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Non Small Cell Lung CancerPhase 1NCT01189968

A Study of Carboplatin and Pemetrexed Plus Demcizumab (OMP-21M18) in Subjects With Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 1 study testing Demcizumab in people with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 7 sites in 3 countries.

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

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and determine the optimal dose of a new drug, demcizumab (OMP-21M18), when given in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed, a standard drug treatment regimen for non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 21 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
Demcizumab
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
50 participants
Where
7 sitesin 3 countries
Study dates
Sep 2010to Sep 2016
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 21 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Subjects must have histologically confirmed unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC. Subjects may not have received prior therapy for their unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC. Subjects may have received prior surgery, prior radiotherapy, and/or prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy (they must have discontinued prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy at least 12 weeks prior to study entry).
  • Age >21 years
  • ECOG performance status <2 (see Appendix B)
  • Life expectancy of more than 3 months
  • Subjects must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • Leukocytes >3.5 x 109/L
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  • Absolute neutrophil count >1.25 x 109/L Hemoglobin >100 g/L
  • Platelets >125 X 109/L
  • Total bilirubin <2 X institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) <5 X institutional ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase <5 X institutional ULN
  • International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) within institutional ULN
  • Calculated creatinine clearance >60 mL/min using the Cockcroft and Gault formula as follows:
  • Creatinine clearance (mL/min) = (140 - age) x ideal body weight [kg] 0.814 x serum creatinine [μmol/L] For women multiply the value from the equation above by 0.85. Where age is in years, weight is in kg, and serum creatinine is in μmol/L.
  • Women of childbearing potential must have had a prior hysterectomy or have a negative serum pregnancy test and be using adequate contraception prior to study entry and must agree to use adequate contraception from study entry through at least 6 months after discontinuation of study drugs. Men must also agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and from study entry through at least 6 months after discontinuation of study drugs. Should a woman enrolled in the study or a female partner of a man enrolled in the study become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study or within 6 months after discontinuation of the study drugs, the Investigator should be informed immediately.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Who cannot join

  • Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will not be eligible for participation in the study:
  • Subjects receiving any other investigational agents or anti-cancer therapy.
  • Subjects with brain metastases (subjects must have a CT scan or MRI of the head within 28 days prior to enrollment to rule out brain metastases), uncontrolled seizure disorder, or active neurologic disease
  • History of a significant allergic reaction attributed to humanized or human monoclonal antibody therapy
  • Significant intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Pregnant women or nursing women
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  • Subjects with known HIV infection
  • Known bleeding disorder or coagulopathy
  • Subjects receiving heparin, warfarin, or other similar anticoagulants. Note: Subjects may be receiving low-dose aspirin and/or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents.
  • Subjects with known clinically significant gastrointestinal disease including, but not limited to, inflammatory bowel disease
  • New York Heart Association Classification II, III, or IV (See Appendix D)
  • Subjects with a blood pressure of >140/90 mmHg. The BP should be taken using the method described in Section 9.3. Subjects taking antihypertensive medications must be taking ≤ 2 medications to obtain this level of BP control.
  • Subjects with metastases that are currently involving the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Subjects with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
  • Subjects with recent (within the last 8 weeks) hemoptysis >2.5 mL and subjects with serious bleeding from another site within this timeframe
  • Subjects with current evidence of cardiac ischemia or heart failure within the last 6 months, subjects who are receiving any medications for cardiac ischemia, subjects with a B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) value of >100 pg/mL, subjects with a LVEF <50%, subjects with pulmonary hypertension defined as a peak tricuspid velocity >3.4 m/s on doppler echocardiogram or subjects that have received a total cumulative dose of ≥400 mg/m2 doxorubicin.
  • Subjects with ECG evidence of ischemia or ≥ Grade 2 ventricular arrhythmia, subjects who have a history of acute myocardial infarction within 6 months, or subjects with unstable angina.

Trial locations and contacts

7 sites in 3 countries.

7 sites in 3 countries

Australia4 sites
  • Monash Medical Centre

    Clayton, Victoria, 3168

  • Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

    Herston, Queensland, 4029

  • Ashford Cancer Centre Research

    Kurralta Park, South Australia, 5037

  • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

    Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009

Other trials in Australia

New Zealand2 sites
  • Auckland Hospital

    Grafton, Auckland

  • Waikato Hospital

    Hamilton

Other trials in New Zealand

Spain1 site
  • START Madrid

    Madrid

Other trials in Spain

About this study

Official title: A Phase 1b Study of Carboplatin and Pemetrexed Plus Demcizumab (OMP-21M18) as 1st-line Treatment in Subjects With Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and determine the optimal dose of a new drug, demcizumab (OMP-21M18), when given in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed, a standard drug treatment regimen for non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Participants must not have received prior chemotherapy for their NSCLC. Demcizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody (a protein made in the laboratory) developed to target cancer stem cells. The way the body handles demcizumab will also be investigated.

Up to 50 subjects will be enrolled at up to 8 centers in Australia, New Zealand, and Spain. Up to 28 days (4 weeks) prior to treatment you will undergo testing to determine your eligibility to take part in this study, and then if enrolled in the study you will receive intravenous (in the vein) infusions of the demcizumab, carboplatin, and pemetrexed administered on the same day, every 21 days for 4 cycles, or until it has been shown that your cancer has progressed. If your physician decides to delay treatment with one of the agents due to side effects, the other agents may still be administered as scheduled. After 4 cycles, if you have stable or improved disease, you will continue to receive pemetrexed once every 21 days as maintenance therapy. You will undergo assessments every 8 weeks to determine the status of your disease.

Read the detailed description

Current cancer therapies often produce an initial reduction in tumour size but may not have longterm benefits. One possible explanation for this is the presence of cancer cells known as cancer stem cells. Cancer stem cells represent a small part of the tumour but are believed to be responsible for much of the growth and spread of the cancer. They may also be more resistant to traditional therapy, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Up to 50 subjects will be enrolled at up to 8 centers in Australia, New Zealand, and Spain. Up to 28 days (4 weeks) prior to treatment you will undergo testing to determine your eligibility to take part in this study, and then if enrolled in the study you will receive intravenous (in the vein) infusions of the demcizumab, carboplatin, and pemetrexed administered on the same day, every 21 days for 4 cycles, or until it has been shown that your cancer has progressed. If your physician decides to delay treatment with one of the agents due to side effects, the other agents may still be administered as scheduled. After 4 cycles, if you have stable or improved disease, you will continue to receive pemetrexed once every 21 days as maintenance therapy. You will undergo assessments every 8 weeks to determine the status of your disease.

In addition to routine testing of blood and urine (for complete blood counts with differential and platelets, coagulation studies to determine how quickly your blood is clotting; serum chemistries; B-type natriuretic peptide [BNP] and Troponin I, which indicate how well your heart if working; creatinine clearance to measure your kidney function and urinalysis), special tests will be performed during the study at specific time points.

In addition, you will have an ECG and doppler echocardiogram performed during screening, then every 28 days on study and at treatment termination. Your Doppler echocardiograms may be sent to a Cardiologist at another hospital who may perform a central read on some of the doppler echocardiograms in this study. Finally, you will have a head CT or MRI at baseline and CT scans and/or other radiographs performed every 56 days to assess the status of your tumor.

The study includes an optional part which will investigate how variations in people's genetic makeup affect their response to medications. This involves the collection of one blood sample just before participants receive their first dose of study treatment. DNA will be extracted from the blood sample for testing.

Being tested
Demcizumab
Keywords
Phase 1,, dose escalation,, histologically, confirmed, malignancy, metastatic
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis

What participants receive

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

  • DemcizumabDrug

    Also called OMP-21M18

    The 6 subjects in the first cohort will receive demcizumab 5 mg/kg once every 3 weeks; the 6 subjects in the subsequent cohort will be treated with 10 mg/kg once every 3 weeks; and the 6 subjects in the final cohort will be treated with 15 mg/kg once every 3 weeks. A Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) will review the data for the 6 subjects in each dose cohort after the last subject in that cohort has been on study for 56 days and then decide whether it is safe to escalate to the next highest dose cohort. Once the dose-escalation portion of the study has been completed, 14 additional subjects will be treated at the highest dose level that the DSMB deems as safe.

Study groups in NCT01189968
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Carboplatin and Pemetrexed plus demcizumabExperimentalCarboplatin and Pemetrexed plus demcizumab
Receives: Drug: Demcizumab
Pemetrexed plus demcizumabExperimentalPemetrexed plus demcizumab
Receives: Drug: Demcizumab

What is being measured

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

  1. To the determine the maximum tolerated dose of demcizumab (OMP-21M18) plus carboplatin and pemetrexed

    Measured: When each patient in the dose cohort reaches Day 56

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. To determine the safety of carboplatin and pemetrexed plus demcizumab (OMP-21M18)

    Measured: until treatment termination plus 30 days

  2. To determine the rates of immunogenicity of carboplatin and pemetrexed plus demcizumab (OMP-21M18)

    Measured: Up to 12 weeks post treatment termination

  3. To determine the preliminary efficacy of carboplatin and pemetrexed plus demcizumab (OMP-21M18)

    Measured: Until disease progression

  4. To determine population pharmacokinetics

    Measured: Day 21 and 63

  5. To determine the exploratory biomarker changes of carboplatin and pemetrexed plus demcizumab (OMP-21M18)

    Measured: Until Day 112

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Aug 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2010
  3. Primary completionSep 2016
  4. Study completionSep 2016

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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
50 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01189968
Sponsor's protocol ID
M18-004
Status last verified
Sep 2020
First submitted
25 Aug 2010
Last updated
9 Sep 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • McKeage MJ, Kotasek D, Markman B, Hidalgo M, Millward MJ, Jameson MB, Harris DL, Stagg RJ, Kapoun AM, Xu L, Hughes BGM. Phase IB Trial of the Anti-Cancer Stem Cell DLL4-Binding Agent Demcizumab with Pemetrexed and Carboplatin as First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Non-Squamous NSCLC. Target Oncol. 2018 Feb;13(1):89-98. doi: 10.1007/s11523-017-0543-0.

    PubMed 29188408

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Demcizumab in people with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 7 sites in 3 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 16 inclusion and 17 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 9 Sep 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 7 sites in Australia, New Zealand, Spain. 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 the determine the maximum tolerated dose of demcizumab (OMP-21M18) plus carboplatin and pemetrexed (time frame: When each patient in the dose cohort reaches Day 56). 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 NCT01189968, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 9 Sep 2020.

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