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Non-small-cell Lung CarcinomaPhase 2NCT00124280

Study Investigating the Effect of Everolimus Monotherapy in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

A Phase 2 study testing RAD001 in people with Non-small-cell Lung Carcinoma, run by Novartis Pharmaceuticals at 2 sites in United States.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of everolimus treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC. The rationale for investigating everolimus in advanced NSCLC previously treated with chemotherapy or chemotherapy plus EGFR inhibitors, like gefitinib or erlotinib, is based on following: The medical need for the… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Non-small-cell Lung Carcinoma
What is being tested?
RAD001
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
85 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2005to Oct 2007
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

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with advanced (unresectable or metastatic) NSCLC
  • Tissue sample of the metastatic or primary tumor available for pathology evaluation and molecular marker analyses
  • Patients who have received ≤ 2 chemotherapy regimens, one of which must have included cisplatinum or carboplatin, and who have documented evidence of tumor progression (Arm 1)
  • Patients who have received ≤ 2 chemotherapy regimens, one of which must have included cisplatinum or carboplatin as well as a small molecule EGFR inhibitor (as a separate regimen) with documented tumor progression despite at least 4 weeks therapy with either gefitinib or erlotinib (Arm 2)

Who cannot join

  • Concurrent therapy with agents used otherwise as anticancer therapy (for example, methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Any investigational drug, other than EGFR inhibitor (Arm 2), within the preceding 4 weeks
  • Chronic treatment with steroids or another immunosuppressive agent
  • Uncontrolled brain or leptomeningeal metastases, including patients who continue to require glucocorticoids for brain or leptomeningeal metastases
  • Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Thoracic /Head and Neck Medical Oncology

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • Nevada Cancer Institute

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89135

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About this study

Official title: Open Label, Non-randomized, Phase 2 Study Investigating the Effect of RAD001 Monotherapy in Patients With Advanced NSCLC Previously Treated With Either Chemotherapy Only or With Chemotherapy and EGFR Inhibitor(s)

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of everolimus treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC. The rationale for investigating everolimus in advanced NSCLC previously treated with chemotherapy or chemotherapy plus EGFR inhibitors, like gefitinib or erlotinib, is based on following:

  • The medical need for the better therapy for advanced NSCLC and limited efficacy of the currently available therapy in advanced NSCLC.
  • Postulated association of relevant cell-signaling pathways targeted by everolimus with different aspects of oncogenesis, disease progression, and response/resistance to treatment.
  • Effectiveness of everolimus and rapamycin in preclinical models of lung cancer
  • Early reports of clinical responses to monotherapy with mTOR inhibitors in advanced NSCLC.

There is evidence that an enhanced PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, which is inhibited by everolimus, may be one of the key changes accounting for different aspects of oncogenesis, disease progression, and response/resistance to NSCLC cancer treatment. The use of the mTOR inhibitor everolimus in treatment of advanced NSCLC would be a novel therapeutic approach that proposes to logically manipulate the cell's regulatory pathways to enable control of tumor growth.

Being tested
RAD001
Keywords
Lung cancer, non-small cell, everolimus, Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Lung Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • RAD001Drug

    Also called Everolimus

Study groups in NCT00124280
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
previously treated with chemotherapy onlyExperimentalpatients previously treated with chemotherapy only (at most 2 prior regimens one of which must have been platinum-based) and no EGFRI
Receives: Drug: RAD001
previously treated with chemotherapy + smallExperimentalpatients previously treated with chemotherapy (at most 2 prior regimens one of which must have been platinum-based) and with one small molecule EGFRI
Receives: Drug: RAD001

What is being measured

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

  1. Clinical efficacy based on the evaluation of objective tumor response rate (RR)

    Measured: until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity.

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. To assess safety of RAD001 monotherapy

    Measured: as long as patients are in the study

  2. To assess additional clinical efficacy of RAD001

    Measured: as long as patients are in the study

  3. To assess the steady state levels of RAD001 in blood

    Measured: as long as patients are in the study

  4. To investigate potential molecular markers predictive of clinical effect

    Measured: as long as patients are in the study

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jul 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2005
  3. Primary completionOct 2007

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
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
85 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00124280
Sponsor's protocol ID
CRAD001C2235
Status last verified
Nov 2016
First submitted
26 Jul 2005
Last updated
18 Nov 2016
Results posted
No

Publications

  • White DA, Schwartz LH, Dimitrijevic S, Scala LD, Hayes W, Gross SH. Characterization of pneumonitis in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with everolimus (RAD001). J Thorac Oncol. 2009 Nov;4(11):1357-63. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181ba20b1.

    PubMed 19745764
  • Soria JC, Shepherd FA, Douillard JY, Wolf J, Giaccone G, Crino L, Cappuzzo F, Sharma S, Gross SH, Dimitrijevic S, Di Scala L, Gardner H, Nogova L, Papadimitrakopoulou V. Efficacy of everolimus (RAD001) in patients with advanced NSCLC previously treated with chemotherapy alone or with chemotherapy and EGFR inhibitors. Ann Oncol. 2009 Oct;20(10):1674-81. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdp060. Epub 2009 Jun 23.

    PubMed 19549709

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing RAD001 in people with Non-small-cell Lung Carcinoma, run by Novartis Pharmaceuticals at 2 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?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. 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 18 Nov 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 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?

Clinical efficacy based on the evaluation of objective tumor response rate (RR) (time frame: until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity.). 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 NCT00124280, which also lists 2 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 18 Nov 2016.

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