Phase I safety and tolerability of once daily oral afatinib (A) in combination with docetaxel (D) in patients (pts) with relapsed or refractory advanced solid tumors.

e13010 Background: A is an orally bioavailable, irreversible, ErbB Family Blocker. This open label, Phase I, dose escalation trial investigated the safety, tolerability, and PK of A, in two parallel dose cohort expansion parts, in combination with either gemcitabine (Part A) or D (Part B) in patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors. Preliminary results from Part B are presented here. Methods: Eligible pts (confirmed diagnosis of advanced solid tumors, ECOG PS 0–1) received once daily, oral dosing of A in combination with D, given iv on Day 1 of every 3 week cycle. Dosing of A started on Day 2 of Cycle 1. Primary objective was to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) based on the occurrence of dose limiting toxicities (DLT) observed in Cycle 1. Dose escalation was performed with cohorts of 3–6 pts using a 3+3 design. Initial starting dose level was A 30 mg/day and D 60 mg /m², escalating up to A 50 mg/day and D 75 mg/m² until the MTD was reached, and followed by a PK expansion cohort of 12 pt...