Phase Ib Trial of Abbv-637 or Abbv-155 in Combination With Eras-801 for Glioblastoma With Amplification of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

Study of Investigational Treatments for Glioblastoma, a Type of Brain Cancer

K
Kathryn Nevel

Primary Investigator

Enrolling By Invitation
18 years - 100 years
All
Phase 1/2
2 participants needed
2 Locations

Brief description of study

The researchers are doing this study to find out whether the drugs ABBV-637 and ABBV-155 are safe treatments that cause few or mild side effects when given alone or in combination with ERAS-801 in people with recurrent GBM.

THIS STUDY IS ENROLLING BY INVITATION ONLY - Consistent with most oncology trials, patients are not actively “recruited,” but are screened by their physician for appropriate clinical trial(s) at the time of their routine clinic visit. Occasionally, a patient may be a self-referral or physician referral, but are still screened for appropriate clinical trials at the time of their routine clinic visit. PI and staff may send copies of relevant consent forms to these patients to look over prior to actually consenting or enrolling them. This may take place at the patient's visit at which the consent is presented or the patient's next visit to the outpatient hematology/oncology clinic. 

Interested in participating? For more information about this research study or other cancer-related clinical trials at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, please contact:

IU Clinical Trials Office 

Email: iutrials@iu.edu 

Phone: (317) 278-5632

Detailed description of study

Stage 1 will run first, during which patients will be randomized to either Cohort A or B if recurrent GBM, and Cohort C or D if newly diagnosed. 

After these 4 cohorts are complete, and if the combinations have been safe and tolerable, the combination will be further evaluated in Stage 2.

Eligibility of study

You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:

  • Conditions: Glioblastoma, Gliosarcoma, Cancer
  • Age: 18 years - 100 years
  • Gender: All

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must be 18 years of age or older at the time of consent signing.
  • Patients must have histologically proven WHO grade IV glioblastoma gliosarcoma which is progressive or recurrent following radiation therapy ± chemotherapy. Glioblastoma is defined using the WHO 2021 criteria and include the diagnosis of "molecular GBM"
  • Patients must be IDH wild type by CLIA-certified laboratory assay available at time of consent.
  • Patients must have evidence of EGFR gene amplification by CLIA-certified laboratory assay at time of consent.
  • Patients must have measurable disease as per RANO criteria pre-operatively (there is no requirement for post-operative disease to be present or absent). [cohort A/B only]
  • Patients must be able to tolerate MRIs
  • Patients may have no more than 2 prior therapy regimens. [cohort A/B only]
  • Patients must have recovered from severe toxicity of prior therapy. The following intervals from previous treatments are required to be eligible:
    1. 12 weeks from the completion of radiation
    2. 6 weeks from a nitrosourea chemotherapy
    3. 3 weeks from a non-nitrosourea chemotherapy
    4. 4 weeks from any investigational (not FDA-approved) agents
    5. 6 months from the last treatment with bevacizumab
    6. 2 weeks or 5 half-lives from administration of a non-cytotoxic, FDA-approved agent other than bevacizumab, whichever is longer
  • Patients must be undergoing surgery that is clinically indicated as determined by their care providers. [cohort A/B only] Patients must be eligible for surgical resection according to the following criteria:

    a. Expectation that the surgeon is able to resect at least 500 mg of tumor from enhancing tumor with low risk of inducing neurological injury.

  • Paraffin embedded tissue must be available from initial surgical resection at diagnosis (prior to any treatment). The following amount of tissue is requested: 1 formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue block (preferred) or 10 FFPE unstained slides (5µm thick).
  • Patients must have a Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) ≥60% (i.e. the patient must be able to care for himself/herself with occasional help from others).
  • Patients must have the following organ and marrow function:
    1. Absolute neutrophil count >1,200/mcL
    2. Platelets >100,000/mcL
    3. Hemoglobin > 9 g/dL .
    4. Total bilirubin ≤ institutional upper limit of normal, or ≤ 3.0 mg/dL for subjects with Gilbert's syndrome
    5. AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 3 × institutional upper limit of normal
    6. Creatinine ≤ institutional upper limit of normal OR Creatinine clearance >60 ml/min/1.73m2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
    7. APTT/PTT ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
  • Echocardiogram with ejection fraction ≥ 50% and no other clinically significant finding that, in the opinion of the investigator, would increase the subject's susceptibility to cardiac toxicity.

    a. If ECHO cannot be performed for structural or safety reasons, a MUGA may be obtained instead after discussion with treating investigator.

  • Patients must have a 12-lead electrocardiogram performed within 2 weeks of treatment start with QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc) < 450 msec (using Fridericia's correction), and no clinically significant abnormalities.
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to study entry. Women of childbearing potential and men treated or enrolled on this protocol must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for 4 months after completion of treatment administration. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
  • A negative serum pregnancy test for all female subjects (except postmenopausal) at the screening visit and a negative urine pregnancy test for all female subjects (except postmenopausal) at baseline before the first dose of study drug.
  • If female, subject must be either postmenopausal, OR permanently surgically sterile OR, for women of childbearing potential, practicing at least 1 protocol-specified method of birth control that is effective from study Day 1 through at least 4 months after the last dose of study drug.
  • If male, and subject is sexually active with female partner(s) of childbearing potential, he must agree from study Day 1 through 4 months after the last dose of study drug to practice the protocol-specified contraception.
  • If female, subject must not be pregnant, breastfeeding, or considering becoming pregnant during the study while receiving study drug and for at least 4 months after the last dose of study drug.
  • If male, subject must not be considering fathering a child or donating sperm during the study or for 4 months after the last dose of study drug.
  • No known active viral hepatitis infection (including hepatitis B and C) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with the following exceptions:
    • Subjects with a history of hepatitis B that is considered cured may be enrolled at the discretion of the treating investigator.
    • Subjects with a history of hepatitis C that is considered cured with definitive therapy may be enrolled at the discretion of the treating investigator.
    • Subjects with HIV and undetectable viral load, so long as ongoing antiretroviral therapy does not pose risk of adverse drug-drug interactions, at the discretion of the treating investigator.
  • Patients must have no concurrent malignancy that requires active therapy.
  • Patients must be able to swallow medication by mouth, either tablets or dispersed in solution.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents.
  • Patients with a history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to any of the investigational agents are ineligible.
  • Patients with prior therapy with EGFR targeting agents are ineligible because treatment with EGFR kinase inhibitors or other EGFR-targeted agents has the potential to deplete the tumor of EGFR-amplified or EGFR mutant cell populations and confound the evaluation of the investigational regimen. Patients would only be eligible if surgery on a recurrence after the EGFR-targeted therapy confirmed persistence of an EGFR alteration.
  • Patients on enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic drugs (EIAED) are not eligible for treatment on this protocol. Patients may be on non-enzyme inducing anti-epileptic drugs or not be taking any anti-epileptic drugs. Patients previously treated with EIAED may be enrolled if they have been off the EIAED for 10 days or more prior to the first dose of study drug(s).
  • Patients must not have evidence of significant hematologic, renal, or hepatic dysfunctioPatients must not have evidence of significant intracranial hemorrhage (For example, in the recurrent setting, circumstances where the intracranial hemorrhage would obscure the amount and quality of tissue obtained at the time of the on-treatment surgery).
  • Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, hypertension, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/ social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements, are ineligible.
  • Participants with clinically significant cardiovascular disease including, but not limited to:
    • No recent history (within 6 months) of congestive heart failure (defined as New York Heart Association, Class 2 or higher), ischemic cardiovascular event, cardiac arrhythmia requiring pharmacological or surgical intervention, pericardial effusion, or pericarditis.
    • Any clinically important abnormalities in rhythm, conduction, or morphology of resting ECG, e.g., complete left bundle branch block, second- or third-degree heart block, PR-interval > 250 ms.
    • Any factors that increase the risk of QTc prolongation or risk of arrhythmic events such as heart failure, hypokalemia, congenital long QT syndrome, or any concomitant medication know to prolong the QT interval.
  • No history of clinically significant medical and/or psychiatric conditions or any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the subject's participation in this study or would make the subject an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study because the investigational regimens have potential for teratogenic or abortifacients effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated on this study.
  • HIV-positive patients on strong CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions.
  • Patients who have acute or currently active/requiring anti-viral therapy hepatic or biliary disease are ineligible (with the exception of patients with Gilbert's syndrome, asymptomatic gallstones, liver metastases from the primary brain tumor, or stable chronic liver disease per investigator assessment).
  • Patients receiving P-gp inhibitors/P-gp substrates with narrow therapeutic index are ineligible.
  • Patients who are receiving a drug that has a risk of QTc prolongation with known risk of if QTc is ≥ 460 msec. are ineligible.
  • Subject must not have systemically used known moderate or strong cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A inhibitors within 10 days before the first dose of study drug and throughout the study.
  • Subject must not have received any live vaccine within 2 weeks before the first dose of study drug, or be expected to need a live vaccination during study participation including at least 4 weeks after the last dose of study drug.

This study investigates treatments for glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer. Glioblastoma is a serious condition where cancerous cells grow rapidly in the brain. The purpose of this study is to see if the investigational medication ERAS-801, when combined with other investigational medications, is safe for people with glioblastoma that has come back after treatment. The study will have different study arms to test these combinations.

Participants in the study will be randomly assigned to different study arms. Some will receive the investigational medications alone, while others will receive them in combination. The study will involve regular medical check-ups and tests to monitor the safety and effects of these treatments. Participants will need to undergo surgery and provide tissue samples for the study.

  • Who can participate: Adults aged 18 and older with recurrent glioblastoma and specific genetic markers may participate. Participants must be able to tolerate MRIs and have no more than two prior therapy regimens.
  • Study details: Participants will receive investigational medications and be monitored for safety. A placebo, an inactive substance, will not be used in this study.
Updated on 09 Apr 2026. Study ID: NEUR-MSKCC-24-409, 28097
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