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Carcinoma, Non-small Cell LungPhase 2NCT02590003

Single Agent Versus Combination Chemotherapy to Treat High-risk Elderly With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing Carboplatin and Nab-paclitaxel in people with Carcinoma, Non-small Cell Lung, run by Yale University at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

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

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Trial summary

This study will enroll elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who are at high risk of developing chemotherapy toxicity (side effects). Patients will receive treatment with either a platinum-based doublet chemotherapy with carboplatin/nab-paclitaxel or single agent nab-paclitaxel of chemotherapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 71 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Carcinoma, Non-small Cell Lung
What is being tested?
Carboplatin and Nab-paclitaxel
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
3 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Nov 2015to Sep 2016
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 71 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient able and willing to comply with study procedures as per protocol, including the geriatric assessment at the time of study enrollment.
  • Patient able to understand and willing to sign and date the written voluntary informed consent form (ICF) at screening visit prior to any protocol-specific procedures.
  • Patients must have histological or cytological confirmed primary non-small cell lung cancer (adenocarcinoma, large cell carcinoma, squamous, or unspecified). Disease must be stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Disease may be either newly diagnosed or recurrent after previous surgery and/or irradiation. Primary or metastatic site for biopsy is allowed
  • Patients may have measurable or non-measurable disease documented by CT or MRI. The CT from a combined PET/CT may be used to document only non-measurable disease. Measurable disease must be assessed within 30 days prior to registration per response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) v1.1. Pleural effusions, ascites and laboratory parameters are not acceptable as the only evidence of disease. Non- measurable disease must be assessed within 30 days prior to registration. All disease must be assessed and documented on the Baseline Tumor Assessment Form.
  • Prior chemotherapy for curative intent is permitted providing the cytotoxic chemotherapy was completed ≥12 months prior to enrollment. Patients must have a CT or MRI scan of the brain to evaluate for CNS disease within 30 days prior to registration. Patient must not have brain metastases unless: (1) metastases have been treated and have remained controlled for at least two weeks following treatment, AND (2) patient has no residual neurological dysfunction off corticosteroids for at least 1 day. Any radiation therapy completed prior to chemotherapy, except gamma-knife radiosurgery, 1 week prior to chemotherapy.
  • Age >70 years of age at time of signing of the informed consent form.
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  • Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks.
  • ECOG performance status 0-2 (See Appendix A)
  • Patients must have a comprehensive geriatric assessment and chemotherapy toxicity assessment score between 7-17 (See Appendix B, D)
  • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • Leukocytes >3,000/mcL
  • ANC > 1,500 cells/mm3Hemoglobin > 9.0g/dL
  • Platelets >100,000 cells/mm3
  • Total bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dL (unless there is a known history of Gilberts Syndrome).
  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
  • Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 X upper limit of normal in the absence of liver or bone metastasis, or ≤ 5.0 × upper limit of normal range if bone or liver metastases
  • Creatinine clearance >25 mL/min or creatinine <1.5 mg/dL
  • HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are eligible if they have been on ARVs for ≥6 months and undetectable viral loads.
  • Patients must not have documented evidence of acute hepatitis or have an active or uncontrolled infection.
  • No other priormalignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in-situ cervical cancer, adequately treated Stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for 5 years.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document in English or a Spanish consent "short form". If language other than English or Spanish, then interpreter will be used to sign English consent form.
  • Patients must have < Grade 2 pre-existing peripheral neuropathy (per CTCAE)

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have had palliative chemotherapy prior to entering the study <12 months from enrollment or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents or have received immunotherapy.
  • Known EGFR or ALK mutated disease (molecular testing not required prior to study entry)
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to carboplatin, or nab-paclitaxel.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Preexisting peripheral neuropathy of Grade 2, 3, or 4 (per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0)
  • Evidence of active brain metastases, including leptomeningeal involvement (prior evidence of brain metastasis are permitted only if treated and stable and off therapy for ≥ 2 weeks prior to signing Informed consent form. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain (or Computed Tomography scan w/contrast) is preferred for diagnosis.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Yale Cancer Center

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06511

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized Phase II Trial of Combination Versus Single Agent Chemotherapy in High-risk Elderly Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

This study will enroll elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who are at high risk of developing chemotherapy toxicity (side effects). Patients will receive treatment with either a platinum-based doublet chemotherapy with carboplatin/nab-paclitaxel or single agent nab-paclitaxel of chemotherapy. Response to treatment and treatment toxicity will be compared in the two treatment groups to determine the best treatment strategy for this group of patients.

Read the detailed description

The primary objective of this trial is to compare the treatment failure-free survival rate in high-risk elderly patients, identified by geriatric assessment, treated with either a platinum-based doublet chemotherapy with carboplatin/nab-paclitaxel or single agent nab-paclitaxel in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Treatment failure-free survival is the most appropriate primary outcome as it captures excessive toxicity due to chemotherapy in addition to death and disease progression.

The secondary objectives are to evaluate grade 3-5 toxicities, overall response rate, progression free survival, symptom assessment, and overall survival between the two randomization arms.

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.

Study groups in NCT02590003
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Platinum-based doublet chemotherapyExperimental* Carboplatin AUC 5 30 minute infusion IV on day 1 * Nab-paclitaxel 100mg/mg2 30 minute infusion IV on days 1, 8 of a 21 day cycle
Receives: Drug: Carboplatin; Drug: Nab-paclitaxel
Single agent chemotherapyActive comparator-Nab-paclitaxel 100mg/mg2 30 minute infusion IV on days 1, 8 of a 21 day cycle
Receives: Drug: Nab-paclitaxel

What is being measured

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

  1. Treatment Failure-free Survival

    Measured: 90 days

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Overall Response Rate

    Measured: start of treatment to disease progression/recurrence, up to 12 months

  2. Progression-free Survival

    Measured: start of treatment to disease progression, up to 12 months

  3. Overall Survival

    Measured: Up to 12 months

  4. Grade 3-5 Adverse Events

    Adverse events were characterized using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE)

    Measured: Up to week 13

  5. Symptom Assessment (Measured by FACT-L Symptom Assessment Scale)

    The FACT-L is measure of symptoms associated with lung cancer. The higher the score, the greater the symptoms. A maximum score of 136 could be obtained.

    Measured: baseline

  6. Symptom Assessment (Measured by FACT-L Symptom Assessment Scale)

    The higher the score, the greater the symptoms. The FACT-L is measure of symptoms associated with lung cancer. The higher the score, the greater the symptoms. A maximum score of 136 could be obtained. Symptoms were measured following 2 21-day cycles of chemotherapy.

    Measured: week 6

  7. Symptom Assessment (Measured by FACT-L Symptom Assessment Scale)

    The FACT-L is measure of symptoms associated with lung cancer. The higher the score, the greater the symptoms. Symptoms were measured following 4 21-day cycles of chemotherapy.

    Measured: week 12

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Oct 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2015
  3. Primary completionSep 2016
  4. Study completionSep 2016

Why it stopped: Trial was stopped after non-response to treatment.

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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
3 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02590003
Sponsor's protocol ID
1403013529
Status last verified
Jan 2018
First submitted
12 Oct 2015
Last updated
28 Feb 2018
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Carboplatin and Nab-paclitaxel in people with Carcinoma, Non-small Cell Lung, run by Yale University 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 22 inclusion and 7 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Feb 2018. 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 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 28 Feb 2018). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Treatment Failure-free Survival (time frame: 90 days). 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 Feb 2018.

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