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Pemetrexed Plus Gemcitabine Or Carboplatin In Patients With Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma: A Randomized Phase II Trial


Phase 2
18 Years
N/A
Not Enrolling
Both
Mesothelioma

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Trial Information

Pemetrexed Plus Gemcitabine Or Carboplatin In Patients With Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma: A Randomized Phase II Trial


OBJECTIVES:

Primary

- Estimate the response rates in patients with advanced malignant mesothelioma of the
pleura treated with pemetrexed disodium combined with either gemcitabine or
carboplatin.

Secondary

- Assess the toxic effects of these regimens in these patients.

- Estimate survival time in patients treated with these regimens.

- Correlate smoking status with outcome in patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2
treatment arms. While randomized, the study is not a comparative study. Rather, outcomes
on each arm will be compared to a historical control rate from previous studies.
Randomization allows simultaneous testing of two experimental arms.

- Arm I: Patients receive intravenous (IV) pemetrexed disodium over 10 minutes and
carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1.

- Arm II: Patients receive pemetrexed disodium as in arm I and gemcitabine IV over 30
minutes on days 1 and 8.

In both arms, treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease
progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Beginning approximately 5-10 days before the start of chemotherapy and continuing until
approximately 3 weeks after completion of chemotherapy, all patients receive oral folic acid
once daily and cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) intramuscularly every 9 weeks.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 32-60 patients (16-30 per treatment arm) will be accrued for
this study within 12.8-27.0 months.


Inclusion Criteria:



- Histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced mesothelioma of the pleura

- Measurable disease, as defined by RECIST criteria, within 4 weeks of randomization.
Patients with pleural rinds not measurable by RECIST were eligible if disease was
evaluable within 4 weeks of randomization using mesothelioma response criteria

- May have undergone pleurodesis. If pleurodesis was performed, there must have been
at least a 2-week delay before Pemetrexed administration. A CT must have been
performed after 2 weeks after pleurodesis to serve as the baseline scan.

- ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1

- Normal organ and marrow function, as defined by:

- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/ul

- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/ul

- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

- AST and ALT ≤ 3 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver has tumor involvement)

- Albumin ≥ 2.5 g/dL

- Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min or Creatinine ≤ 2.0 g/dL

- Age 18 years and over

- Able to take folic acid and cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12)

- Willing and able to take dexamethasone

- Women of childbearing potential and sexually active men were required to use
contraception during and for the first 3 months after the study

Exclusion Criteria

- A candidate for curative surgery

- Prior radiation therapy to the target lesion, unless the lesion was clearly
progressing per RECIST criteria after prior radiation and the interval between the
most recent radiation therapy and enrollment was at least 4 weeks

- Prior systemic chemotherapy for mesothelioma. Prior intracavitary cytotoxic drugs or
immunomodulators were not permitted, unless given for the purpose of pleurodesis.

- Active infection or serious concomitant systemic disorder

- Second primary malignancy, other than in situ malignancies or adequately treated
basal cell carcinoma of the skin or other malignancy treated at least 3 years
previously with no evidence of recurrence.

- Treatment with an investigational agent within 4 weeks before enrollment

- Known or suspected brain metastases

- Women must not be pregnant or breastfeeding

- Obviously malnourished or with a weight loss of greater than 10% in the preceding 6
weeks

- Aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 2 days before, during, and
for 2 days after each administration of pemetrexed disodium (5 days before, during,
and 2 days after each administration of pemetrexed disodium for piroxicam, naproxen,
diflunisal, or nabumetone)

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Outcome Measure:

Best Overall Response by RECIST Criteria (Version 1.0)

Outcome Description:

Number of eligible, treated participants in each response category by RECIST criteria. Response categories represent best response for each patient prior to progression.

Outcome Time Frame:

Assessed every 2 cycles (6 weeks) while on treatment, then every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months for 1 year until disease progression

Safety Issue:

No

Principal Investigator

Nasser H. Hanna, MD

Investigator Role:

Study Chair

Investigator Affiliation:

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center

Authority:

United States: Federal Government

Study ID:

CDR0000401795

NCT ID:

NCT00101283

Start Date:

November 2005

Completion Date:

May 2011

Related Keywords:

  • Mesothelioma
  • advanced malignant mesothelioma
  • recurrent malignant mesothelioma
  • Mesothelioma

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