H3E-US-X072: Carboplatin, Bevacizumab and Pemetrexed in Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Sponsor
Christiana Care Health Services (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00614822
Collaborator
Eli Lilly and Company (Industry)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to look for an improvement in progression free survival with the combination of bevacizumab, carboplatin and pemetrexed in patients with newly diagnosed advanced/metastatic non small cell lung cancer. Overall survival and safety will also be assessed.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Drug: Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab
Phase 2

Detailed Description

Carboplatin: AUC 5 IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 Pemetrexed: 500mg/M2 IV over 10 minutes on day 1 Bevacizumab: 15mg/kg IV over 90 minutes on day 1 (if rate is tolerated the 2nd dose may be decreased to 60 minutes and subsequent doses to 30 minutes This regimen will be administered every 6 weeks for up to a maximum of 6 cycles if the patient tolerates the treatment and has stable disease. Bevacizumab will be continues if tolerated for up to 1 year at every 3 week intervals.

Folic acid 1mg by mouth daily, Vitamin B12 1000 ug IM every 9 weeks and Dexamethasone 4mg by mouth twice a day and and antiemetic may be prescribed by the physician investigator to help reduce side effects associated with the Pemetrexed. The Folic acid and Vitamin B12 will continue until 3 weeks after the end of treatment.

Physical exams, vital signs and blood work will be done prior to each chemotherapy cycle. A urine dipstick to check for protein in the urine will be done prior to the first treatment and before cycles 3 and 5. A CAT scan of the chest will be done pretreatment, prior to cycles 3 and 5 and at the end of treatment.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
50 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Phase II Trial of Carboplatin, Bevacizumab and Pemetrexed in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Study Start Date :
Nov 1, 2007
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Aug 22, 2016
Actual Study Completion Date :
Aug 22, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Other: one arm for study

Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab are given day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles and will be continued if patient tolerates treatments and has stable disease. The Bevacizumab will be continued every 3 weeks for 1 year if the patient tolerates treatment and has stable disease.

Drug: Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab
Carboplatin AUC 5 IV day 1 over 30-60 minutes Pemetrexed 500 mg/M2 IV day 1 over 10 minutes Bevacizumab 15 mg /kg IV day over 90 minutes dose 1, 60 minutes dose 2, 30 minutes subsequent doses. Repeat every 3 weeks for total of 6 cycles
Other Names:
  • Paraplatin
  • Alimta
  • Avastin
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Progression Free Survival [From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 1 year").]

      From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 1 year").

    2. Overall Survival [From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 1 year").]

      Overal survival was defined as time between the date of treatment assignment and the date of death

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Number of Participants With Complete and Partial Tumor Responses [Patients were enrolled over a 24 month period for treatment visits. After end of treatment visits, subjects were seen or contacted every 3 months for survival data. Median follow up was 49 weeks (6 weeks to death.]

      A complete response (CR),was disappearance of all target lesions on CT scan and absence of appearance of any new lesion was required. Partial response (PR) was assessed by at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions without appearance of any new lesions. Progressive disease (PD) was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions or the appearance of one or more new lesions. Patients were assessed to have stable disease if neither sufficient decrease to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, without appearance of new lesions. Patients who received one or more cycles were evaluable for response.

    2. Number of Participants With Adverse Events [Subjects were seen or contacted every 3 months with medain follow up of 49 weeks.]

      Measured by adverse events such as grade 4 toxicities, hospitalizations for toxicities, fever and neutropenia events, and clinically significant bleeding/thrombotic events.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Advanced stage NSCLC (IIIB with malignant pleural effusion; T4 [on basis on satellite lesion] N2, 3; or stage IV) excluding squamous cell histology, with measurable or evaluable disease.

    • Prior chemotherapy therapy for early stage disease with one regimen is acceptable if it was completed at least 6 months prior to study entry.

    • Palliative radiotherapy to painful bony metastases will be permitted prior to study entry if completed prior to initiation of study treatment, and there are no residual sequelae of therapy such as bone marrow suppression.

    • Life expectancy of at least 3 months.

    • ECOG Performance status 0-1.

    • Age 18 or higher.

    • Willingness to use appropriate contraception to avoid pregnancy during the study (female patient or female partner of a male patient)

    • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:

    leukocytes greater than or equal to3,000/µl ANC greater than or equal to 1,500/µl platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/µl total bilirubin within normal institutional limits AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal

    • Ability to sign informed consent

    • Ability to take folic acid, Vitamin B12 and dexamethasone as per protocol

    • Ability to interrupt NSAIDS 2 days before (5 days for long-acting NSAIDs), the day of, and 2 days following administration of Alimta.

    Exclusion criteria

    Patients meeting any of the following criteria are ineligible for study entry:
    • Prior cytotoxic treatment for advanced NSCLC. One prior regimen (up to 4 cycles) of neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for early stage disease will be allowed if completed at least 6 months prior to study entry.

    • Prior definitive chest irradiation (radiation of rib or spine mets permitted)

    • Known brain metastases (unless previously resected and radiated)

    • Prior treatment with bevacizumab or pemetrexed

    • History of allergic reactions or sensitivity attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to bevacizumab or carboplatin

    • Current, recent (within 4 weeks of the first infusion of this study), or planned participation in any other experimental drug study.

    • Concomitant chemotherapy, radiotherapy or investigational agents.

    • Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy.

    • Use of anti-coagulant agents warfarin (1mg, by mouth, daily for port maintenance permitted), heparin (ASA, NSAID permitted).

    • Pregnant (positive pregnancy test) or lactating women.

    • Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to Day 0, anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study.

    • Minor surgical procedures, fine needle aspirations or core biopsies within 7 days prior to day 0.

    • Urine protein creatinine ratio 1.0 at screening. -History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra- abdominal abscess within 6 months prior to Day

    • Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.

    • Lung carcinoma of squamous cell histology or any histology in close proximity to a major vessel, or with significant cavitation as assessed by treating investigator in consultation with an attending radiologist. -Recent history of hemoptysis (bright red blood of 1/2 teaspoon or more)- within one month of study entry

    • Significant co-morbidities including:

    Blood pressure of 150/100 mmHg Unstable angina New York Heart Association (NYHA) Grade II or greater congestive heart failure (see Appendix B) History of myocardial infarction within 6 months History of stroke within 6 months Clinically significant peripheral vascular disease

    • Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

    • Another active malignancy except for non-melanoma skin cancers.

    • Clinically significant pleural, pericardial, and/or peritoneal effusions unless drained or controlled prior to study entry.

    • Undrainable, clinically relevant effusions and presence of third space fluid which cannot be controlled by drainage.

    • Hepatic impairment as evidenced by Bilirubin greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal Transaminases greater than 3.0 times limit of normal (ULN), except in presence of known hepatic metastasis, wherein may be up to 5 times ULN

    • Any CTCAE Version 3.0 Grade 3 or 4 non hematologic toxicity

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    No locations specified.

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Christiana Care Health Services
    • Eli Lilly and Company

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Michael Guarino, MD, Christiana Care Health Services

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Christiana Care Health Services
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT00614822
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 24091
    • Eli Lilly H3E-US-X072
    First Posted:
    Feb 13, 2008
    Last Update Posted:
    Mar 20, 2019
    Last Verified:
    Mar 1, 2019

    Study Results

    Participant Flow

    Recruitment Details Between November 2007 and March 2012, 50 patients were enrolled in the phase II trial of carboplatin, pemetrexed and bevacizumab. Patients were enrolled over a 24month period.
    Pre-assignment Detail Carboplatin, Penetrexed and Bevacizumab in Advanced Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
    Arm/Group Title One Arm for Study
    Arm/Group Description Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab are given day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles and will be continued if patient tolerates treatments and has stable disease. The Bevacizumab will be continued every 3 weeks for 1 year if the patient tolerates treatment and has stable disease. Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab: Carboplatin AUC 5 IV day 1 over 30-60 minutes Pemetrexed 500 mg/M2 IV day 1 over 10 minutes Bevacizumab 15 mg /kg IV day over 90 minutes dose 1, 60 minutes dose 2, 30 minutes subsequent doses. Repeat every 3 weeks for total of 6 cycles
    Period Title: Overall Study
    STARTED 50
    COMPLETED 47
    NOT COMPLETED 3

    Baseline Characteristics

    Arm/Group Title Carboplatin, Bevacicumab, Premetrexed
    Arm/Group Description Patients (age >18yo) were from 2007 to 2012.. Measurable disease Evaluable disease Stage IV Palliative RT NO brain metastases
    Overall Participants 50
    Age (Count of Participants)
    <=18 years
    0
    0%
    Between 18 and 65 years
    26
    52%
    >=65 years
    24
    48%
    Sex: Female, Male (Count of Participants)
    Female
    24
    48%
    Male
    26
    52%
    Race (NIH/OMB) (Count of Participants)
    American Indian or Alaska Native
    0
    0%
    Asian
    0
    0%
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
    0
    0%
    Black or African American
    5
    10%
    White
    45
    90%
    More than one race
    0
    0%
    Unknown or Not Reported
    0
    0%
    ECOG Performance (Count of Participants)
    ECOG Performance Staus Scale 0
    6
    12%
    ECOG Performance Stsus Scale =1
    44
    88%

    Outcome Measures

    1. Primary Outcome
    Title Progression Free Survival
    Description From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 1 year").
    Time Frame From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 1 year").

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title Carboplatin, Bevacicumab, Premetrexed
    Arm/Group Description Patients (age >18yo) were from 2007 to 2012.. 51 patients with nonsquamous stage IV disease were enrolled over 24 months and followed. The meadian follow up was 49 weeks. Of the 51 patient enrolled, 1 patient was with drawn due to ineligibility. Three other patients were not evaluated for response due to adverse reactions.
    Measure Participants 47
    Median (95% Confidence Interval) [weeks]
    28
    2. Primary Outcome
    Title Overall Survival
    Description Overal survival was defined as time between the date of treatment assignment and the date of death
    Time Frame From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 1 year").

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    Nonsquamous stage IV disease, Male, Female,>18 years of age, white, african american,with ECOG of 0 or 1
    Arm/Group Title One Arm for Study
    Arm/Group Description Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab are given day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles and will be continued if patient tolerates treatments and has stable disease. The Bevacizumab will be continued every 3 weeks for 1 year if the patient tolerates treatment and has stable disease. Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab: Carboplatin AUC 5 IV day 1 over 30-60 minutes Pemetrexed 500 mg/M2 IV day 1 over 10 minutes Bevacizumab 15 mg /kg IV day over 90 minutes dose 1, 60 minutes dose 2, 30 minutes subsequent doses. Repeat every 3 weeks for total of 6 cycles
    Measure Participants 47
    Median (95% Confidence Interval) [weeks]
    49
    3. Secondary Outcome
    Title Number of Participants With Complete and Partial Tumor Responses
    Description A complete response (CR),was disappearance of all target lesions on CT scan and absence of appearance of any new lesion was required. Partial response (PR) was assessed by at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions without appearance of any new lesions. Progressive disease (PD) was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions or the appearance of one or more new lesions. Patients were assessed to have stable disease if neither sufficient decrease to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, without appearance of new lesions. Patients who received one or more cycles were evaluable for response.
    Time Frame Patients were enrolled over a 24 month period for treatment visits. After end of treatment visits, subjects were seen or contacted every 3 months for survival data. Median follow up was 49 weeks (6 weeks to death.

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    Number of Participants with Complete and Partial Tumor Responses
    Arm/Group Title One Arm for Study
    Arm/Group Description Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab are given day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles and will be continued if patient tolerates treatments and has stable disease. The Bevacizumab will be continued every 3 weeks for 1 year if the patient tolerates treatment and has stable disease. Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab: Carboplatin AUC 5 IV day 1 over 30-60 minutes Pemetrexed 500 mg/M2 IV day 1 over 10 minutes Bevacizumab 15 mg /kg IV day over 90 minutes dose 1, 60 minutes dose 2, 30 minutes subsequent doses. Repeat every 3 weeks for total of 6 cycles
    Measure Participants 47
    Complete Response
    1
    2%
    Partial Response
    27
    54%
    4. Secondary Outcome
    Title Number of Participants With Adverse Events
    Description Measured by adverse events such as grade 4 toxicities, hospitalizations for toxicities, fever and neutropenia events, and clinically significant bleeding/thrombotic events.
    Time Frame Subjects were seen or contacted every 3 months with medain follow up of 49 weeks.

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    four patients discontinued treatment because of treatment related adverse events.
    Arm/Group Title One Arm for Study
    Arm/Group Description Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab are given day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles and will be continued if patient tolerates treatments and has stable disease. The Bevacizumab will be continued every 3 weeks for 1 year if the patient tolerates treatment and has stable disease. Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab: Carboplatin AUC 5 IV day 1 over 30-60 minutes Pemetrexed 500 mg/M2 IV day 1 over 10 minutes Bevacizumab 15 mg /kg IV day over 90 minutes dose 1, 60 minutes dose 2, 30 minutes subsequent doses. Repeat every 3 weeks for total of 6 cycles
    Measure Participants 47
    Thrombocytopenia
    1
    2%
    Respiratory distress
    1
    2%
    Grade 3 diarrhea
    1
    2%
    fatigue
    1
    2%

    Adverse Events

    Time Frame
    Adverse Event Reporting Description
    Arm/Group Title One Arm for Study
    Arm/Group Description Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab are given day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles and will be continued if patient tolerates treatments and has stable disease. The Bevacizumab will be continued every 3 weeks for 1 year if the patient tolerates treatment and has stable disease. Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab: Carboplatin AUC 5 IV day 1 over 30-60 minutes Pemetrexed 500 mg/M2 IV day 1 over 10 minutes Bevacizumab 15 mg /kg IV day over 90 minutes dose 1, 60 minutes dose 2, 30 minutes subsequent doses. Repeat every 3 weeks for total of 6 cycles
    All Cause Mortality
    One Arm for Study
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total 0/50 (0%)
    Serious Adverse Events
    One Arm for Study
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total 4/50 (8%)
    Blood and lymphatic system disorders
    Thrombocytopenia 1/50 (2%) 1
    Gastrointestinal disorders
    grade 3 Diarrhea 1/50 (2%) 1
    General disorders
    Fatigue 1/50 (2%) 1
    Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
    Respiratory Disease 1/50 (2%) 1
    Other (Not Including Serious) Adverse Events
    One Arm for Study
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total 3/50 (6%)
    Blood and lymphatic system disorders
    Neutropenia 3/50 (6%) 3

    Limitations/Caveats

    include the absence of randomization, lack of independent radiology review and small sample size

    More Information

    Certain Agreements

    Principal Investigators are NOT employed by the organization sponsoring the study.

    There is NOT an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.

    Results Point of Contact

    Name/Title Dr. Michael Guarino
    Organization Christiana Care Health System
    Phone 302 366 1200
    Email mguarino@cbg.org
    Responsible Party:
    Christiana Care Health Services
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT00614822
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 24091
    • Eli Lilly H3E-US-X072
    First Posted:
    Feb 13, 2008
    Last Update Posted:
    Mar 20, 2019
    Last Verified:
    Mar 1, 2019