Food Effect Study of Alisertib (MLN8237) in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors or Lymphomas

The drug being tested in this study is called alisertib. Alisertib is being tested in adult participants with advanced solid tumors or lymphomas.

The study enrolled 26 participants. Participants will be randomly assigned (by chance, like flipping a coin) to one of the two treatment groups-which will remain undisclosed to the participant and study doctor during the study (unless there is an urgent medical need):

• Alisertib 50 mg Fed + Fasted
• Alisertib 50 mg Fasted + Fed

All participants will be asked to take one alisertib tablet (ECT), orally, with or without a standard high-fat breakfast Cycle 1, Day 1, with the respective alternate food intake condition (fasted to fed or fed to fasted) on Cycle 2, Day 1, each followed by 14-day rest period. Participants will take alisertib, ECT, orally BID on Days 4 to 10 of Cycles 1 and 2, each followed by 14-day rest period. From Cycle 3 onwards participants will continue taking alisertib 50 mg, ECT, orally, BID on Days 1-7, followed by a 14-day rest period in 21-day cycles until disease progression, occurrence of an unacceptable alisertib-related toxicity.

This multi-center trial conducted at 3 sites in the United States. Participants will make multiple visits to the clinic and plus a final visit after 30 days of receiving their last dose of drug for a follow-up assessment.

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• Histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced tumors or lymphomas for which standard curative or life-prolonging treatment does not exist, or is no longer effective or tolerable
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
• Participant must meet protocol-specified laboratory values
• Suitable venous access
• Female participants who are postmenopausal for at least 1 year OR are surgically sterile OR if of childbearing potential, agree to practice 2 effective methods of contraception at the same time or agree to practice true abstinence
• Male participants who agree to practice effective barrier contraception during the entire study and through 4 months after the last dose of study drug OR agree to practice true abstinence

Exclusion criteria

• Prior or current investigational therapies within 4 weeks before the first dose of alisertib
• Female participants who are lactating or pregnant
• Participant requiring treatment with clinically significant enzyme inducers, such as the enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs phenytoin, carbamazepine, or phenobarbital, or rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentine, or St. John's wort within 14 days before the first dose of alisertib and during the study
• Medical conditions requiring daily, chronic, or regular use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) within 7 days preceding the first dose of alisertib, or histamine (H2)-receptor antagonists
• Participant requiring systemic anticoagulation
• Ongoing nausea or vomiting that is Grade 2 or worse in intensity
• Known gastrointestinal (GI) disease or GI procedures that could interfere with the oral absorption, excretion, or tolerance of alisertib
• History of uncontrolled sleep apnea syndrome and other conditions that could result in excessive daytime sleepiness such as severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Known or suspected human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or hepatitis B surface antigen-positive status, or known or suspected active hepatitis C infection
• Participant who are lactose-intolerant or are unwilling/unable to consume the protocol specified standardized high-fat breakfast

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply