A Safety and Efficacy Study of BCD-022 With Paclitaxel Compared to Herceptin With Paclitaxel in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
Condition: Human Epithelial Receptor (HER)-2 Positive Breast Cancer
MeSH terms: Breast Neoplasms
Intervention: Trastuzumab; Paclitaxel
Intervention description: Patients will receive 6 courses of trastuzumab in combination with paclitaxel. Trastuzumab will be administered at a loading dose of 8 mg/kg (once), followed by maintenance dose of 6 mg/kg every 3 weeks (5 administrations) as 90 min intravenous infusion every 3 weeks (on Day 1 of each cycle).; Paclitaxel will be administered at a dose of 175 mg/m2 every 3 weeks (on Day 1 of each course) as 3 hour intravenous infusion (6 courses totally).
Intervention MeSH terms: Paclitaxel; Trastuzumab
Phase: Phase 3
Study type: Interventional
Primary purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Enrollment: 225.0
Sex: Female
Minimum age: 18 Years
Maximum age: 75 Years
Healthy volunteers: No
Keywords: breast cancer; trastuzumab

Summary:

      BCD-022-02 is a double-blind randomized clinical trial comparing efficacy of BCD-022 (INN:
      trastuzumab) and paclitaxel to Herceptin and paclitaxel in HER2-positive metastatic breast
      cancer with pharmacokinetics substudy. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the
      non-inferiority of efficacy and safety of BCD-022 compared to Herceptin. Also study includes
      pharmacokinetics assessment.
    

Eligibility criteria:

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Written informed consent and ability to follow the Protocol procedures;

          -  Age from 18 years to 75 years inclusive;

          -  Female gender;

          -  Histologically confirmed breast cancer (BC);

          -  Metastatic BC (stage IV according to TNM classification version 6);

          -  Grade 3+ HER2 overexpression confirmed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining or grade
             2+ HER2 overexpression accompanied by HER2 gene amplification confirmed by fluorescent
             hybridization in situ (FISH) ;

          -  Documented results of oestrogen and progesterone receptors expression analysis;

          -  Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status 0, 1 or 2, not increasing within 2
             weeks prior to randomization;

          -  Life expectancy - 20 weeks or more from the moment of randomization;

          -  Presence of at least 1 tumour with a size not less than 1 cm (revealed with computed
             tomography (CT) slice thickness not more than 5 mm). Patients having bone metastasis
             as the only measurable tumour are not eligible for the trial;

          -  Patients of childbearing potential must implement reliable contraceptive measures
             during the study treatment, starting 4 weeks prior to inclusion into the trial and
             until 6 months after the last administration of the study drug.

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  Previous anticancer therapy for metastatic BC, including cytotoxic chemotherapy, or
             previous anticancer therapy with signal transduction inhibitors (e.g. lapatinib),
             biological drugs (e.g. trastuzumab, bevacizumab), experimental (not approved for BC
             therapy) anticancer drugs. Any previous hormonal therapy is allowed;

          -  Disease progression within 6 months after adjuvant and/or neoadjuvant anti BC therapy;

          -  Surgery, radiation therapy, use of any experimental medications within 4 weeks (28
             days) prior to randomization;

          -  Hypersensitivity to paclitaxel and all medications containing polyoxyethylated castor
             oil, hypersensitivity to dexamethasone, diphenhydramine, ranitidine/cimetidine,
             recombinant murine proteins, contrast agents or excipients of study medications;

          -  BC metastases in central nervous system, progressing or clinically manifested (e.g.
             cerebral oedema, spinal cord injury), with exception of non-progressing metastases not
             requiring treatment with glucocorticosteroids and/or anticonvulsants within 4 weeks
             prior to randomization;

          -  Cardiovascular system pathology (congestive heart failure (CHF) stage III-IV according
             to New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification, unstable angina pectoris,
             myocardial infarction) within 12 months prior to randomization;

          -  Uncontrolled hypertension comprising all cases of arterial hypertension when no
             decrease in blood pressure could be achieved despite treatment with a combination of 3
             antihypertensive drugs including one diuretic and non-medicamental correction methods
             (low salt diet, physical exercise);

          -  Left ventricular ejection fraction <50% according to electrocardiography;

          -  Neutrophils ≤1500/mm3;

          -  Platelets ≤100 000/mm3;

          -  Hemoglobin ≤90 g/L;

          -  Creatinine level ≥ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN);

          -  Bilirubin level ≥ 1.5 × ULN;

          -  Asparagine transferase (AST) and alanine transferase (ALT) levels ≥ 2.5 × ULN (5 × ULN
             for patients with liver metastases);

          -  Alkaline phosphatase level ≥ 5 × ULN;

          -  Pregnancy or lactation;

          -  Any other concomitant cancer including contralateral breast cancer revealed within 5
             years prior to screening, except curatively treated intraductal carcinoma in situ,
             curatively treated cervical carcinoma in situ or curatively treated basal cell or
             squamous cell carcinoma;

          -  Conditions limiting patient's adherence to protocol requirements (dementia, neurologic
             or psychiatric disorders, drug addiction, alcoholism and others);

          -  Stage II-IV neuropathy according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
             (CTCAE) v.4.0;

          -  Concomitant participation in other clinical trials, previous participation in other
             clinical trials within 30 days before entering into the trial, previous participation
             in the same trial;

          -  Acute or active chronic infections;

          -  Hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, HIV or syphilis infections;

          -  Obstacles in intravenous administration of study drugs