New combo therapy targets Hard-to-Treat recurrent cancers
NCT ID NCT02208375
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-phase trial tests two different drug combinations—olaparib plus vistusertib, or olaparib plus capivasertib—in people with recurrent endometrial, triple-negative breast, ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer. The main goal is to find the safest dose and understand side effects. About 159 participants will be enrolled, and researchers will also look at whether the tumors shrink.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Olaparib combined with vistusertib or capivasertib
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new drug combination to help control recurrent cancers that have few options.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early (Phase 1) trial focused on safety and dosing, not on proving effectiveness. The combination may cause significant side effects and may not shrink tumors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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159 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2014
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Any histologically confirmed locally advanced recurrent endometrial adenocarcinoma (except for carcinosarcoma), recurrent high-grade serous ovarian/primary peritoneal/fallopian tube carcinoma, or deleterious BRCA mutant recurrent ovarian/primary peritoneal/fallopian tube cancer for whom no curative option is available will be eligible; any patient proven to have metastatic triple negative breast cancer, defined from standard pathologic assays as negative for estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) (\< 10% tumor staining) will be eligible * Patients may have unlimited prior chemotherapeutic regimens for management of recurrent locally advanced endometrial carcinoma, recurrent ovarian carcinoma, or metastatic triple negative breast cancer; treatment as frontline therapy for metastatic disease is acceptable; patients who have received prior PARP inhibitors, MTOR inhibitors, and/or AKT inhibitors are allowed to participate; patients may have progressed on prior PARP inhibitor, MTOR inhibitor, or AKT inhibitor but they may not have discontinued drug for toxicity * With the exception of alopecia, any unresolved toxicities from prior chemotherapy should be no greater than Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) (version 4.0) grade 1 at the time of starting study treatment * Patients should have measurable disease as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1; if no measurable disease is present, patients should have assessable disease such as pleural effusion, ascites, with cancer antigen 125 (CA125) Gynecological Cancer Intergroup (GCIG) criteria * Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 * Women of child-bearing potential and their partners must agree to use contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) from study entry until 30 days after last dose of study drug; male partners should be instructed to use contraception during the study period; women of child-bearing potential (intact uterus) should have a negative serum pregnancy test; if a woman becomes pregnant or suspects she is pregnant while on study, she should tell her treating physician immediately; female patients must have evidence of non-child-bearing potential by fulfilling 1 of the following at screening: a) post-menopausal defined as \> 50 years old and amenorrheic for \>= 12 consecutive months following cessation of all exogenous hormonal treatments; b) documentation of irreversible surgical sterilization by hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral salpingectomy, but not tubal ligation * Women must not breast-feed while taking the study medications * Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500/mcL (measured within 28 days prior to entry/randomization) * Hemoglobin \>= 10 gm/dL (measured within 28 days prior to entry/randomization) * Platelets \>= 100,000/mcL (measured within 28 days prior to entry/randomization) * Presence of \< 4% blasts on hematologic studies (measured within 28 days prior to entry/randomization) * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (measured within 28 days prior to entry/randomization) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 2.5 x upper limit of normal unless the liver is involved with tumor, in that case, ALT/AST must be =\< 5 x ULN (measured within 28 days prior to entry/randomization) * Creatinine clearance \> 50 mL/min (assessed by Cockcroft Gault estimation) (measured within 28 days prior to entry/randomization) * Patients with type II diabetes mellitus that is well controlled by dietary measures alone and have a hemoglobin A1c (HgA1c) \< 8% are eligible to participate; patients found to have a fasting glucose \>= 7 mmol/L (\>= 126 mg/dL) or glycosylated hemoglobin \> 8% (64 mmol/mol) at screening should be assessed for appropriate management according to local policy; those in whom dietary measures alone provide good diabetic control will be eligible for inclusion; type I or II diabetes mellitus requiring either insulin or oral hypoglycemics for routine management will be excluded * Patients must be able to swallow and tolerate oral medications and not have gastrointestinal illnesses that would preclude absorption of AZD2014, AZD5363, or olaparib (e.g. uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; malabsorption syndrome; ulcerative disease) * Participants' life expectancy must be \> 4 months * Patients must be able to understand and willing to sign an informed consent * FOR EXPANSION PHASE ONLY: For the expansion phase, patients must have measurable disease accessible for biopsy * FOR EXPANSION PHASE ONLY: For the expansion phase, patients must have archival specimens from the time of primary or recurrence diagnosis Exclusion Criteria: * Patients receiving any other investigational agents or any additional anti-cancer agents * Patients who have endometrial carcinosarcoma; patients with ovarian cancer who have histology other than high-grade serous in the absence of a deleterious BRCA mutation; if the patient has a deleterious BRCA mutation, any histology will be accepted * Patients who have recurrences that are amenable to potentially curative treatment with radiation therapy or surgery * Patients who have a history of other malignancies except for basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, unless they have been disease-free for at least five years; patients may have dual primaries of endometrial, ovarian or breast cancer * Patients who have a history of myelodysplastic syndrome * Patients who have symptomatic, uncontrolled spinal cord compression and/or brain metastases; a scan to confirm absence of brain metastasis is not required; patients can receive a stable dose of corticosteroids (except those prohibited per protocol) before/during study if these were started at least 28 days prior to entry * Patients who have had prior chemotherapy, biological therapy, radiation therapy, androgens, thalidomide, immunotherapy, other anticancer agents, and any investigational agents within 28 days of starting study treatment (not including palliative radiotherapy at focal sites), or corticosteroids that are prohibited per protocol within 14 days of starting study treatment * Patients who have had major surgery within 28 days prior to entry into the study or be recovering from any effects of surgery; patients who have had minor surgery within 2 weeks prior to entry into the study * Patients who have a resting electrocardiogram (ECG) with a Fridericia corrected QT (QTcF) interval of \>= 470 msec at 2 or more time points within a 24 hour period or a family history of long QT syndrome * Patients who have required a blood transfusion within 28 days prior to study start * Patients who have received any hemopoietic growth factors (e.g., filgrastim \[G-CSF\], sargramostim \[GM-CSF\]) within 2 weeks prior to study start * Patients receiving certain medications and/or substances that are prohibited within stated wash-out periods * Patients with known hypersensitivity to olaparib, AZD5363, AZD2014 or any of their excipients; patients with a history of hypersensitivity to drugs with a similar chemical structure or class to olaparib, AZD5363, or AZD2014 * Patients who have experienced intolerable adverse events per treating investigator due to other PARP inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, PI3 kinase inhibitors, or AKT inhibitors * Patients who have experienced any of the following procedures or conditions currently or in the preceding 12 months: a) coronary artery bypass graft; b) angioplasty; c) vascular stent; d) myocardial infarction; e) angina pectoris; f) congestive heart failure New York Heart Association grade \>= 2; g) ventricular arrhythmias requiring continuous therapy; h) supraventricular arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, which are uncontrolled; i) hemorrhagic or thrombotic stroke, including transient ischemic attacks or any other central nervous system bleeding * Patients who have abnormal echocardiogram (ECHO) or multi-gated acquisition scan (MUGA) at baseline (left ventricular ejection fraction \[LVEF\] \< 50%); appropriate correction to be used if a MUGA is performed * Patients with torsades de pointes within 12 months of study entry * Patients with uncontrolled hypotension (systolic blood pressure \< 90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure \< 50 mmHg) * Patients with proteinuria (3+ on dipstick or 300 mg/dL on urine analysis or \> 500 mg/dL/24 hours) * Patients with diabetes type I or uncontrolled type II (HbA1c \> 8 % assessed locally) as judged by the investigator * As judged by the investigator, any evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic diseases (e.g., severe hepatic impairment, interstitial lung disease \[bilateral, diffuse, parenchymal lung disease\], uncontrolled chronic renal diseases \[glomerulonephritis, nephritic syndrome, Fanconi syndrome or renal tubular acidosis\]), or current unstable or uncompensated respiratory or cardiac conditions, or uncontrolled hypertension (blood pressure \>= 140/90), active bleeding diatheses or active infection including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus; screening for chronic conditions is not required * As judged by the investigator, the patient is unsuitable to participate in the study and the patient is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions, and requirements * FOR EXPANSION PHASE ONLY: Lack of accessible tumor for biopsy * Lack of archival specimens from the time of primary or recurrence diagnosis
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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