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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungPhase 1NCT00250978

Ph I:Bevacizumab + Chemotherapy in Pts w/Malig Pleural Effusion Due to Adv NSCLC

A Phase 1 study testing bevacizumab with chemotherapy, Pleur-XTM catheter placement in people with Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site 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

Your lung cancer has caused fluid to build up in the space around your lung. This fluid is called a malignant pleural effusion. This fluid takes up space in your chest, and prevents your lung from fully filling with air. As a result, you may be experiencing shortness of breath, cough, or chest discomfort. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
What is being tested?
bevacizumab with chemotherapy, Pleur-XTM catheter placement
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
How many people
15 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Nov 2005to Apr 2008
Phase
Phase 1
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

  • Adult patients with pathologically confirmed stage IIIB-IV non-small cell lung cancer who are eligible for systemic chemotherapy, and also have a malignant pleural effusion which requires therapeutic drainage.
  • Karnofsky performance status >=70%
  • Adequate coagulation studies, blood counts, renal and hepatic function:
  • aPTT < 33.8 seconds, PT/INR < 1.12, WBC >= 3,000/ul, hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dl, platelet count >=100,000/ul, total bilirubin <= 1.3 mg/dl, AST/ALT <= 2.0 X UNL, Alk Phos <= 2.5 X UNL, creatinine <= 1.5 mg/dl
  • Ability to maintain a Pleur-XTM drainage catheter
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test.
  • Men and women of childbearing potential must be willing to consent to using effective contraception while on treatment and for at least 3 months thereafter.

Who cannot join

  • Prior bevacizumab
  • Squamous cell histology
  • Hemoptysis within the past 3 months that brings up more than 1/2 teaspoon of red blood
  • Patients already known to have hemorrhagic pleural effusion, defined as a grossly bloody pleural effusion in the opinion of the treating physician,or pleural fluid hemoglobin concentration >= 25% of blood hemoglobin concentration .
  • Known brain metastases
  • Clinically significant cardiovascular disease, uncontrolled hypertension, or peripheralvascular disease
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  • History of cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack within the past six months
  • Pregnancy
  • Urine protein: creatinine (UPC) ratio >= 1.0 at screening
  • Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to Day 0
  • History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra- abdominal abscess within 28 days prior to Day 0
  • Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
  • Patients must not be receiving daily treatment with aspirin (>= 325 mg/day) or daily use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents known to inhibit platelet function including ibuprofen, dipyridamole, ticlopidine, clopidogrel and/or cilostazol.
  • Patients must not be on therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin, heparin or low molecular weight heparin.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021

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About this study

Official title: Phase I of Bevacizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion Due to Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Your lung cancer has caused fluid to build up in the space around your lung. This fluid is called a malignant pleural effusion. This fluid takes up space in your chest, and prevents your lung from fully filling with air. As a result, you may be experiencing shortness of breath, cough, or chest discomfort. Your doctors have determined that you would feel better if a surgeon or pulmonary specialist removed this fluid immediately. Your doctors are offering to admit you to the hospital, and drain the fluid using a Pleur-XTM catheter.

Once the Pleur-X catheter is in place, your doctors would like to start your chemotherapy.

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Your doctors have decided to treat you with chemotherapy. If the chemotherapy works to kill the cancer cells in your body, the cancer will make less fluid, and your doctors will be able to remove the Pleur-XTM catheter sooner.

It is possible that adding a second drug to the chemotherapy, called bevacizumab may make he fluid dry up even faster. It is not known whether adding bevacizumab to chemotherapy for patients with a Pleur-XTM catheter in place is more helpful, or potentially more harmful, than using chemotherapy alone. For this reason, only patients enrolled in this research protocol can receive both chemotherapy and bevacizumab while they have a Pleur-XTM catheter in place.

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether chemotherapy may be delivered safely with a Pleur-XTM catheter in place.

Read the detailed description

The study will be conducted in patients with advanced NSCLC (stage IIIB-IV) who have MPE requiring therapeutic drainage, and are also eligible for treatment with chemotherapy plus bevacizumab (as defined in protocol Section 6.0). All patients will undergo placement of a Pleur-XTM catheter as part of routine practice. Eligible patients may enroll in the protocol prior to, or within 10 days following placement of their Pleur-XTM catheter. Upon enrollment, patients will be given a logsheet on which to record the volume of pleural fluid drained from their catheter. Only patients who, in the opinion of the treating physician, do not have a hemorrhagic pleural effusion (grossly bloody, or pleural fluid hemoglobin concentration > 25% of blood hemoglobin concentration) may remain on study. In addition, only patients who, in the opinion of the treating physician, have satisfactory placement of their Pleur-XTM catheter may remain on study.

Approximately 15 patients will be enrolled with the goal to treat 10 patients with chemotherapy plus bevacizumab. The additional enrollments will be necessary in that it is estimated that approximately 1 in 3 patients will be taken off study due to failure of Pleur-XTM catheter placement, or discovery of hemorrhagic effusion.

Patients who remain on study will begin chemotherapy. All eligible patients will receive bevacizumab 15mg/kg IV x 1 dose as a single agent. Three weeks later, chemotherapy will be initiated according to routine clinical practice along with continued use of bevacizumab. Acceptable chemotherapy regimens for this protocol are detailed in Section 5.0 of the protocol. Only the administration of bevacizumab will be governed by the protocol (Section 11.0). Dose reductions of all other drugs will be made according to routine clinical practice. Pleural fluid will be drained from the Pleur-XTM at least every other day (qod), and volume recorded by the patient in a log book. Pleur-XTM catheters may be removed when pleural symphysis is achieved (defined in Section 12.0), or at the discretion of the treating physician. The schedule of follow-up visits may vary according to the chemotherapy regimen, however all patients must be evaluated in the clinic at least every 3 weeks with a doctor visit to record drainage volume, and status of their Pleur-XTM catheter.

Being tested
bevacizumab with chemotherapy, Pleur-XTM catheter placement
Keywords
Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

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

  • bevacizumab with chemotherapy, Pleur-XTM catheter placementDrug

    After Pleur-XTM catheter placement patients will receive bevacizumab 15mg/kg IV x 1 dose as a single agent.Three weeks later, chemotherapy will be initiated according to routine clinical practice along with continued use of bevacizumab.

What is being measured

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

  1. To assess the safety and feasibility of administering chemotherapy plus bevacizumab to patients with metastatic NSCLC and MPE following insertion of a Pleur-XTM catheter.

    Measured: end of study

Timeline

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

  1. First posted9 Nov 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2005
  3. Primary completionApr 2008
  4. Study completionApr 2008

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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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
15 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00250978
Sponsor's protocol ID
05-089
Status last verified
Apr 2008
First submitted
7 Nov 2005
Last updated
30 Apr 2008
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing bevacizumab with chemotherapy, Pleur-XTM catheter placement in people with Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site 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 7 inclusion and 14 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 30 Apr 2008. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

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?

To assess the safety and feasibility of administering chemotherapy plus bevacizumab to patients with metastatic NSCLC and MPE following insertion of a Pleur-XTM catheter. (time frame: end of study). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 30 Apr 2008.

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