AZD2014 In NF2 Patients With Progressive or Symptomatic Meningiomas

This research study is a Phase II clinical trial. Phase II clinical trials test the safety and effectiveness of an investigational intervention to learn whether the intervention works in treating a specific disease. "Investigational" means that the intervention is being studied.

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if the study drug AZD2014 can shrink growing or symptomatic meningiomas. Based on laboratory research, the cellular pathways which are blocked by AZD2014 are important for the growth and survival of meningiomas. Further treatment of meningioma cells in the laboratory setting has resulted in decreased survival of tumor cells. As such, the purpose of this research is to see whether treating your meningioma with AZD2014 will result in tumor shrinkage. The safety of AZD2014 will also be studied. Your physical state, your symptoms, changes in the size of the tumor, and laboratory findings obtained while on-study will help the research team decide if AZD2014 is safe and effective in patients with your condition.

AZD2014 is being studied in patients with various cancers as a single agent (a drug that is used alone to treat the cancer) or in combination with a number of anticancer therapies. Previous studies have also allowed investigators to determine the best dose and frequency of AZD2014 to achieve anti-tumor effects while reducing the likelihood of side effects.

The FDA (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has not approved AZD2014 as a treatment for any disease.