Autophagy Inhibition to Augment Mammilian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibition: A Phase I/II Trial of RAD001 and Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in Patients With Previously Treated Renal Cell Carcinoma

Inclusion Criteria:

1 Histological evidence of metastatic renal cell carcinoma that has been previously treated with 1-3 prior regimens
2 Phase I only, any number of prior regimens with evidence of progressive disease
3 Patients must have at least one measurable site of disease according to RECIST criteria that has not been previously irradiated. If the patient has had previous radiation to the marker lesion(s), there must be evidence of progression since the radiation
4 Age 18 years
5 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status £
6 Adequate bone marrow function as shown by: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) 1.5 x 109/L, Platelets 100 x 109/L, Hb 9 g/dL
7 Adequate liver function as shown by:
8 Serum bilirubin 1.5 x upper limit of normal
9 ALT and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 2.5x upper limit of normal ( 5x upper limit of normal in patients with liver metastases)
10 international normalized ratio (INR) and PTT 1.5. (Anticoagulation is allowed if target INR 1.5 on a stable dose of warfarin or on a stable dose of anticoagulant for 2 weeks at time of randomization.) Adequate renal function: serum creatinine 2.0 x upper limit of normal or Creatinine Clearance 60 .11 Fasting serum cholesterol 300 mg/dL OR 7.75 mmol/L AND fasting triglycerides 2.5 x upper limit of normal . NOTE: In case one or both of these thresholds are exceeded, the patient can only be included after initiation of appropriate lipid lowering medication.
12 Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

.1. Patients currently receiving anticancer therapy or who have received anticancer therapy within 4 weeks of the start of study drug (including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, antibody based therapy, etc.). To prevent explosive disease progression associated with angiogenic rebound from impacting the results of this study, patients who have received prior antiangiogenic therapy in the form of a small molecule multikinase inhibitor or bevacizumab must be off prior therapy for 1 week and have antiangiogenic therapy-associated adverse events (AEs) resolve to grade 2 before starting study treatment.

2 Patients, who have had a major surgery or significant traumatic injury within 4 weeks of start of study drug, patients who have not recovered from the side effects of any major surgery or patients that may require major surgery during the course of the study
3 Prior treatment with any investigational drug within the preceding 4 weeks .4 Patients receiving chronic, systemic treatment with corticosteroids or another immunosuppressive agent. Topical or inhaled corticosteroids are allowed.
5 Patients should not receive immunization with attenuated live vaccines within one week of study entry or during study period
6 Uncontrolled brain or leptomeningeal metastases, including patients who continue to require glucocorticoids for brain or leptomeningeal metastases
7 Other malignancies within the past 3 years except for adequately treated carcinoma of the cervix or basal or squamous cell carcinomas of the skin, Stage I resected melanoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, resected, basal cell carcinoma, indolent prostate cancer
8 Patients who have any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions or other conditions that could affect their participation in the study such as:
9 Symptomatic congestive heart failure of New York heart Association Class III or IV
10 Unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction within 6 months of start of study drug, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia or any other clinically significant cardiac disease
11 Severely impaired lung function with a previously documented spirometry and diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide that is 50% of the normal predicted value and/or 02 saturation that is 88% or less at rest on room air
12 Uncontrolled diabetes as defined by fasting serum glucose 1.5 x ULN
13 Active (acute or chronic) or uncontrolled severe infections
14 Liver disease such as cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis or chronic persistent hepatitis
15 A known history of HIV seropositivity as reported by the patient
16 Impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of RAD001 (e.g., ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome or small bowel resection)
17 Patients with an active, bleeding diathesis
18 Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding, or adults of reproductive potential who are not using effective birth control methods. If barrier contraceptives are being used, these must be continued throughout the trial by both sexes. Hormonal contraceptives are not acceptable as a sole method of contraception. (Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to administration of RAD001)
19 Patients who have received prior treatment with an mammilian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor (sirolimus, temsirolimus, everolimus).(Phase I prior mTOR inhibitor allowed)
20 Patients with a known hypersensitivity to RAD001 (everolimus) or other rapamycins (sirolimus, temsirolimus) or to its excipients
21 History of noncompliance to medical regimens
22 Patients unwilling to or unable to comply with the protocol .23 A detailed assessment of Hepatitis B/C medical history and risk factors must be done at screening for all patients. HBV DNA and HCV RNA polymerase chain reaction testing are required at screening for all patients with a positive medical history based on risk factors and/or confirmation of prior HBV/HCV infection.