Pilot Study of Pazopanib With Low Fat Meal (PALM) in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02729194 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 6, 2016
Results First Posted : June 10, 2019
Last Update Posted : June 10, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell | Drug: Pazopanib Other: Low Fat Diet | Early Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 16 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Pilot Study of Pazopanib With Low Fat Meal (PALM) in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma |
Study Start Date : | June 2016 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2017 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Pazopanib
Registered subjects will take pazopanib by mouth with a low-fat meal (containing less than 400 calories and less than 10% fat or 10 grams per meal) approximately, some sample meals are described in appendix 1) every day in 14 day cycles, with a starting dose of 400 mg and adjusted for the next cycle (dose level +1:600 mg; dose level +2: 800 mg; dose level -1: 200 mg) based on toxicity assessment during or at the end of each cycle.
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Drug: Pazopanib Other: Low Fat Diet Registered subjects will take pazopanib by mouth with a low-fat meal (containing less than 400 calories and less than 10% fat or 10 grams per meal. |
- Number of Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Through 12 weeks of treatment to 30 days post-treatment ]Number of grade 3 or 4 adverse events associated with pazopanib administered with a low fat meal by CTCAE version 4.0.
- Number of Participants With Dose Reductions [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Duration of Treatment [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The median duration of treatment will be reported.
- Median Total Dose [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Median total dose given.
- Percentage of Patients That Respond to Treatment (Overall Response) With Pazopanib Administered Along With a Low Fat Diet [ Time Frame: 12 Weeks after start of study treatment ]
To estimate the overall response proportion to pazopanib administered with a low fat meal by RECIST 1.1 criteria. Overall response is defined as the number patients that experience Partial Response (PR) or Complete Response (CR).
CR is defined as the disappearance of all target lesions, determined by two separate observations conducted not less than 4 weeks apart. There can be no appearance of new lesions.
PR is defined as At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum LD. There can be no appearance of new lesions.
- Number of Participants With Complete Response [ Time Frame: 12 Weeks after start of study treatment ]Complete response is defined as the disappearance of all target lesions, determined by two separate observations conducted not less than 4 weeks apart. There can be no appearance of new lesions.
- Number of Patients With Partial Response [ Time Frame: 12 Weeks after start of study treatment ]Partial response is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum LD. There can be no appearance of new lesions.

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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:
- Adult (>18 years of age) with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma with a clear cell component.
- Subjects must have measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 criteria.
- Subjects must not have had prior pazopanib therapy.
- Subjects must have an ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scoring system used to quantify general well-being and activities of daily life; scores range from 0 to 5 where 0 represents perfect health and 5 represents death.) performance status of less than or equal to 2.
- Up to 3 lines of prior VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) or VEGFR (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor) targeted therapy are permitted. Any prior therapy should have been completed ≥ 2 weeks prior to start of study therapy.
- Subjects may have received any number of the following therapies: cytokine therapy (e.g. high dose interleukin-2) or checkpoint inhibitor therapy (e.g. anti-PD1/PDL1, anti-CTLA4) or mTOR inhibitor therapy (e.g. everolimus, temsirolimus).
- Adequate organ and marrow function (Absolute neutrophil count > 1000/mm3, platelets > 100,000/mm3, aspartate aminotransferase/ alanine aminotransferase/ total bilirubin < 1.5 X ULN (upper limit of normal). Patients with Gilbert's disease are exempt.
- Subject must be willing and able to take pazopanib with a low-fat meal every day as specified in the protocol.
- Subjects must be willing and able to come off any PPI(proton pump inhibitor)/other strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers/simvastatin.
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent.
- All subjects, including those who are surgically sterilized, must be willing to use an effective method of contraception.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any concurrent health condition that in the view of the treating physician would pose excessive risk to the patient if enrolled in the study.
- Subjects with a history of hemoptysis, cerebral hemorrhage, clinically significant GI hemorrhage, myocardial infarction within the past 6 months.
- Patients at significant risk for GI (gastrointestinal) perforation or fistula.
- Pregnant or nursing mothers.
- Untreated CNS (central nervous system) metastasis. If treated CNS metastasis/es, treatment of CNS disease (surgery or radiation) must have been completed at least 30 days prior to registration. Patients could still be on steroids.
- Subjects with known history of Cirrhosis, HIV, Hepatitis B or C.
- Averaged QTc baseline in 3 ECGs (electrocardiograms) at least 5 minutes apart of ≥450 ms.
- Congestive Heart Failure (NYHA Class III/IV) or LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction) <50% at baseline.
- Uncontrolled hypertension (HTN) despite medical management (blood pressure (BP) ≥ 160/100.

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): NCT02729194
United States, Michigan | |
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109 |
Principal Investigator: | Ajjai Alva, M.D. | University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center |
Documents provided by University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center:
Responsible Party: | University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02729194 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
UMCC 2016.013 HUM00111682 ( Other Identifier: University of Michigan ) |
First Posted: | April 6, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | June 10, 2019 |
Last Update Posted: | June 10, 2019 |
Last Verified: | March 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Renal Cell Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma |
Kidney Neoplasms Urologic Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases |