Clinical Trials

This randomized phase II/III trial studies docetaxel, antiandrogen therapy, and radiation therapy to see how well it works compared with antiandrogen therapy and radiation therapy alone in treating patients with prostate cancer that has been removed by surgery. Androgen can cause the growth of prostate cells. Antihormone therapy may lessen the amount of androgen made by the body. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving antiandrogen therapy and radiation therapy with or without docetaxel after surgery may kill any remaining tumor cells.

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of venetoclax when given together with ixazomib citrate and dexamethasone and to see how well they work in treating patients with multiple myeloma that has come back. Venetoclax and ixazomib citrate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as dexamethasone, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving venetoclax together with ixazomib citrate and dexamethasone may work better in treating patients with multiple myeloma.

This phase II trial studies how well nivolumab and brentuximab vedotin work after stem cell transplant in treating patients with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma that has come back or does not respond to treatment. Monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and brentuximab vedotin, may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread.

This is a Phase III, multicenter, double-blind, randomized study of pracinostat vs. placebo with azacitidine (AZA) as background therapy in patients ≥ 18 years of age with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), excluding acute promyelocytic leukemia and cytogenetic low-risk AML, who are unfit to receive intensive remission induction chemotherapy due to age ≥ 75 years or comorbidities. Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of two groups: Group A (experimental group) to receive pracinostat plus AZA and Group B (control group) to receive placebo plus AZA. Randomization will be stratified by cytogenetic risk category (intermediate vs. unfavorable-risk, according to SWOG Cytogenetic Risk Category Definitions) and ECOG performance status (0-1 vs. 2). Treatments will be administered based on 28-day cycles, with pracinostat/placebo administered orally once every other day, 3 times a week for 3 weeks, followed by one week of no treatment and AZA administered for 7 days of each cycle. Study treatment should continue until there is documented disease progression, relapse from complete remission (CR), or non-manageable toxicity. A minimum of 6 cycles may be required to achieve a complete remission. Once permanently discontinued from study treatment, patients will enter the Long-term Follow-up phase of the study and will be followed for assessment of disease progression, if applicable, and survival every 3 months (±1 month) until death. The end of this study is defined when 390 events (deaths) have occurred and the study is unblinded for final overall survival analysis. Patients who are receiving study treatment at the end of the study may have the opportunity to continue to receive the study drugs to which they were randomized to (Post- Study Observation Period), until the Sponsor informs the Investigators of the appropriate course of action based on the study results. The Post-Study Observation Period is defined as the period starting from the end of the study for a maximum of 12 months.

TP-0903 is an inhibitor of AXL kinase. TP-0903 has shown potent inhibition of AXL kinase and other TAM family members in a biochemical kinase assay. TP-0903 demonstrates corresponding activity in cancer cell lines and mouse xenograft efficacy models. TP-0903 is shown to block cancer cell epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions. AXL was identified as a potential therapeutic target in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). TP 0903 was shown to induce apoptosis in CLL B-cells taken directly from patients.TP-0903 was equally potent against CLL cells regardless of risk-factor. TP-0903 is a novel oral inhibitor that targets AXL kinase and reverses the mesenchymal phenotype associated with advanced cancers. TP-0903 has demonstrated profound single agent activity in CLL B cells taken directly from patients even if the patient has high risk factors (ie, 17p/P53 deletions) or progressed on other agents (ie, ibrutinib). TP-0903 is currently being evaluated in patients with refractory solid tumors (TP-0903-101). This proposed study is designed to identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), safety profile and recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of TP-0903 when administered orally once daily for 28 days on a 28 day cycle to patients with previously treated CLL. Treatment cycles may be repeated if the patient continues to show benefit and if TP-0903 is reasonably well tolerated. The study will investigate the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and clinical activity of TP-0903.

The purpose of this study is to to determine the effect to overall survival (OS) by adding GC4711 to SBRT following chemotherapy in patients with unresectable or borderline resectable nonmetastatic.

This is a Phase 1, open-label, first-in-human (FIH) dose-escalation study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) and preliminary antitumor activity of DCC-2618, administered orally (PO), in adult patients with advanced malignancies. The study consists of 2 parts, a dose-escalation phase and an expansion phase.

This is an open label, three-arm, phase 1 dose escalation study and phase 2 study of BBI608 in combination with sorafenib, or BBI503 in combination with sorafenib. The study population is adult patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who have not received systemic chemotherapy.

In our own data sequencing 3,000 patients with pancreatic cancer, approximately 3% of pancreatic cancer patients harbor germline mutations in DNA repair genes such as BRCA1/2 and PALB2, and are therefore potential candidates for PARP-inhibitor therapy. In addition, somatic mutations in Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) genes can confer sensitivity as well, and have been reported to double the number of patients potentially eligible for such therapy. The Keynote-162 study of niraparib and pembrolizumab has validated this approach, with early reports of impressive efficacy. Although unselected trials in pancreatic cancer with immunotherapy alone have yet to be successful, we hypothesize that induced genetic variation with PARP inhibition disrupting the tumor microenvironment and increasing neoepitope expression can sensitize tumors to immune checkpoint inhibition. We have developed preliminary data with RNAseq suggesting that potent PARP inhibition is associated with gain of novel mutations in pancreas cell lines, even compared to cisplatin alone, or irinotecan alone. We propose that a combination of PARP inhibition and anti-PD1 therapy has valuable therapeutic potential in pancreatic cancer. HRR deficient pancreatic cancer has largely been defined to date based on mutations in well-established genes such as BRCA1/2 and PALB2. However, more DNA repair associated genes are becoming associated with risk for pancreatic cancer and may well impact tumor phenotype. The goal would be to evaluate the combination of niraparib and TSR-042 in patients with germline or somatic mutations in BRCA1/2 or PALB2.

The purpose of this project is to provide expanded access to ONC201 for patients with previously-treated H3 K27M-mutant and/or midline high grade gliomas who cannot access ONC201 through clinical trials.