A Study of Bemarituzumab Monotherapy and Combination With Other Anti-cancer Therapy in SqNSCLC With FGFR2b Overexpression (FORTITUDE-201) (FORTITUDE-201)
Squamous-Cell Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Squamous-Cell Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer focused on measuring Squamous-Cell Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, FGFR2b-positive Squamous-Cell Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, SqNSCLC, Bemarituzumab, Docetaxel
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participant has provided informed consent/assent prior to initiation of any study specific activities/procedures
- Age ≥ 18 years old (or legal adult within country, whichever is older) at the time that the Informed Consent Form (ICF) is signed
- Pathologically confirmed squamous cell lung carcinoma
- Disease that is unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic (not amenable to curative therapy)
- Participants must have archived tumor tissue sample (formalin fixed, paraffin embedded [FFPE] sample [FFPE of excisional, or core needle]) taken within last 5 years or be willing to undergo pre-treatment tumor biopsy (excisional, or core needle) for tissue prior to enrollment
- Participant must have progressed on, or recurred after at least 1 prior systemic therapy (Part 1 and 2 only) or at least 2 prior systemic therapies (Part 3 only) for locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic disease. Prior treatment must include a platinum-based doublet chemotherapy and checkpoint inhibitor for advanced or metastatic disease, either given as one line of therapy or as individual lines of therapy, unless the participant has a medical contraindication to one of the required therapies (which must be documented in the electronic case report form [eCRF]). Additionally, if the participant's tumor was previously identified as having a driver mutation (according to local standard of care or guidelines, e.g., Kirsten rat sarcoma [KRAS] G12C, neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase [NTRK]), which has an approved therapy for which the participant is eligible and available, the participant must have received the approved therapy in a prior line of treatment.
- For Part 4, participants may not have received prior systemic therapy for their locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic disease. For Part 4, participants who received peri-operative systemic therapy are eligible if that adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy was completed at least 12 months prior to diagnosis of locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic disease.
- Measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) criteria
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Adequate organ function as determined per protocol
- Part 2, 3 and 4 only: FGFR2b overexpression as determined by centrally performed immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing
Exclusion Criteria:
- Mixed small-cell lung cancer or mixed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) histology
- Untreated or symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases or leptomeningeal disease
- Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures at a frequency greater than monthly
- Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac disease including: unstable angina within 6 months prior to first dose of study treatment, acute myocardial infarction < 6 months prior to first dose of study treatment, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-IV congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension (defined as an average systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg or diastolic >100 mm Hg despite optimal treatment (measured following European Society for Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology [ESH/ESC] 2013 guidelines; Section 11.11), uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy other than beta blockers or digoxin, active coronary artery disease, Fridericia's correction formula (QTc) ≥ 470
- Evidence of any ongoing ophthalmologic abnormalities or symptoms that are acute (within 4 weeks) or actively progressing
- Recent (within 6 months) corneal surgery or ophthalmic laser treatment or recent (within 6 months) history of, or evidence of, corneal defects, corneal ulcerations, keratitis, or keratoconus, or other known abnormalities of the cornea that may pose an increased risk of developing a corneal ulcer
- Part 1 and Part 2: participants that experienced toxicity or hypersensitivity requiring discontinuation of prior docetaxel treatment
- Part 1 only: participants that had disease progression on prior therapy with docetaxel
- Part 2 only: participants have received prior docetaxel in unresectable or metastatic setting (including participants who received prior docetaxel in first line for metastatic disease, but not including participants who received prior docetaxel neoadjuvantly or adjuvantly and did not progress within 6 months of end of therapy)
- Prior treatment with any selective inhibitor of the fibroblast growth factor-fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGF-FGFR) pathway
Sites / Locations
- University of California Irvine
- Morristown Medical Center
- Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care
- University of Pittsburgh, Cancer Institute
- Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
- Jessa Ziekenhuis - Campus Virga Jesse
- Institut Bergonie
- CHU de Lyon - Hopital Louis Pradel
- Hôpital Tenon
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers - Hopital la Miletrie
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes - Hopital Pontchaillou
- Institut Gustave Roussy
- National Cancer Center Hospital East
- Shizuoka Cancer Center
- Wakayama Medical University Hospital
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Severance Hospital Yonsei University Health System
- Asan Medical Center
- Przychodnia Lekarska Komed Roman Karaszewski
- Pratia Mcm Krakow
- Krakowskie Centrum Medyczne Sp zoo
- Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki
- Instytut Genetyki i Immunologii GENIM Spzoo
- Centrum Medyczne Hope Clinic Sebastian Szklener
- Mazowieckie centrum leczenia
- Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga
- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
- Hospital Universitari Vall d Hebron
- Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona
- Institut Catala d Oncologia Hospitalet. Hospital Duran i Reynals
- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña Hospital Teresa Herrera
- Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda
- Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital of Chang Gung Medical Foundation
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Part 1: Combination Dose Exploration
Part 2: Combination Dose Expansion
Part 3: Bemarituzumab Monotherapy
Part 4: Combination Immuno-chemotherapy
Participants with SqNSCLC will receive escalating doses of bemarituzumab in combination with docetaxel.
Participants with SqNSCLC and FGFR2b overexpression will receive the dose of bemarituzumab in combination with docetaxel identified as safe during Part 1.
Participants with SqNSCLC and FGFR2b overexpression will receive bemarituzumab monotherapy.
Participants with FGFR2b overexpression will receive the dose of bemarituzumab identified as safe during Part 1 in combination with pembrolizumab, carboplatin and either paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel.