Clinical trial NCT02709720
Conditions: Lung Cancer
Keywords: Lung Cancer Cancer Lung Disease NORA GECP 15/02 Metronomic administration
Sponsor: Spanish Lung Cancer Group
Start date: 2016-04-15; Completion date: 2019-12-16
Enrollment: 68 participants; Allocation: NA; Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP

Brief summary:
Phase II clinical trial with metronomic oral vinorelbine and tri-weekly cisplatin as induction therapy and subsequent concomitantly with radiotherapy (RT) in patients with lung cancer (NSCLC) locally advanced unresectable

Detailed description:
Hypothesis: At present, administration of concomitant chemotherapy and radiation therapy is considered a treatment of choice for patients with unresectable stage III tumor selected clinically.

There is at present a systemic considered standard treatment in combination with radical radiotherapy. Nor is it established a dose of standard radiation therapy, but it is known that should never be less than 60Gy57.

Vinorelbine has shown a strong radio-sensitizer in-vitro37 effect. In the phase II study, The combination of oral vinorelbine with cisplatin as induction therapy and then concomitantly with radiotherapy (66Gy) has provided very encouraging efficacy results. Recently in the vortex scheme cisplatin study with oral vinorelbine concomitant maintained with radiation from the second cycle of chemotherapy was tested.

It is therefore a priority in this segment pathology seeking treatment regimens that improve the effectiveness and toxicity. Metronomic chemotherapy started with the idea of administering a cytostatic divided doses, for an extended period without interruption, can provide the advantage of exposing patients to significant dose chemotherapy without worsening the toxicity profile. All this makes it an attractive treatment strategy, and can also maintain radio sensitizing effect during concomitance.

Arms: arm 1: 2 cycles of metronomic Vinorelbine 50 mg + cisplatin, followed by 2 cycles of Vinorelbine 30 mg + cisplatin concomitant with radiotherapy

Induction chemotherapy:

* Cisplatin: 80 mg/m2 day 1 every 21 days, for 2 cycles.
* Metronomic oral vinorelbine: 50mg/day, 3 days of each week for 2 cycles.

Concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy:

* Cisplatin: 80 mg/m2 day 1 every 21 days, for 2 cycles.
* Metronomic oral vinorelbine: 30mg/day, 3 days of each week for 2 cycles. 1 cycle equals 21 days

Radiotherapy treatment:

Patients will receive concomitant thoracic radiation therapy, using a technique three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, using an accelerator linear that operates with energy rays ≥ 6 MV. The total target RTT dose will be 66 Gy in 33 daily fractions of 2 Gy, which will be prescribed in accordance with the document of ICRU reference 50 of ICRU.
Interventions: intervention 1: Vinorelbine intervention 2: Cisplatin intervention 3: Vinorelbine intervention 4: Cisplatin intervention 5: Radiotherapy
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Cycle 1 and 2 50 mg/day, (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) intervention 2: Cycle 1 and 2 day 1, 80 mg/m2 intervention 3: Cycle 3 and 4 30 mg/day, (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) intervention 4: Cycle 3 and 4 day 1, 80 mg/m2 intervention 5: concomitant therapy during cycles 3 and 4. Total dose: 66Gy

Protocol documents:
Prot_SAP_000.pdf: 
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 Official Title: Phase II clinical trial with tri-weekly metronomic oral vinorelbine and 
cisplatin as induction treatment for and subsequent concomitant with radiotherapy (RT) 
in patients with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) locally advanced unresectable. 
 
NCT Number: NCT02709720 
 
Document Dates: Summary of Protocol Amendment Version 3: 5 January 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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NORA STUDY 
 
 GECP CODE15/02 
 
 
Sponsor: Grupo Español de Cáncer de Pulmón 


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Clinical Trial Protocol   
 
 
Phase II clinical trial with tri-weekly metronomic oral vinorelbine and 
cisplatin as induction treatment for and subsequent concomitant with 
radiotherapy (RT) in patients with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) 
locally advanced unresectable. 
 
 
 
Study code: GECP 15/02 
 
 
EudraCT Number: 2015-003312-21 
 
 
Sponsor:  
 
Grupo Español de Cáncer de Pulmón 
Av. Meridiana, 358 6ª pl.  
08027 Barcelona  
 
 
 
 
Version nº 3 date 05 January  2017 
 
 
  
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for trial purposes and should not be disclosed without the prior written consent of the sponsor. 
Persons to whom this information is provided for trial purposes should be informed that it is confidential information 
and cannot be disclosed. 
 
 


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 SUMMARY OF STUDY 
 
SPONSOR:  
GRUPO ESPAÑOL DE CÁNCER DE PULMÓN (GECP) 
NAME OF THE ACTIVE 
SUBSTANCE(S): 
Cisplatine, vinorelbina oral. 
Title 
Phase II clinical trial with tri-weekly metronomic oral vinorelbine and cisplatin as induction 
treatment for and subsequent concomitant with radiotherapy (RT) in patients with non small 
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) locally advanced unresectable 
Code 
GECP 15/02 
 Sites 
18 sites in Spain  
Justification 
 
Currently, the administration of concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy is considered a 
treatment of choice for clinically selected patients with unresectable stage III tumor. 
There is currently no systemic treatment considered standard in combination with radical 
radiotherapy. Neither has a standard radiotherapy dose been established, but it is known that it 
should never be less than 60Gy57. 
Vinorelbine has been shown to have a powerful radiosensitizing effect in-vitro37. In the phase II 
study by Krzakowski et al., the combination of cisplatin with oral vinorelbine as induction treatment 
and then concomitant radiotherapy (66Gy) has provided highly encouraging efficacy results. The 
VORTICE study recently tested the scheme of cisplatin with oral vinorelbine maintained 
concomitantly with radiotherapy from the second cycle of chemotherapy. They observed a 77.3% 
response rate, a PFS of 12 months, and an OS of 27.8 months, but at the cost of increased 
toxicity primarily in the form of esophagitis. 
Therefore, the search for treatment schemes that improve efficacy and toxicity is a priority in this 
segment of the pathology. Metronomic chemotherapy was born with the idea of administering 
divided doses of a cytostatic, over a long period and without interruption, which could provide the 
advantage of exposing patients to a significant dose of chemotherapy without worsening the 
toxicity profile. All this makes it an attractive treatment strategy, and can also maintain a 
radiosensitizing effect during concomitance37,38. 
Given the limited experience of the combination of metronomic oral vinorelbine with cisplatin and 
radiotherapy in phase I41 by Krzakowski et al., the excellent tolerance of the 30mg oral 
vinorelbine dose on days 1, 3 and 5 with radiotherapy of the same study and the results of efficacy 
obtained in the phase II study42 by Lerouge et al., in the present study the efficacy of 2 induction 
cycles with metronomic oral vinorelbine at a dose of 50 mg on days 1, 3 and 5 will be evaluated in 
patients with unresectable locally advanced NSCLC of the week combined with cisplatin 80mg/m2 
every three weeks, and 2 concomitant cycles of radiotherapy (66 Gy) with vinorelbine dose 
reduction to 30mg on days 1, 3 and 5 of each week 
 
Study period 
 
From the 1st quarter of 2016 to the 1st quarter of 2018, or until the inclusion of the last patient 
necessary to reach the sample established in the protocol of 68 patients, with a maximum follow-
up of 24 months. 
 
Objetive 
Principal Objective:  
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To assess the efficacy in terms of progression-free survival (PFS) of metronomic 
oral vinorelbine and cisplatin as induction treatment and then with concomitant 
radiotherapy. PFS is defined as the time from the time of patient enrollment to 
documentation of progression or death from any cause (i.e., patients who die 
without evidence of progression will be considered events on the date of death 
and those that have not progressed at the time of the analysis either, will be 
censored with the date of the last control). 
 
Secundary objective: 
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Describe the objective response rate to treatment. 
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Describe the disease control rate. 
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Describe the duration of the response. 
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Describe the duration of disease control. 
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 Describe the overall survival (OS) of treatment. 


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Describe the safety of the treatment. 
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Describe the rate of adherence to oral treatment. 
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Analysis of biomarkers. 
Metodology 
Phase II, open, multicenter, national clinical trial. 
 
Number of patients 
 
The required sample size is 62 evaluable patients. This figure will increase by 10% due to the 
possible loss of evaluable patients. Therefore, the total sample to be recruited will be 68 
patients. 
 
Diagnosis and main 
selection criteria 
 
 
Inclusion criteria 
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Patients with histologically confirmed recent non small cell lung cancer 
unresectable stage IIIA and IIIB. 
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Perform a baseline positron emission tomography (PET-CT) to rule out the 
presence of distant disease and confirm that it is a non-NSCLC radical surgical 
treatment candidate. 
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The positive mediastinal lymph nodes by PET-CT must be confirmed 
histologically. Mediastinal involvement may be considered without histologically 
observe when there is a mass of lymph nodes where the margins are not 
distinguished. 
• 
At least one measurable lesion on computerized tomography (CT). 
• 
Performance status 0-1. 
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Life expectancy> 12 weeks. 
• 
Age ≥18 years and ≤ 75 years. 
• 
Right renal function: creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg / dl or creatinine clearance> 60 ml / min. 
• 
Right hematologic function: hemoglobin> 10 g / dl, neutrophils ≥ 1500 / mm3 and 
platelets ≥ 100,000 / mm3. 
• 
Right hepatic function: bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of each center, 
transaminases ≤ 2.5 above the normal limit. 
• 
Right lung function without bronchodilators: defined by a forced expiratory volume 
in 1 second (FEV1)> 50% of predicted normal volume and lung diffusing capacity 
for carbon monoxide (DLCO)> 40% of predicted normal. 
• 
The proportion of normal lung exposed to> 20 Gy RT (V20) shall be ≤ 35%. This 
must be fulfilled before the start of treatment cycle 3. 
• 
Signature of informed consent. 
 
 Exclusion criteria 
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Weight loss> 10% in the 3 months prior to study entry. 
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Intestinal problems that do not ensure proper absorption of oral vinorelbine. 
• 
Pregnant or lactating women. Women of childbearing potential should have a 
negative pregnancy test, and both men and women under this condition 
should take contraceptive measures throughout the study. 
• 
symptomatic sensory neuropathy> grade 1 toxicity criteria according to the 
CTCAE v4. 
• 
Comorbidities uncontrolled. 
• 
syndrome of the superior vena cava. 
• 
pleural or pericardial effusion: are both considered as indicative of metastatic 
disease unless proven otherwise. Those who still remain cytologically 
negative for malignancy, are exudates also be excluded. It may include those 
with pleural effusion visible on chest radiography or too small to perform 
diagnostic puncture safely. 
• 
Known hypersensitivity to drugs with similar study drug structure. 
• 
Previous treatment with anticancer drugs, previous surgery or thoracic 
radiotherapy for lung cancer or for other reasons. 
• 
History of other malignancy treated properly within 5 years except carcinoma 
in situ of the cervix or breast skin and basal cell carcinoma. 
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Concomitant treatment with other antineoplastic drug or investigational. 
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Patients at any psychological, family, sociological or geographical that may 
hinder compliance with the study protocol and monitoring program. 


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history of neurological or psychiatric disorders that impede a properly 
understanding of the informed consent. 
Investigational product, 
dose and method of 
administration 
 
 
Cisplatin (CDDP) 10, 25 and 50 mg vials for infusion (1mg/ml), 20 mg and 30 mg oral 
Vinorelbine soft capsules. 
Induction chemotherapy: 
- Cisplatin: 80 mg/m2 day 1 every 21 days, for 2 cycles. 
1 cycle equals 21 days (1 administration of cisplatin) 
- Metronomic oral vinorelbine: 50mg/day, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of 
each week, for 2 cycles. 
1 cycle is equivalent to 21 days (9 administrations of oral vinorelbine). 
Concomitant chemotherapy with radiotherapy: 
- Cisplatin: 80 mg/m2 day 1 every 21 days, for 2 cycles. 
1 cycle equals 21 days (1 administration of cisplatin) 
- Metronomic oral vinorelbine: 30mg/day, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of 
each week, for 2 cycles. 
1 cycle is equivalent to 21 days (9 administrations of oral vinorelbine). 
 
Radiation therapy treatment: 
Prior to enrolling any patient in this study, the radiation oncologist will assess CT volumetry 
to ensure that treatment volumes are not likely to significantly exceed established normal 
tissue irradiation limits. 
Patients will receive concomitant chest radiotherapy (RTT), using a standard three-
dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) technique, using a linear accelerator operating 
with beam energy ≥ 6 MV. The total target RTT dose will be 66 Gy in 33 2 Gy daily fractions, 
which will be prescribed in accordance with the International Commission for Radiological 
Units and Measurements (ICRU) reference document ICRU 50, and administered in 
accordance with the recommendations of the radiotherapy group of the European 
Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) (Senan et al., 2004) and 
ICRU-50 (ICRU Report 50, 1993). 
 
Treatment duration 
The expected total duration of treatment is 12 weeks, unless the patient refuses to continue, 
suffers from unacceptable toxicity, evidence of disease progression, or medical decision. 
Evaluation criteria 
 
 
Efficacy Assessment: Tumor assessment will be performed according to RECIST guidelines 
(version 1.1). The evaluation of measurable lesions will be carried out at baseline, 6 weeks after 
the start of induction and 4-8 weeks after the end of treatment (according to the usual practice of 
the center). Patients discontinuing protocol treatment for reasons other than disease progression 
will undergo tumor evaluations every 12 weeks until progression. Each and every one of the 
lesions identified and described in the baseline evaluation must be evaluated in each tumor 
assessment. 
 
 
Safety assessment: Safety will be assessed by: 
• Physical exam including functional status. 
• Complete blood count + platelet count. 
• Serum biochemistry. 
• Reporting of adverse events using the CTCAE classification (version 4.0). 
 
Statistical method 
 
The study is designed to assess median PFS. We consider an unacceptable median PFS for the 
experimental treatment of 10 months (p0) and an acceptable one of 15 months (p1). With a 
recruitment time of 24 months and a minimum follow-up of 24 months after the inclusion of the last 
patient, with a type I error of 0.05 (α, one-tailed test), and with a type II error of 0.1 (β). , we found 
that the sample size is 62 evaluable patients. 
This figure will increase by 10% due to the possible loss of evaluable patients. The final sample is 
68 patients. 
 
 
Analysis of data 
 
 
Efficacy analysis 
The primary endpoint of the efficacy analysis will be progression-free survival in the intention-to-
treat population. The 95% confidence interval will be provided. 
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The rate of objective responses to treatment. 
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The disease control rate. 
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The duration of the response. 
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Duration of disease control. 
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Progression-free survival. 
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Overall survival. 
• 
The rate of adherence to oral treatment 
Security analysis 
The maximum degree or maximum severity of toxicity, according to the NCI-CTC guide version 
4.0, will be tabulated for each MedDRA “System Organ Class” (SOC) and “Preferred Term” (PT), 
per cycle and per patient. All the analyzes will be carried out in both forms of collection: regardless 
or not of the relationship with the treatment. 
 
Statistical methodology 
Descriptive methods will be used to present all relevant data: 
- Continuous data will be summarized by the following items: frequency, median, range, mean, 
standard deviation and the corresponding standard error. 
- The categorical data will be represented in contingency tables with their frequencies and 
percentages in each modality (including the lack of data modality). The 95% confidence intervals 
will be calculated following the exact method. 
Analysis of Progression-Free Survival, duration of response, disease control rate, duration of 
disease control, and overall survival will be performed using the Kaplan-Meier method. 95% 
confidence intervals will be calculated for the median. 
 
End of study 
 
Completion of the study is defined as documentation of the death of the last patient or the end of 
the follow-up period. For the analysis of the secondary objective of OS, quarterly follow-up of the 
patients will be necessary for at least 24 more months from the last inclusion. The end is 
estimated for the first quarter of 2020.