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Lung CancerPhase 2NCT00387699

Bevacizumab, Cisplatin, Etoposide, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing bevacizumab, cisplatin and etoposide in people with Lung Cancer, run by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.

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

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Others interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. 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?
bevacizumab, cisplatin and etoposide
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
79 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Oct 2006to Apr 2014
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 small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
  • Limited-stage disease, defined as SCLC confined to ≥ 1 of the following:
  • One hemithorax
  • Ipsilateral supraclavicular fossa
  • Measurable disease
  • No malignant pleural effusion, contralateral hilar disease, or contralateral supraclavicular disease
  • Minimal pleural effusion visible on CT scan of the chest, but not evident on chest x-ray, allowed
  • No completely surgically resected disease
  • No CNS disease, including primary brain tumor or brain metastasis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm³
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Urine protein:creatinine ratio ≤ 0.5 OR 24-hour urine protein < 1,000 mg
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for ≥ 6 months after completion of study treatment
  • INR ≤ 1.5 (unless on full-dose anticoagulants)
  • No active serious infection
  • No serious or nonhealing wound
  • No ulcer or bone fracture
  • No evidence of bleeding diatheses or coagulopathy
  • No hemoptysis
  • No known hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary cell products and/or other recombinant human antibodies
  • No clinically significant cardiovascular disease, including any of the following:
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • New York Heart Association class II-IV congestive heart failure
  • Serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication
  • Unstable angina pectoris
  • Symptomatic peripheral vascular disease
  • Cerebrovascular accident within the past 6 months
  • Symptomatic heart disease within the past 6 months
  • Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
  • Unstable angina within the past 6 months
  • No abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within the past 4 weeks
  • No significant traumatic injury within the past 4 weeks

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery or open biopsy
  • At least 1 week since prior core biopsy
  • No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy for small cell lung cancer
  • No concurrent major surgery
  • No concurrent palliative local radiotherapy
  • No concurrent intensity-modulated radiotherapy
  • Concurrent full-dose anticoagulants (e.g., warfarin) allowed provided all of the following criteria are met:
  • INR ≤ 3
  • In-range INR (2-3) on a stable dose of oral anticoagulant or on a stable dose of low molecular weight heparin
  • No active bleeding or pathological condition that carries a high risk of bleeding (e.g., tumor involving major vessels or known varices)

About this study

Official title: Phase II Trial of Bevacizumab in Combination With Cisplatin/Etoposide and Twice Daily Radiation for Patients With Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Others interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin and etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving bevacizumab together with cisplatin, etoposide, and radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bevacizumab together with cisplatin, etoposide, and radiation therapy works in treating patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the 1-year progression-free survival of patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer treated with bevacizumab, cisplatin, etoposide, and radiotherapy.

Secondary

  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the response rate in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes and bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1 and etoposide IV over 60 minutes on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. During course 1, patients also undergo thoracic radiotherapy twice daily on days 1-5, 8-12, and 15-19.

Patients achieving a complete or partial response or stable disease after the first 4 courses of chemotherapy continue to receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Treatment with bevacizumab repeats every 21 days for up to 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Within 4-6 weeks after blood counts recover from the first 4 courses of chemotherapy, patients achieving a complete or partial response also undergo prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in 10 fractions over 3 weeks.*

NOTE: *Bevacizumab should not be given for 3 weeks prior to or during PCI, but resumed 1 week after completion of PCI.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 10 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 79 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Being tested
bevacizumab, cisplatin, etoposide, radiation therapy
Keywords
limited stage small cell lung cancer
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

What is being measured

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

  1. Progression-free survival at 1 year

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Response rate

  2. Toxicity

Timeline

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

  1. First posted13 Oct 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2006
  3. Primary completionOct 2007
  4. Study completionApr 2014

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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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
79 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00387699
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000508653
Other IDs
ECOG-E1506
Status last verified
Oct 2008
First submitted
12 Oct 2006
Last updated
28 Apr 2015
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing bevacizumab, cisplatin and etoposide in people with Lung Cancer, run by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.

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 28 Apr 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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?

Progression-free survival at 1 year. 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 28 Apr 2015.

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