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Bladder CancerPhase 3PREMIERNCT03193788

Pemetrexed Maintenance in Patients With Urothelial Carcinoma Who Completed First Line Platinum-based Chemotherapy

A Phase 3 study testing pemetrexed, Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Injection in people with Bladder Cancer and Ureter Cancer, run by Asan Medical Center at 21 sites in South Korea.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

This study aims to verify superiority of pemetrexed maintenance to observation for patient without disease progression after 1 st line cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 years and older
What is being tested?
pemetrexed, Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Injection
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
74 participants
Where
21 sitesSouth Korea
Study dates
Jan 2017to Jun 2020
Phase
Phase 3
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 20 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmation urothelial cancer of bladder, ureter, or renal pelvis.
  • Patients must present with locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic disease not amenable to surgery, radiotherapy, or combined modality therapy with curative intent.
  • Patients who were administered 4-6 cycles of cisplatin-based first line chemotherapy [GP (gemcitabine/cisplatin), classic MVAC (methotrexate/vinblastine/doxorubicin/cisplatin), or dose-dense MVAC] and were planned to undergo regular surveillance
  • ce after confirmation of absence of disease progression on CT taken within 3 week after the administration of the last cycle of 1st line chemotherapy.
  • For patients with recurrent disease who received prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin-containing regimen, the last administration of previous treatment should be administered at least 6 months before start date of 1st line chemotherapy.
  • Measurable disease according RECIST criteria v 1.1.
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  • Age 20 years or older
  • ECOG performance status 2 or better
  • Adequate bone marrow, hepatic, and renal function
  • Signed and dated informed consent of document indicating that the patient (or legally acceptable representative) has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the trial prior to enrollment

Who cannot join

  • Prior systemic chemotherapy or immunotherapy for palliative aim before or after 1st line cisplatin-based chemotherapy. However, prior intravesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy is allowed.
  • Disease progression during or after 1st line cisplatin-based chemotherapy
  • Known CNS metastasis
  • Diagnosis of any serious secondary malignancy within the last 2 years, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of skin, early gastric carcinoma, early stage thyroid carcinoma, insignificant prostate carcinoma, or in situ carcinoma of cervix uteri
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding.
  • Serious hypersensitivity reaction to pemetrexed.
  • Severe renal function impairment with creatinine clearance <45 mL/min by standard Cockcroft-Gault formula or GFR measured by Tc99m-DPTA serum clearance method.
  • Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition

Trial locations and contacts

21 sites in 1 country.

Jae-Lyun Lee, MD, PhD contact

82 2 3010 5977

jaelyun@amc.seoul.kr

21 sites in 1 country

South Korea21 sites, 21 recruiting
  • Hallym University Medical Center, Hallym University College of Medicine

    Anyang

    Ho Young Kim, ksfam@daum.net

    Recruiting
  • Keimyeong University Dongsan Medical Center

    Daegu, 700-712

    Jin Young Kim, MD, takgu@dsmc.or.kr

    Recruiting
  • Fatima Hospital

    Daegu

    Jung Lim Lee, junglim3@gmail.com

    Recruiting
  • Chungnam University Hospital

    Daejeon, 301-721

    Hyo Jin Lee, MD, PhD., cymed@cnu.ac.kr

    Recruiting
  • National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital

    Goyang

    Soo Jung Hong, suzzy901@nhimc.or.kr

    Recruiting
  • Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital

    Hwaseong-si

    Hyun Ae Jung, hyunaejung@hallym.or.kr

    Recruiting
  • Gil Medical Center

    Incheon, 21565

    Inkeun Park, MD, ingni79@hanmail.net

    Recruiting
  • Dong-A University Medical Center

    Pusan

    Suee Lee

    Recruiting
  • Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital

    Pusan

    Il-Hwan Kim, onelement@daum.net

    Recruiting
  • Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine

    Pusan

    Hyo Jung Kim, leonkim80@naver.com

    Recruiting
  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 138-736

    Jae-Lyun Lee, MD, PhD, 82 2 3010 5977, jaelyun@amc.seoul.kr

    Recruiting
  • Chung Ang University Hospital

    Seoul, 156-755

    Hee Joon Kim, MD, heejun.dino11@gmail.com

    Recruiting
  • Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital

    Seoul

    Byeong Seok Sohn, imbs@paik.ac.kr

    Recruiting
  • Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

    Seoul

    Yun-Gyoo Lee, gosciny@gmail.com

    Recruiting
  • Korea University Anam Hospital

    Seoul

    Yoon Ji Choi, yoonji23@hanmail.net

    Recruiting
  • Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine

    Seoul

    Bhum Suk Keam

    bhumsuk@snu.ac.kr

    Recruiting
  • Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

    Seoul

    In-Ho Kim, ihkmd@naver.com

    Recruiting
  • Yonsei Cancer Center

    Seoul

    Sang Joon Shin, ssj338@yuhs.ac

    Recruiting
  • St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea

    Suwon

    Byoung Yong Shim, shimby@catholic.ac.kr

    Recruiting
  • Uijeongbu St Mary's hospital, Catholic university of Korea

    Uijeongbu-si

    Yoon Ho Ko, koyoonho@catholic.ac.kr

    Recruiting
  • Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital

    Yangsan

    Kwonoh Park, parkkoh@hanmail.net

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A Prospective Randomized Phase III Trial of Maintenance Pemetrexed Versus Observation in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Who Completed First Line Platinum-based Chemotherapy Without Disease Progression

This study aims to verify superiority of pemetrexed maintenance to observation for patient without disease progression after 1 st line cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

Read the detailed description

Patients with unresectable locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic urothelial carcinoma of bladder, ureter, or renal pelvis who do not experience disease progression after 4 to 6 cycles of 1 st line chemotherapy administration.

After completion of 4-6 cycles, patients without disease progression on CT which is taken within 3 weeks after administration of the last chemotherapy will be randomized within 4 weeks after administration of the last chemotherapy to assign either maintenance group or observation group.

Pemetrexed 500 mg/m 2 mixed in normal saline 100 mL as a 10 minute IV infusion on day 1 of each 21 day cycle, with vitamin supplementation (folic acid 1000μg daily orally from 7 days prior to treatment initiation and vitamin B12 1000 μg IM 7 days prior to treatment initiation and then every 3 cycles). Thereafter, vitamin B12 can be injected on the same day of pemetrexed infusion. Dexamethasone 4 mg orally twice daily for 3 days beginning the day before treatment to minimize cutaneous reactions.

Treatment continues until occurrence of disease progression or intolerable toxicities upto maximum of 16 cycles.

Being tested
pemetrexed, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 Injection, Dexamethasone
Medical subject headings
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Ureteral Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell

What participants receive

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

  • pemetrexedDrug

    Also called Alimta

    Pemetrexed 500 mg/m2mixed in normal saline 100 mL as a 10 minute IV infusion on day 1 of each 21 day cycle

  • Folic AcidDrug

    Also called Folvite, FA-8, FaLessa

    folic acid 1000 μg daily orally from 7 days prior to treatment initiation until the end of treatment

  • Vitamin B12 InjectionDrug

    Also called Vitabee 12

    vitamin B12 1000 μg IM 7 days prior to treatment initiation and the end of treatment

  • DexamethasoneDrug

    Also called decadron

    Dexamethasone 4 mg twice orally for 3 days beginning the day before treatment until the end of treatment to minimize cutaneous reactions

Study groups in NCT03193788
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
pemetrexed maintenanceExperimentalDrug: Pemetrexed Maintenance therapy: 500 mg/m^2, IV, on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle until progressive disease or treatment discontinuation. Drug: folic acid 1000 μg daily orally from 7 days prior to treatment initiation until the end of treatment Drug: vitamin B12 injection 1000 μg IM 7 days prior to treatment initiation and the every then every 3 cycles until the end of treatment Drug: dexamethasone 4 mg twice orally for 3 days beginning the day before treatment until the end of treatment
Receives: Drug: pemetrexed; Drug: Folic Acid; Drug: Vitamin B12 Injection; Drug: Dexamethasone
observationNo interventionobservation group will be observed with best supportive care until progressive disease

What is being measured

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

  1. progression free survival

    Time between randomization and disease progression or death from any causes, whichever came first. Alive patients free of progression will be censored at the last follow-up

    Measured: Every 9 weeks, from date of randomization until the date of first documented progression upto 24 months

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. objective response rate

    Objective response rate will be measured according to RECIST 1.1

    Measured: every 9 weeks, assess the best overall response from date of randomization until the date of first documented progression upto 24 months

  2. Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events

    Safety assessed per National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) version 4.03

    Measured: every 3 weeks for pemetrexed group, every 9 weeks for observation group from date of randomization until the date of first documented progression upto 24 months

  3. overall survival

    Time interval between randomization and death (all causes). Alive patients will be censored at the last date of news or data cut off

    Measured: From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 1 year after the end of treatment

  4. Quality of Life

    QoL will be assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30 core questionaire

    Measured: before randomization, then 9, 18, and 27 weeks after randomization

Timeline

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

  1. First posted21 Jun 2017
  2. Study startJan 2017
  3. Primary completionDec 2019 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2020 (estimated)

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 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
74 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03193788
Sponsor's protocol ID
KCSG GU16-05
Acronym
PREMIER
Status last verified
May 2017
First submitted
13 Aug 2016
Last updated
21 Jun 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • von der Maase H, Hansen SW, Roberts JT, Dogliotti L, Oliver T, Moore MJ, Bodrogi I, Albers P, Knuth A, Lippert CM, Kerbrat P, Sanchez Rovira P, Wersall P, Cleall SP, Roychowdhury DF, Tomlin I, Visseren-Grul CM, Conte PF. Gemcitabine and cisplatin versus methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin in advanced or metastatic bladder cancer: results of a large, randomized, multinational, multicenter, phase III study. J Clin Oncol. 2000 Sep;18(17):3068-77. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.17.3068.

    PubMed 11001674
  • Paz-Ares LG, de Marinis F, Dediu M, Thomas M, Pujol JL, Bidoli P, Molinier O, Sahoo TP, Laack E, Reck M, Corral J, Melemed S, John W, Chouaki N, Zimmermann AH, Visseren-Grul C, Gridelli C. PARAMOUNT: Final overall survival results of the phase III study of maintenance pemetrexed versus placebo immediately after induction treatment with pemetrexed plus cisplatin for advanced nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Aug 10;31(23):2895-902. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.47.1102. Epub 2013 Jul 8.

    PubMed 23835707
  • Bellmunt J, Theodore C, Demkov T, Komyakov B, Sengelov L, Daugaard G, Caty A, Carles J, Jagiello-Gruszfeld A, Karyakin O, Delgado FM, Hurteloup P, Winquist E, Morsli N, Salhi Y, Culine S, von der Maase H. Phase III trial of vinflunine plus best supportive care compared with best supportive care alone after a platinum-containing regimen in patients with advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelial tract. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Sep 20;27(27):4454-61. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.5534. Epub 2009 Aug 17.

    PubMed 19687335
  • Vaughn DJ, Broome CM, Hussain M, Gutheil JC, Markowitz AB. Phase II trial of weekly paclitaxel in patients with previously treated advanced urothelial cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Feb 15;20(4):937-40. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.20.4.937.

    PubMed 11844814
  • Sweeney CJ, Roth BJ, Kabbinavar FF, Vaughn DJ, Arning M, Curiel RE, Obasaju CK, Wang Y, Nicol SJ, Kaufman DS. Phase II study of pemetrexed for second-line treatment of transitional cell cancer of the urothelium. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jul 20;24(21):3451-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.6699.

    PubMed 16849761
  • Galsky MD, Moshier E, Krege S, Lin CC, Hahn N, Ecke T, Sonpavde G, Pond G, Godbold J, Oh WK, Bamias A. Posttreatment prognostic nomogram for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer completing first-line cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Urol Oncol. 2014 Jan;32(1):48.e1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2013.07.001. Epub 2013 Sep 18.

    PubMed 24055428

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing pemetrexed, Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Injection in people with Bladder Cancer and Ureter Cancer, run by Asan Medical Center at 21 sites in South Korea.

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 10 inclusion and 8 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Jun 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 21 sites in South Korea. 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Jae-Lyun Lee, MD, PhD (82 2 3010 5977, jaelyun@amc.seoul.kr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

progression free survival (time frame: Every 9 weeks, from date of randomization until the date of first documented progression upto 24 months). 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 NCT03193788, which also lists 6 linked publications.

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 21 Jun 2017.

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