Phase 2 Study of Poziotinib in Patients With NSCLC Having EGFR or HER2 Exon 20 Insertion Mutation
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03318939 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : October 24, 2017
Last Update Posted : September 16, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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NSCLC | Drug: Poziotinib | Phase 2 |
The Screening period (Day -30 to Day -1) lasts up to approximately 30 days prior to Cycle 1, Day 1. Patients must meet all Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria to participate in the study. Eligible patients will provide written Informed Consent prior to undergoing any study procedures.
Each treatment cycle is 28 calendar days in duration. There will be seven patient cohorts and eligible patients will be enrolled into each cohort in parallel based on EGFR or HER2 exon 20 mutation status and prior treatment status:
- Cohort 1: Previously treated patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation positive NSCLC (closed to enrollment)
- Cohort 2: Previously treated patients with HER2 exon 20 insertion mutation positive NSCLC (closed to enrollment)
- Cohort 3: Treatment naïve patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation positive NSCLC (fully enrolled)
- Cohort 4: Treatment naïve patients with HER2 exon 20 insertion mutation positive NSCLC
- Cohort 5: Patients who meet the criteria for enrollment in Cohort 1 to 4, but the enrollment in the respective cohort has been closed
- Cohort 6: Patients with acquired EGFR mutation who progressed while on treatment with first-line osimertinib
- Cohort 7: Patients with EGFR or HER2 activating mutations
Toxicity will be assessed based on the grade of the adverse events using CTCAE version 4.03.
On Day 1 of each 28-day cycle, the patient's absolute neutrophil count (ANC) must be ≥1.5×10^9/L and platelet count must be ≥100×10^9/L before administering poziotinib. All patients will be treated until disease progression (except for first progression in Cohort 5), death, intolerable adverse events (AEs), or other protocol-specified reasons for patient withdrawal.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 603 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Each treatment cycle is 28 calendar days in duration. There will be seven patient cohorts and eligible patients will be enrolled into each cohort in parallel based on EGFR or HER2 exon 20 mutation status and prior treatment status:
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Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 2 Study of Poziotinib in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Locally Advanced or Metastatic, With EGFR or HER2 Exon 20 Insertion Mutation (ZENITH20) |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 13, 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 30, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Poziotinib
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Drug: Poziotinib
The poziotinib drug substance is a hydrochloride salt of poziotinib and is formulated as a tablet for oral administration.
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- Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]The proportion of subjects who achieve Complete Response (CR) and Partial Response (PR) by the best response from the first dose of poziotinib to the end of study.
- Disease Control Rate (DCR) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]The proportion of subjects who achieve CR, PR, and Stable Disease (SD) by the best response from the first dose of poziotinib to the end of study.
- Duration of Response (DoR) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Number of days from the date that measurement criteria are first met for CR or PR (whichever status is recorded first) until the first subsequent date that progressive disease or death is documented.
- Progression-free Survival (PFS) - Exploratory [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Number of days from the treatment start date to the date of documented disease progression or death due to any cause.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Key Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient must be willing and capable of giving written Informed Consent, adhering to dosing and visit schedules, and meeting all study requirements
- Patient has histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is not amenable to treatment with curative intent
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Prior treatment status:
- Cohorts 1 and 2: Patient has had at least one prior systemic treatment for locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC
- Cohorts 3 and 4: Patient is treatment-naïve for locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC and eligible to receive first-line treatment with poziotinib as determined by the Investigator. Adjuvant/neo-adjuvant therapies (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or investigational agents) are permissible as long as they end at least 15 days prior to study entry.
- Cohort 5: Patients who meet the criteria for enrollment in Cohorts 1 to 4, but the enrollment in the respective cohort has been closed
- Cohort 6: Patients with EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC who progressed while on treatment with first-line osimertinib
- Cohort 7: Patient has had at least one prior systemic treatment for locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC
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Specific mutations:
- Cohort 1 and 3: Documented EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation
- Cohort 2 and 4: Documented HER2 exon 20 insertion mutation
- Cohort 5: Documented EGFR or HER2 exon 20 insertion mutations
- Cohort 6: Documented acquired EGFR mutation (tested after osimertinib progression)
- Cohort 7: Documented EGFR or HER2 activating mutations
- Patient has adequate organ function at Baseline
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient has had previous treatment with poziotinib or any other EGFR or HER2 exon 20 insertion mutation-selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) prior to study participation. The currently approved TKIs (ie, erlotinib, gefitinib, afatinib, osimertinib) are not considered to be exon 20 insertion-selective and are permissible (Cohorts 1 and 2).
- Patient is concurrently receiving chemotherapy, biologics, immunotherapy for cancer treatment; systemic anti-cancer treatment or investigational treatment should not be used within 2 weeks or 5 half lives, whichever is longer; local radiation therapy for bone pain may be allowed
- Patient has had other malignancies within the past 3 years, except for stable non-melanoma skin cancer, fully-treated and stable, early-stage prostate cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast without need of treatment
- Patient is pregnant or breast-feeding

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): NCT03318939
Contact: Lyndah Dreiling, MD | 949-788-6700 | spi-poz-202@sppirx.com | |
Contact: Helen Vu | spi-poz-202@sppirx.com |

Study Director: | Lyndah Dreiling, MD | Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
Responsible Party: | Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03318939 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SPI-POZ-202 |
First Posted: | October 24, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 16, 2020 |
Last Verified: | September 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
EGFR HER2 Exon 20 insertion mutation |
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