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Breast CancerPhase 2NCT00497809

Safety and Efficacy Study of GCSF Therapy to Treat Patients at High Risk for Chemotherapy Induced Severe Neutropenia

A Phase 2 study testing AVI-014 versus Filgrastim in people with Breast Cancer and Neutropenia, run by AviGenics at 31 sites in 2 countries.

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

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Trial summary

The overall purpose of this study is to assess the dose response, efficacy, and safety of three different dose levels of AVI 014 (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [G-CSF]) in breast cancer patients at high (>20%) risk for chemotherapy-induced severe neutropenia. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer, Neutropenia
What is being tested?
AVI-014 versus Filgrastim
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
189 participants
Where
31 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
Aug 2007to Jul 2009
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
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Able to understand and voluntarily provide written informed consent before screening, following an explanation of the nature and purpose of this study.
  • Women, aged 18 years and older
  • Histologically confirmed breast cancer, undergoing one of a variety of chemotherapy regimens, or with other risk factors that could lead to a >20% risk of developing severe neutropenia. Patients receiving chemotherapy regimens with high-risk for severe neutropenia are eligible; eligibility of patients receiving intermediate-risk chemotherapy regimens must be discussed with the Medical Monitor for the presence of additional patient-specific risk factors.
  • Must be receiving first-line adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy for localized breast cancer or first-line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer. It is recommended that patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/neu)-positive breast cancer should be receiving Herceptin® (trastuzumab), if approved and available for this indication.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of grade 0 to 2
  • Adequate renal (serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen [BUN] <3 times the upper limit of normal [ULN]) and hepatic (serum bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase [AST], and alanine aminotransferase [ALT] <3 times ULN) function.
  • Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
  • Women who are not pregnant and do not plan to become pregnant during the study. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within seven days before the first dose of study drug and must be using adequate non hormonal barrier contraception before entering the study and throughout the study. Non childbearing potential is defined as post-menopausal for at least one year, surgically sterile, or having had a hysterectomy before study start.

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • History or clinical evidence of a serious medical illness, including renal, hepatic, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, neurologic, psychiatric, or hematologic disease, which in the opinion of the investigator will interfere with study participation.
  • Metastatic brain or meningeal tumors.
  • Ascites or pleural effusions.
  • Any active infection requiring systemic antimicrobial therapy.
  • Known to be positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, anti-HIV+), hepatitis B antigen (HBAg[+]), or hepatitis C antibody (HCVAb[+]).
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  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to the study drug or its components, such as avian products, including influenza vaccine, or to E. coli-derived proteins.
  • Currently receiving radiation therapy for treatment of a malignant condition, or have completed radiation therapy within 14 days before study entry. Radiation therapy for oncologic emergency is allowed.
  • Participated in another therapeutic clinical study (i.e., not an epidemiological study or genomic screening study) during the past 30 days, or are likely to simultaneously participate in another therapeutic clinical study.
  • History of, or known current problems with, substance abuse, or any medical, psychological, and/or social condition that may interfere with the patient's participation in the study, or with evaluation of the study results.
  • Any condition that could jeopardize the patient's safety and compliance, as judged by the investigator.

Trial locations and contacts

31 sites in 2 countries.

31 sites in 2 countries

India17 sites
  • Apollo Specialty Hospital, Padma Complex

    320 Mount Road, Chennai, 600 035

  • Ruby Hall Clinic

    40 Sasoon Road, Pune, 411001

  • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences

    Amrita Lane Elamakkara, Cochin, 682026

  • Kasturba Medical College Hospital

    Attavar, Mangalore, 576104

  • Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Dr. M.H. Marigowda Road

    Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 029

  • Indraprastha Apollo Hospital

    Delhi Mathura Road, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, 110076

  • Tata Memorial Hospital,

    Dr. E Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, 400 012

  • Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment & Research Foundation

    G.T. Road, Sherpur Bye Pass, Ludhiana, 141009

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

    Idgah Hills, Bhopal, 462001

  • Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation

    Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, 500033

  • Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre

    Lake Area, Melur Road, Madurai,, 625107

  • IRCH, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar,

    New Delhi, New Delhi, 110029

  • Regional Cancer Centre, IGIMS

    Sheikhpura, Patna, 800014

  • Dayanand Medical College and Hospital

    Tagore Nagar, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, 141001

  • Dharamshila Hospital and research Centre

    Vasundhara Enclave, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 10096

  • Dharamshila Cancer Center, Dharamshila Marg

    Vasundhara Enclave, New Delhi, 110096

  • King George Hospital

    Vizag, Vishakhapattanam, 110076

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United States14 sites
  • Cancer Outreach Associates PC

    Abingdon, Virginia, 24211

  • Cancer Care Institute of Carolina

    Aiken, South Carolina, 29801

  • Pacific Cancer Medical Center

    Anaheim, California, 92801

  • Gabrail Cancer Center

    Canton, Ohio, 44781

  • Southern Illinois Hematology/Oncology

    Centralia, Illinois, 62801

  • Cancer Specialists of South Texas

    Corpus Christi, Texas, 78412

  • Physicians Research Alliance LLC.

    DeBary, Florida, 32713

  • California Cancer Center

    Greenbrae, California, 94904-2007

  • Ghassan Al-Jazayrly, MD, Inc.

    Los Angeles, California, 90027

  • Signal Point Clinical Research Center, LLC

    Middletown, Ohio, 45042

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr

    Oklaoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Desert Hematology Oncology Medical Group

    Rancho Mirage, California, 92270

  • Brian LeBerthon, MD, A Medical Corporation

    West Covina, California, 91790

  • Infosphere Clinical Research

    West Hills, California, 91307

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About this study

Official title: An Open-Label, Dose Finding, Prospective, Multi Center, Randomized, Parallel Group Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Three Different Dose Levels of AVI 014 (G-CSF) Compared With a Standard Dose of Neupogen® in Breast Cancer Patients at High (>20%) Risk for Chemotherapy Induced Severe Neutropenia

The overall purpose of this study is to assess the dose response, efficacy, and safety of three different dose levels of AVI 014 (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [G-CSF]) in breast cancer patients at high (>20%) risk for chemotherapy-induced severe neutropenia.

Read the detailed description

Filgrastim is a recombinant human G-CSF (rhG-CSF) developed in the mid 1980s, and was approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in chemotherapy induced neutropenia in 1991 under the trade name Neupogen®. Filgrastim was first approved in the EU in Germany in 2001 under the same trade name. Filgrastim is a non glycosylated protein, produced in E. coli bacteria transfected with rhG-CSF copy deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA). Filgrastim differs from native human G CSF only in the addition of an N terminal methionine required for expression in a bacterial host. In 2002, a pegylated filgrastim with extended duration of action relative to the naked filgrastim was approved by the FDA and the EU Commission under the trade name Neulasta.

AviGenics has generated transgenic hens carrying rhG CSF cDNA, which express a glycosylated form of rhG-CSF protein in their egg white. The purified rhG-CSF is biologically active, as assessed by its in vitro binding and cell proliferation activities, and has been fully characterized by AviGenics. AviGenics intends to develop this product to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.

The overall goal of this study is to assess dose response, efficacy, and safety of three different dose levels of AVI-014 (G-CSF) in breast cancer patients at high (>20%) risk for chemotherapy induced severe neutropenia.

Being tested
AVI-014 versus Filgrastim
Keywords
Breast Cancer, Neutropenia, Chemotherapy, High risk
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms, Neutropenia

What participants receive

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

  • AVI-014 versus FilgrastimDrug

    3 different dose arms of AVI-014 versus Filgrastim for up to 14 days daily

Study groups in NCT00497809
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1ExperimentalAVI-014 2.5mcg/kg
Receives: Drug: AVI-014 versus Filgrastim
2ExperimentalAVI-014 5.0 mcg/kg
Receives: Drug: AVI-014 versus Filgrastim
3ExperimentalAVI014 10.0 mcg/kg
Receives: Drug: AVI-014 versus Filgrastim
4Active comparatorFilgrastim 5.0 mcg/kg
Receives: Drug: AVI-014 versus Filgrastim

What is being measured

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

  1. The primary efficacy endpoint is duration of grade 4 neutropenia (DSN), defined as ANC <0.5 x 109/L during chemotherapy cycle 1.

    Measured: First cycle of GCSF

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. • Incidence of grade 4 neutropenia • Duration of neutropenia (defined as the number of days with ANC <0.5 x 109/L and <0.1 x 109/L)

    Measured: Cycle 1

Timeline

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

  1. First posted9 Jul 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2007
  3. Primary completionJul 2008
  4. Study completionJul 2009

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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
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
189 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00497809
Sponsor's protocol ID
AVI-014-P02
Status last verified
May 2011
First submitted
5 Jul 2007
Last updated
3 May 2011
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing AVI-014 versus Filgrastim in people with Breast Cancer and Neutropenia, run by AviGenics at 31 sites in 2 countries.

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 8 inclusion and 11 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 3 May 2011. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 31 sites in India, 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?

The primary efficacy endpoint is duration of grade 4 neutropenia (DSN), defined as ANC <0.5 x 109/L during chemotherapy cycle 1. (time frame: First cycle of GCSF). 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 3 May 2011.

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