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Lung CancerPhase 2NCT00022646

Pemetrexed Disodium Plus Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing gemcitabine hydrochloride and pemetrexed disodium in people with Lung Cancer, run by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology at 22 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving more than one drug and giving the drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
gemcitabine hydrochloride and pemetrexed disodium
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
157 participants
Where
22 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2001to Oct 2008
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
  • Stage IIIB disease that is ineligible for combined modality therapy OR
  • Stage IV disease
  • Measurable disease
  • No clinically detectable (by physical exam) third-space fluid collection (e.g., ascites or pleural effusions) that cannot be controlled by drainage or other procedures
  • No brain metastases (even if treated)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy:

  • At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 9 g/dL

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST and ALT no greater than 3 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases present)
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases present)

Renal:

  • Creatinine clearance at least 45 mL/min

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Able to take folic acid or cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) supplementation
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No concurrent chronic debilitating disease
  • No weight loss of 10% or more within the past 6 weeks
  • No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or noninvasive carcinoma

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior biologic or genetic therapy for lung cancer
  • No concurrent immunomodulating agents

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for lung cancer

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy to a different site and recovered
  • No prior radiotherapy to 25% or more of bone marrow
  • No prior radiotherapy to whole pelvis
  • No prior radiotherapy for primary disease
  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • More than 4 weeks since prior major surgery

Other:

  • No aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents 2 days before, during, and for 2 days after pemetrexed disodium administration (5 days for long-acting agents such as piroxicam, naproxen, diflunisal, or nabumetone)
  • No other concurrent cytostatic or cytotoxic therapy

Trial locations and contacts

22 sites in 1 country.

22 sites in 1 country

United States22 sites

  • CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106

  • Medcenter One Health System

    Bismarck, North Dakota, 58501

  • CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project

    Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52403-1206

  • CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822-2001

  • CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50309-1016

  • CCOP - Duluth

    Duluth, Minnesota, 55805

  • CCOP - Merit Care Hospital

    Fargo, North Dakota, 58122

  • Altru Health Systems

    Grand Forks, North Dakota, 58201

  • Mayo Clinic

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224

  • CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68106

  • CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association

    Peoria, Illinois, 61602

  • Allegheny General Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212-4772

  • Rapid City Regional Hospital

    Rapid City, South Dakota, 57709

  • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

  • CentraCare Health Plaza

    Saint Cloud, Minnesota, 56303

  • CCOP - Metro-Minnesota

    Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416

  • CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259-5404

  • Siouxland Hematology-Oncology

    Sioux City, Iowa, 51101-1733

  • CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104

  • CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital

    Toledo, Ohio, 43623-3456

  • CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

    Urbana, Illinois, 61801

  • CCOP - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Clinical Trial Evaluating Three Schedules Of ALIMTA Plus Gemcitabine As Frontline Chemotherapy For Patients With Locally Advanced Or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving more than one drug and giving the drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of three different regimens of pemetrexed disodium plus gemcitabine in treating patients who have locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the tumor response rates in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer treated with 3 different schedules of pemetrexed disodium and gemcitabine.
  • Compare the duration of response, time to progressive disease, time to treatment failure, and survival time in patients treated with these regimens.
  • Compare the quantitative and qualitative toxic effects of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label study. Patients are stratified according to stage of disease (IIIB vs IV) and ECOG performance status (0 vs 1). Patients are randomized to one of three treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1 followed by gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8.
  • Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8 followed by pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1.
  • Arm III: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes followed by gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on day 8.

Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with stable or responding disease may receive up to 6 additional courses of therapy.

Patients are followed every 2 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 4 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 180 patients (60 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 20 months.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Being tested
gemcitabine hydrochloride, pemetrexed disodium
Keywords
stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT00022646
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm I: pemetrexed + gemcitabineExperimentalPatients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1 followed by gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8.
Receives: Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride; Drug: pemetrexed disodium
Arm II: pemetrexed + gemcitabineExperimentalPatients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8 followed by pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1.
Receives: Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride; Drug: pemetrexed disodium
Arm III: pemetrexed + gemcitabineExperimentalPatients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes followed by gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on day 8.
Receives: Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride; Drug: pemetrexed disodium

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. tumor response rate

    Measured: Up to 4 years

Secondary outcomes (4)

  1. duration of response

    Measured: Up to 4 years

  2. time to treatment failure

    Measured: Up to 4 years

  3. survival

    Measured: Up to 4 years

  4. time to disease progression

    Measured: Up to 4 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2001
  3. Primary completionNov 2003
  4. Study completionOct 2008

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
157 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00022646
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCCTG-N0026
Other IDs
NCI-2012-02399, CDR0000068838
Status last verified
Dec 2016
First submitted
10 Aug 2001
Last updated
7 Dec 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • An MW, Mandrekar SJ, Branda ME, Hillman SL, Adjei AA, Pitot HC, Goldberg RM, Sargent DJ. Comparison of continuous versus categorical tumor measurement-based metrics to predict overall survival in cancer treatment trials. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Oct 15;17(20):6592-9. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-0822. Epub 2011 Aug 31.

    PubMed 21880789

  • Campbell ME, Mandrekar SJ, Hillman SL, et al.: What is the added value of actual tumor measurements (TM) in predicting overall survival (OS)? The North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) findings. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-6520, 2008.

  • Jatoi A, Hillman S, Stella P, Green E, Adjei A, Nair S, Perez E, Amin B, Schild SE, Castillo R, Jett JR; North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Should elderly non-small-cell lung cancer patients be offered elderly-specific trials? Results of a pooled analysis from the North Central Cancer Treatment Group. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Dec 20;23(36):9113-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.7465.

    PubMed 16361618

  • Adjei AA, Salavaggione OE, Mandrekar SJ, Dy GK, Ziegler KL, Endo C, Molina JR, Schild SE, Adjei AA. Correlation between polymorphisms of the reduced folate carrier gene (SLC19A1) and survival after pemetrexed-based therapy in non-small cell lung cancer: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group-based exploratory study. J Thorac Oncol. 2010 Sep;5(9):1346-53. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181ec18c4.

    PubMed 20651609

  • Ma CX, Nair S, Thomas S, Mandrekar SJ, Nikcevich DA, Rowland KM, Fitch TR, Windschitl HE, Hillman SL, Schild SE, Jett JR, Obasaju C, Adjei AA; North Central Cancer Treatment Group; Mayo Clinic; Eli Lilly & Company. Randomized phase II trial of three schedules of pemetrexed and gemcitabine as front-line therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Sep 1;23(25):5929-37. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.13.953.

    PubMed 16135464

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing gemcitabine hydrochloride and pemetrexed disodium in people with Lung Cancer, run by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology at 22 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Dec 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 22 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

tumor response rate (time frame: Up to 4 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00022646, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Dec 2016.

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