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Colorectal CancerPhase 2PEPCOLNCT01375816

Liposome-encapsulated Irinotecan Hydrochloride PEP02 or Irinotecan Hydrochloride, Leucovorin Calcium, and Fluorouracil as Second-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing FOLFIRI 1-Bevacizumab, fluorouracil and irinotecan hydrochloride in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group at 1 site in France.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02, irinotecan hydrochloride, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer
What is being tested?
FOLFIRI 1-Bevacizumab, fluorouracil and irinotecan hydrochloride
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
55 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
May 2011to Dec 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 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS

  • Histologically proven adenocarcinoma of colon or rectum
  • Metastatic disease, exclusive of bone metastasis
  • Not suitable for complete carcinological surgical resection
  • Patients regardless KRAS status (wild type or mutated) or previous anti EGFR treatment or not.
  • Measurable lesion (greater than 1 cm) as assessed by CT scan or MRI according to RECIST criteria (version 1.1)
  • Must have received prior oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for metastatic disease
  • No symptomatic ascites or pleural effusion not evacuated prior to study entry
  • No history or evidence of CNS metastasis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • WHO or ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1500 per mm3
  • Platelet count greater than 100 000 per microL
  • Hemoglobin greater than 9 g per dL (may be transfused to maintain or exceed this level)
  • INR less or equal than 1.5. aPTT less than 1.5 ULN (exemption:patients on full anticoagulation due to VTE must have an in-range INR.
  • Serum creatinine less than 150 micromol per L
  • Calculated creatinine clearance greater than 30 mL per min
  • Total bilirubin less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Proteinuria less than 2 plus (dipstick urinalysis) or less than 1 g per 24 hours.
  • Negative serum pregnancy test
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No severe arterial thromboembolic events within the past 6 months, including myocardial infarction and stroke
  • No baseline diarrhea greater than grade 1
  • No total or partial bowel obstruction
  • No uncontrolled hypercalcemia
  • No uncontrolled hypertension, or history of hypertensive crisis, or hypertensive encephalopathy
  • No other prior or concurrent malignancy, except adequately treated in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix, basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or cancer in complete remission for more than 5 years
  • No other serious and uncontrolled non-malignant disease
  • Major surgery or traumatic injury within the last 28 days.
  • No known allergy to any excipients of study drugs
  • Must be registered in a national health care system (CMU included)

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior anti-EGFR therapy allowed
  • No prior irinotecan hydrochloride
  • No concurrent agents known to have anticancer activity
  • No concurrent radiotherapy
  • No participation in another clinical trial with any investigational drug or treatments concurrently or within the past 30 days

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • Hopital Saint Antoine

    Paris, 75012

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized Phase II Study of PEP02 or Irinotecan in Combination With Leucovorin and 5-Fluorouracil in Second Line Therapy of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02, irinotecan hydrochloride, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known whether giving liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02 together with leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil is more effective than giving irinotecan hydrochloride together with leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil as second-line therapy in treating patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02 given together with leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil to see how well it works compared with giving irinotecan hydrochloride together with leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil as second-line therapy in treating patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To evaluate the objective response rates (complete response and partial response) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil (FUPEP) Versus irinotecan hydrochloride, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil (FOLFIRI 1) or leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, and irinotecan hydrochloride-modified (FOLFIRI 3-modified).

Secondary

  • To determine the safety of these regimens in these patients.
  • To determine progression-free survival of these patients.
  • To determine overall survival of these patients.
  • To assess the quality of life of these patients.
  • To assess the correlation of UGT1A family polymorphism and the toxicity of liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02 or irinotecan hydrochloride.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified, in terms of prognosis, according to treatment center, prognostic score (ECOG performance status [PS] 0 and normal LDH value vs ECOG PS > 1 and/or LDH > 1 times upper limit of normal), and time to progression after first-line therapy (≥ 9 months vs < 9 months). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients are assigned to either the FOLFIRI 1 or Modified FOLFIRI 3 treatment groups according to the investigator's discretion in combination with bevacizumab
  • FOLFIRI 1 in combination with bevacizumab: Patients receive bevacizumab over 30-90 minutes,irinotecan hydrochloride over 1 hour and leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours on day 1 and a bolus of fluorouracil followed by fluorouracil IV over 46 hours beginning on day 1. Courses repeat every 14 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
  • Modified FOLFIRI 3 in combination with bevacizumab: Patients receive bevacizumab,irinotecan hydrochloride, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil as in FOLFIRI 1. Patients also receive irinotecan hydrochloride IV over 1 hour on day 3. Courses repeat every 14 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
  • Arm II (FUPEP)in combination with bevacizumab: Patients receive bevacizumab over 30-90 minutes liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02 IV over 60-90 minutes and leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours on day 1 and fluorouracil IV over 46 hours beginning on day 1. Courses repeat every 14 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Blood samples are collected periodically for pharmacogenetic analysis of UGT1A family polymorphisms. Quality of life is assessed by using a generic scale EQ-5D and the QLQ-C30 questionnaire at baseline and after courses 4 and 8.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at day 30 and then every 2-3 months thereafter.

Being tested
FOLFIRI 1-Bevacizumab, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, leucovorin calcium, liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02
Keywords
adenocarcinoma of the colon, recurrent colon cancer, stage IV colon cancer, adenocarcinoma of the rectum, recurrent rectal cancer, stage IV rectal cancer
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

Study groups in NCT01375816
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
FOLFIRI 1 or m FOLFIRI3-BevacizumabActive comparatorFOLFIRI 1-Bevacizumab: Day 1 H0 : Bevacizumab 5 mg/kg, 30-90 min infusion H+1: Irinotecan 180 mg/m² in 250 ml NaCl 0.9%, 1h infusion Folinic Acid 400 mg/m² (l + d racemic form, or l form 200 mg/m²) over 2h H + 3: 5-FU bolus 400 mg/m², 15 min infusion H + 3.5: 5-FU continuous infusion 2400 mg/m² 46-h infusion End of cycle: day 14 modified FOLFIRI3-Bevacizumab H0 :Bevacizumab 5 mg/kg, 30-90 min infusion H+1:Irinotecan 90 mg/m² in 250 ml NaCl 0.9%, 1h infusion H+1: Folinic Acid 400 mg/m² (l + d racemic form, or l form 200 mg/m²) 2-h infusion H + 3: 5-FU continuous infusion 2400 mg/m² 46-h infusion Day 3 (H+49) H0 Irinotecan 90 mg/m² in 250 ml NaCl 0.9%, 1h infusion End of cycle: day 14
Receives: Drug: FOLFIRI 1-Bevacizumab; Drug: fluorouracil; Drug: irinotecan hydrochloride; Drug: leucovorin calcium; Drug: Bevacizumab
FUPEP-BevacizumabExperimentalDay 1 H0 :Bevacizumab 5 mg/kg, 30-90 min infusion H +1 :PEP02 80 mg/m² , 1h30 infusion. The infusion time could be reduced to 1h from cycle 2 if no acute infusion reaction has occured in cycle 1. H +1 : Folinic Acid 400 mg/m² (l + d racemic form, or l form 200 mg/m²) , 2-h infusion H +3 : 5-FU continuous infusion 2400 mg/m² 46-h infusion End of cycle: day 14
Receives: Drug: fluorouracil; Drug: leucovorin calcium; Drug: liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02; Drug: Bevacizumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Tumor response

    Assessment of tumor response at 2 month after randomization by RECIST 1.1

    Measured: at 2 months

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Safety

    assessment of adverse events and toxicity according NCI CTC v4.0

    Measured: before each 2-weeks cycles

  2. Progression-free survival

    Measured: the time from the date of randomization to the date of progressive disease (RECIST criteria) or death (any cause)

  3. Overall survival

    Measured: from the date of randomization to the date of patient death, due to any cause, or to the last date the patient was known to be alive

  4. Quality of life

    Quality of life will be assessed by using a generic scale EQ-5D and the QLQ-C30 questionnaire

    Measured: at baseline, cycle 4, and cycle 8

  5. Correlation of UGT1A family polymorphism and the toxicity of liposome-encapsulated irinotecan hydrochloride PEP02 or irinotecan hydrochloride

    Measured: at baseline

Timeline

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

  1. First posted17 Jun 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2011
  3. Primary completionJun 2014
  4. Study completionDec 2014

Why it stopped: efficacy interim analysis as per protocol

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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
55 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01375816
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000701454
Other IDs
FRE-GERCOR-PEPCOL-C10-1, EU-21115, EUDRACT-2010-020468-39, PHARMAENGINE-FRE-GERCOR-PEPCOL
Acronym
PEPCOL
Status last verified
Nov 2013
First submitted
16 Jun 2011
Last updated
4 Jun 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing FOLFIRI 1-Bevacizumab, fluorouracil and irinotecan hydrochloride in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group at 1 site in France.

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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Jun 2015. 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 France. 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 was stopped early (reason given: efficacy interim analysis as per protocol). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Tumor response (time frame: at 2 months). 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 4 Jun 2015.

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