A Study of LY2880070 in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02632448 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : December 16, 2015
Last Update Posted : January 13, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Solid Tumors Colorectal Cancer Breast Cancer Ovarian Cancer Colon Cancer Rectal Cancer Neoplasms Endometrial Cancer Soft Tissue Sarcoma Triple Negative Breast Cancer Pancreas Cancer Pancreatic Cancer | Drug: LY2880070 Drug: Gemcitabine | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 229 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Basic Science |
Official Title: | A Phase 1b/2a Three-Part Open-Label Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of LY2880070 as Monotherapy and in Combination With Gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 16, 2016 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 30, 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | September 30, 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Part A: LY2880070
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 during 21-day cycles
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules |
Experimental: Part A: LY2880070 with Gemcitabine
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070, and Gemcitabine administered intravenously during 21-day cycles
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules Drug: Gemcitabine 50 to 600 milligrams per square meter of body surface area (mg/m2)
Other Name: Gemzar |
Experimental: Part A: LY2880070 (Metabolism Phenotype)
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 administered during 21 day cycles, to participants who are poor metabolizers
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules |
Experimental: Part B: LY2880070 and Gemcitabine (Breast)
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 during 21-day cycles with Gemcitabine (administered intravenously)
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules Drug: Gemcitabine 50 to 600 milligrams per square meter of body surface area (mg/m2)
Other Name: Gemzar |
Experimental: Part B: LY2880070 and Gemcitabine (Colorectal)
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 during 21-day cycles with Gemcitabine (administered intravenously)
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules Drug: Gemcitabine 50 to 600 milligrams per square meter of body surface area (mg/m2)
Other Name: Gemzar |
Experimental: Part B:LY2880070 and Gemcitabine (Ovarian)
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 during 21-day cycles with Gemcitabine (administered intravenously)
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules Drug: Gemcitabine 50 to 600 milligrams per square meter of body surface area (mg/m2)
Other Name: Gemzar |
Experimental: Part B: LY2880070 and Gemcitabine (Endometrial)
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 during 21-day cycles with Gemcitabine (administered intravenously)
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules Drug: Gemcitabine 50 to 600 milligrams per square meter of body surface area (mg/m2)
Other Name: Gemzar |
Experimental: Part B: LY2880070 and Gemcitabine (Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS))
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 during 21-day cycles with Gemcitabine (administered intravenously)
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules Drug: Gemcitabine 50 to 600 milligrams per square meter of body surface area (mg/m2)
Other Name: Gemzar |
Experimental: Part B: LY2880070 and Gemcitabine (Pancreatic)
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 during 21-day cycles with Gemcitabine (administered intravenously)
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules Drug: Gemcitabine 50 to 600 milligrams per square meter of body surface area (mg/m2)
Other Name: Gemzar |
Experimental: Part C: LY2880070 and Gemcitabine (High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer)
Multiple oral doses of LY2880070 during 21-day cycles with Gemcitabine (administered intravenously)
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Drug: LY2880070
Capsules Drug: Gemcitabine 50 to 600 milligrams per square meter of body surface area (mg/m2)
Other Name: Gemzar |
- Maximum Tolerated Dose(s) [ Time Frame: Baseline through Cycle 1 (Estimated up to 21 days) ]
- Number of dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) [ Time Frame: Baseline through Cycle 1 (Estimated up to 21 days) ]
- Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve from time zero to 24 hours post-dose (AUC0-24) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 24-hours post dose (up to Day 20 in Cycle 1) ]
- Peak plasma concentration (Cmax) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 24 hours post-dose (up to Day 20 in Cycle 1) ]
- Time to reach maximum plasma concentration (tmax) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 24 hours post dose (up to Day 20 in Cycle 1) ]
- Change from baseline in white blood cell count [ Time Frame: Baseline to 24 hours post dose (up to Day 20 in Cycle 1) ]
- Change from baseline in neutrophil count [ Time Frame: Baseline to 24 hours post dose (up to Day 20 in Cycle 1) ]
- Change from baseline in lymphocyte count [ Time Frame: Baseline to 24 hours post dose (up to Day 20 in Cycle 1) ]
- Number of participants with tumor response (objective response rate) as measured by the Response Evaluable Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v.1.1) [ Time Frame: Baseline to study completion (estimated up to 4 years) ]
- Duration of objective response [ Time Frame: Baseline to study completion (estimated up to 4 years) ]
- Best response [ Time Frame: Baseline to study completion (estimated up to 4 years) ]
- Progression free survival [ Time Frame: Baseline to study completion (estimated up to 4 years) ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 1 year ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale
- Have an estimated life expectancy of greater than or equal to (≥)12 weeks
- Have adequate organ function
- Have received 1-4 prior systemic therapies for locally advanced or metastatic disease
- Agree to use medically approved contraceptives during the study and for 3 months following the last study treatment
- All females must have a negative serum pregnancy test result, and females of child-bearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test result, prior to the first study treatment
- Have tumor lesions considered measurable by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1
- Must be, in the judgment of the investigator, an appropriate candidate for experimental therapy, and no standard therapy would confer clinical benefit
For Part A
- Must have evidence of cancer (solid tumors, excluding glioblastoma and primary brain tumor) that is advanced or metastatic
- For the Metabolism Phenotype Arm in Part A, participants must have a Cytochrome P450 (CYP2D6) poor metabolizer phenotype
For Part B
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Have advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer, triple negative breast cancer (per American Society of Clinical Oncology-College of American Pathology guidelines), epithelial ovarian cancer, endometrial, soft tissue sarcoma, pancreatic cancer
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For TNBC:
- Recurrent/refractory Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) defined as any beast cancer that expresses <1% estrogen receptor (ER) and <1% progesterone receptor (PR) and is Her2 negative
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For Colorectal (CRC):
- Must have histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer
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For Ovarian Cancer:
- Must have histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic epithelial ovarian cancer
- Must be eligible to receive Gemzar (GEM) and not refractory to GEM/carboplatin
- Must have the ability to tolerate GEM
- May have received GEM as previous therapy
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For Endometrial cancer:
- Must have histologically confirmed endometrial cancer that is metastatic or locally advanced
- Must have failed at least 1 prior chemotherapy
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For STS:
- Must have histologically confirmed STS that is metastatic or locally advanced
- Patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) must have failed a KIT inhibitor
- Must have failed at least 1 prior chemotherapy
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For Pancreatic Cancer:
- Must have histologically confirmed pancreatic cancer that is metastatic or locally advanced
- Must have failed at least 1 prior chemotherapy regimen
- For Part C
- Participants with high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) will be screened for specific genetic signatures
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Exclusion Criteria:
- Have received treatment with an investigational drug which has not received regulatory approval within 21 days of first study treatment
- Have symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastasis
- Females who are pregnant or nursing
- Have known positive test results of human immunodeficiency virus, or have chronic active hepatitis A, B or C
- Have a corrected QT interval (QTcB) greater than (>) 470 milliseconds (msec) (female) or >450 msec (male), or a history of congenital long QT syndrome
- Have had a bone marrow transplant
- Have participated in this study, or are currently enrolled in another clinical study of an investigational medicinal product
- Have had radiation therapy to >25% of bone marrow
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For Part B
- Have a history of another active cancer within the past year, except cervical cancer in situ, in situ carcinoma of the bladder, basal cell carcinoma of the skin, or another in situ carcinoma that is considered cured

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02632448
Contact: Esperas Pharma Inc. |
United States, Massachusetts | |
Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Recruiting |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215 | |
Contact: Geoffrey Shapiro 877-338-7425 | |
Principal Investigator: Geoffrey Shapiro | |
United States, Michigan | |
Karmanos Cancer Institute | Recruiting |
Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201 | |
Contact: Jas Grewal-Karwa 313-576-8932 karwaj@karmanos.org | |
Principal Investigator: Anthony Shields | |
Canada, Alberta | |
Cross Cancer Institute | Recruiting |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 1Z2 | |
Contact: Bonnie Chalmers (780) 432-8248 Bonnie.Chalmers@albertahealthservices.ca | |
Principal Investigator: Quincy Chu | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Juravinski Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 5C2 | |
Contact: Robin Eady 905-387-9711 ext 64422 ready@HHSC.CA | |
Principal Investigator: Holger Hirte | |
Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre | Recruiting |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6 | |
Contact: Deborah Keller (613) 247-3518 djonker@toh.on.ca | |
Principal Investigator: Derek Jonker | |
University Health Network - Princess Margaret Hospital | Recruiting |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9 | |
Contact: Amit Oza 416-946-4501 ext 2818 | |
Principal Investigator: Amit Oza | |
Canada, Quebec | |
Jewish General Hospital | Recruiting |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2 | |
Contact: Wilson Miller 514-340-8222 | |
Principal Investigator: Wilson Miller | |
McGill University Health Centre | Recruiting |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4A 3J1 | |
Contact: Nathaniel Bouganim 514-934-1934 ext 35800 | |
Contact: Rosie Santos 514 934-1934 ext: 44328 rosalia.santos@muhc.mcgill.ca | |
Principal Investigator: Nathaniel Bouganim | |
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal | Recruiting |
Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 0A9 | |
Contact: Diane Provencher 514-890-8444 diane.provencher.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca | |
Principal Investigator: Diane Provencher |
Study Director: | Email: choruspharma@lists.lilly.com | Esperas Pharma Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Esperas Pharma Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02632448 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ESPS-001 |
First Posted: | December 16, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 13, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Metastatic cancer Advanced cancer Recurrent cancer Colorectal neoplasms Triple negative breast cancer Ovarian neoplasms |
Colon neoplasms Rectal neoplasms Triple negative breast neoplasms Gastrointestinal stromal tumor Pancreatic Neoplasms Pancreatic Cancer |
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms Pancreatic Neoplasms Sarcoma Endometrial Neoplasms Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasms by Site Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Pancreatic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |
Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Uterine Neoplasms Uterine Diseases Neoplastic Processes Pathologic Processes Gemcitabine Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents |