Lapatinib and RAD-001 for HER2 Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

Phase 2

Waitlist Available

Led By Qamar Khan, MD

Research Sponsored by University of Kansas Medical Center

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 6 months

Awards & highlights

All Individual Drugs Already Approved

No Placebo-Only Group

Approved for 10 Other Conditions

Summary

By doing this study, researchers hope to learn the effectiveness of the combination of Lapatinib and RAD-001 for treating patients who have progressed on previous therapies.

Eligible Conditions

Breast Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 6 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~6 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Assess the effectiveness of the combination of RAD-001 and lapatinib

Secondary study objectives

Overall benefit of combination

Awards & Highlights

All Individual Drugs Already Approved

Therapies where all constituent drugs have already been approved are likely to have better-understood side effect profiles.

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Approved for 10 Other Conditions

This treatment demonstrated efficacy for 10 other conditions.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Lapatinib and RAD-001Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

RAD-001 will be administered orally as a once-daily dose of 5 mg (one 5 mg tablet) continuously from study day 1 until progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity. Patients will be instructed to take RAD-001 in the morning, at the same time each day. Lapatinib will be administered orally as a once-daily dose of 1250 mg (five 250 mg tablets) continuously from study day 1 until progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity. Patients will be instructed to take lapatinib at bedtime, at the same time each day. Lapatinib should be taken by the patient in a fasting state.

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