Clinical trial NCT00004166: Amifostine in Treating Patients With Ovarian Epithelial Cancer Who Are Receiving Chemotherapy
Official title: Amifostine as a Toxicity Protectant in Ovarian Cancer in Chemotherapy Treated Patients: A Pilot Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Ovarian Cancer
Quality of Life
Keywords: stage I ovarian epithelial cancer
stage II ovarian epithelial cancer
stage III ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer
quality of life
Lead sponsor: Northwestern University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-04-12
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Chemoprotective drugs such as amifostine may protect normal cells from the side effects of chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of amifostine in treating patients who have ovarian epithelial cancer and who are receiving chemotherapy.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Determine if patients with ovarian epithelial cancer receiving chemotherapy have significantly fewer neurologic events when treated with amifostine. II. Compare amifostine vs no chemoprotection in terms of overall incidence of neuropathy, incidence of neutropenia, infection, and other myelosuppressive events (e.g., leukopenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia), length of hospital stay due to infections, and quality of life in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, parallel, controlled, double blind study. Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Arm I: Patients receive amifostine IV over 10 minutes, 30 minutes prior to chemotherapy. Arm II: Patients receive a placebo IV over 10 minutes, 30 minutes prior to chemotherapy. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Quality of life is assessed prior to courses 1, 4, and 8, and then every 3 months for 1 year. Patients are followed monthly for 6 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed, surgically staged ovarian epithelial cancer Planned treatment with paclitaxel/carboplatinum chemotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: GOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 3 mg/dL SGOT/SGPT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Other: At least 24 hours since prior antihypertensives

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Locations:
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
name: David A. Fishman, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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