 weeks of Day 1.
  • - Known to have active (acute or chronic) or uncontrolled severe infection, liver disease such as cirrhosis, decompensated liver disease, and active and chronic hepatitis.
  • - Known active systemic bacterial infection, fungal infection, or detectable viral infection .
  • - Participant has serious and/or uncontrolled preexisting medical condition(s) that, in the judgment of the investigator, would preclude participation in this study.
  • - Prior therapy with any CDK4/6 inhibitor.
  • - Treatment with another investigational drug within 5 half-lives of the investigational product.
  • - The patient has a personal history of any of the following conditions: syncope of cardiovascular etiology, ventricular arrhythmia of pathological origin (including, but not limited to, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation), or sudden cardiac arrest.

Trial Details

Trial ID:

This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.

NCT05940493
Phase

Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans.

Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data.

Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs.

Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.

Phase 2
Lead Sponsor

The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.

Nader Sanai
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Nader Sanai, MD
Principal Investigator Affiliation Ivy Brain Tumor Center
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other, Industry
Overall Status Not yet recruiting
Countries United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Meningioma
Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Active Treatment (Abemaciclib)

Administered twice daily on days 1-28 of each 28-day cycle.

Placebo Comparator: Placebo

Administered twice daily on days 1-28 of each 28-day cycle.

Interventions

Drug: - Abemaciclib

Tablet

Drug: - Placebo

Tablet

Contact a Trial Team

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St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Status

Address

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona, 85013

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