Safety Study of BLZ-100 in Adult Subjects With Sarcoma Undergoing Surgery



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 75
Updated:4/21/2016
Start Date:September 2015
End Date:December 2016
Contact:Lindsey Ristow
Email:Lindsey.Ristow@CSHS.org
Phone:310-248-8617

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A Phase 1 Study of BLZ-100 Administered by Intravenous Injection in Subjects With Soft Tissue Sarcoma Undergoing Surgery

Many types of cancer are primarily treated with surgery and patient survival is directly
related to the extent to which the tumor is able to be removed. It is often difficult for
surgeons to distinguish tumor tissue from normal tissue, and failure to surgically remove a
cancer-affected lymph node or residual cancer at the surgical margin reduces a patient's
chance of survival. Moreover, damage to adjacent normal tissue during surgery can result in
significant morbidity. The investigators hypothesize that BLZ-100 will improve surgical
outcomes by allowing surgeons to visualize the edges of the tumor and small groups of cancer
cells that have spread to other sites in real-time as they operate. This is a safety study
to assess the safety of BLZ-100 in patients with soft tissue sarcoma undergoing surgery.

Subjects who provide voluntary written informed consent will be screened for eligibility.
Subjects meeting all of the inclusion and none of the exclusion criteria will be eligible to
participate.

This is a two part study:

Part 1 - Dose Finding: Subjects will be required to arrive at the phase 1 unit for dosing
2-3 days prior to the planned surgical excision. Two dose levels of BLZ-100 (3 mg and 12 mg)
will be evaluated in a total of 6 subjects with a 2-3 day post-dose imaging interval (also
defined as the Intermediate Imaging interval).

Part 2 - Imaging Interval Assessment: The BLZ-100 dose to be evaluated in Part 2 will be
determined by the Protocol Steering Committee following completion of Part 1. In Part 2, up
to 15 additional subjects will be randomized into one of three imaging interval groups (up
to 6 subjects per group): Early Imaging (within 1 day post BLZ-100 dose), Intermediate
Imaging (2-3 days post BLZ-100 dose), and Late Imaging (4-7 days post BLZ-100 dose).
Subjects will be required to arrive at the phase 1 unit for dosing between 1 and 7 days
prior to planned surgical excision, depending on which imaging interval they are randomized
to.

Following dosing, all subjects will be monitored for safety.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male of female subject aged 18-75 years

2. Diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma, with scheduled surgical removal for treatment for
the disease and completion of chemotherapy or radiation within 4 weeks of BLZ-100
administration

3. Able to provide written informed consent

4. If of child-bearing potential, agree to continued use of two reliable methods of
contraceptive from study entry (time of informed consent) through 30 days after
BLZ-100 administration

5. Available for all study visits and able to comply with all study requirements

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Clinically-suspected and/or pathologically-confirmed sarcoma of the bone (e.g.
osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma with bony involvement, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's
sarcoma, extraosseous primitive neuroectodermal tumor [PNET])

2. Evidence of metastatic disease

3. Female who is lactating/breastfeeding

4. Female with a positive pregnancy test or who is planning to become pregnant during
the duration of the study

5. Karnofsky Performance Status of <60%

6. Any of the following laboratory abnormalities at Screening:

- Neutrophil count <1.5 x 10^9/L

- Platelets <75 x 10^9/L

- Hemoglobin <10 g/dL (may be determined following transfusion)

- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >3x upper
limit of normal (ULN)

- Total bilirubin >1.5x upper limit of reference range (unless Gilbert's syndrome
or extrahepatic source as denoted by increased indirect bilirubin fraction)

- Internal Normalized Ratio (INR) >1.5

- Creatinine >1.5x ULN

- Calculated estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤60 mL/min

7. Positive serology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), or
hepatitis B virus (HBV)

8. QTc prolongation >450 msec

9. History of hypersensitivity or allergic reactions requiring corticosteroids,
epinephrine, and/or hospitalization

10. Uncontrolled asthma or asthma requiring oral corticosteroids

11. Known or suspected sensitivity to imaging agents that may be used in clinical
assessment of this study

12. Known or suspected sensitivity to indocyanine green (ICG)

13. Unstable angina, myocardial infarction, known or suspected transient ischemic events,
or stroke within 24 weeks of start of Screening

14. Uncontrolled hypertension

15. Initiation of new photosensitizing drugs within 30 days of Screening

16. Use of any ongoing medications, which might generate fluorescence or, according to
the medication label, might generate a photochemical reaction. These include
haematoporphyrin derivatives and purified fractions, Photofrin®, and the precursors
of protoporphyrin IX (5-Aminolevulinic acid) used in Gliolan or Hexvix

17. Receipt of an investigational drug or device within 30 days of enrollment

18. Prior administration of BLZ-100

19. Any concurrent condition, including psychological and social situations, which, in
the opinion of the investigator, would adversely impact the subject or the
interpretation of the study data
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Principal Investigator: Charles Forscher, MD
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