Neoplasms

Nervous System Diseases

Diseases and Abnormalities at or Before Birth

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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Rare Diseases

Neurofibromatoses

Neurofibromatosis 1

Nerve Sheath Neoplasms

Neurofibrosarcoma

Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue

Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Nervous System Neoplasms

Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms

Peripheral Nervous System Diseases

Neuromuscular Diseases

Fibrosarcoma

Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue

Neoplasms, Connective Tissue

Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue

Sarcoma

Neurofibroma

Neurofibromatosis

Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Patients receive telaglenastat hydrochloride PO BID on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo CT, MRI, or PET/CT during screening and on study, and collection of blood samples during screening and on study.

Biospecimen Collection

Computed Tomography

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Pharmacodynamic Study

Positron Emission Tomography

Telaglenastat Hydrochloride

Funda Meric-Bernstam

This phase II trial studies how well glutaminase inhibitor telaglenastat hydrochloride (CB-839 HCl) works in treating patients with specific genetic mutations and solid tumors or malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors that have spread to other places in the body (metastatic) or cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Glutaminase converts an amino acid (building block of proteins) called glutamine to glutamate, which can support several cellular pathways. Telaglenastat hydrochloride works by blocking glutamine activity needed for the growth of cells. When this activity is blocked, the growth of cancer cells may stop and the cancer cells may then die. Cancer is caused by changes (mutations) to genes that control the way cells function and uncontrolled cell growth may result in tumor formation. Specific genetic mutations studied in this clinical trial are NF1 mutation for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, and NF1, KEAP1/NRF2, or STK11/LKB1 mutation for other solid tumors. Telaglenastat hydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To assess the best overall response rate (BORR) achieved by 6 months of telaglenastat (CB-839) hydrochloride (HCl) treatment in specific pathway aberrant tumors (MPNST, NF1, KEAP1/NRF2 \& STK11/ LKB1).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the safety, progression-free survival (PFS), time to progression (TTP) and overall survival (OS).

II. To determine the overall response rate (ORR) (highest objective response achieved between start of therapy and progression), time to response (TTR) and clinical benefit rate (CBR) of telaglenastat (CB-839)HCl.

III. To assess pharmacodynamic changes and adaptive responses and correlate with response to treatment as well as disease progression (correlative objective).

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Correlate fludeoxyglucose F-18 (18-F FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) pre-therapy and 8-weeks post-therapy response to telaglenastat (CB-839) HCl therapy.

II. Evaluate changes in level of circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) at baseline, one month on-treatment and time of progression (Molecular Characterization Laboratory \[MoCHA Labs\]) to treatment response.

III. Quantify the peripheral blood concentrations of the metabolites: aspartate, glutamate, glutamine and arginine (@Mayo clinic Oncometabolomics core) and correlate with response.

IV. Evaluate the pharmacodynamic (PD) effect of telaglenastat (CB-839) HCl on systemic levels of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle metabolites in peripheral blood (baseline and one month) as part of the protocol.

V. Evaluate tumor by reverse phase protein array (@core facility at MD Anderson) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing (seq) to evaluate changes from pre-treatment, during treatment and post treatment specimens.

VI. Perform patient-derived tumor xenograft (PDX) modelling-co-clinical trials (@Dr. Funda Meric-Bernstam's lab MD Anderson) to understand response/resistance mechanisms and also evaluate combination therapies for future development.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive telaglenastat hydrochloride orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo CT, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or PET/CT during screening and on study, and collection of blood samples during screening and on study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months thereafter.

Testing Whether Cancers With Specific Mutations Respond Better to Glutaminase Inhibitor, Telaglenastat Hydrochloride, Anti-Cancer Treatment, BeGIN Study

A Phase II Basket Trial of Glutaminase Inhibitor (BEGIN) Telaglenastat (CB-839) HCL in Patients With NF1 Aberrations, NF1 Mutant Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNST), KEAP1/NRF2 and LKB1 Aberrant Tumors

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Will assess PD changes before and after treatment using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Will correlate these changes with response to treatment using Wilcoxon rank sum test. Will also perform a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.

Will be based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1.

Will be assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0. Will tabulate toxicity by cohort, type, severity and attribution.

Will estimate using the Kaplan-Meier method with time zero set to cycle 1, day 1 (C1D1). Will estimate the medians and select probabilities along with 95% confidence intervals. If more than a handful of patients die without progression, will use Aalen-Johansen estimates to adjust for the competing risk of death.

Will estimate the medians and select probabilities along with 95% confidence intervals. If more than a handful of patients die without progression, will use Aalen-Johansen estimates to adjust for the competing risk of death.

Will estimate using the Kaplan-Meier method with time zero set to C1D1. Will estimate the medians and select probabilities along with 95% confidence intervals. If more than a handful of patients die without progression, will use Aalen-Johansen estimates to adjust for the competing risk of death.

Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for nf1 mutation positive malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor