Clinical trial NCT00402051: Chemotherapy With Pemetrexed in Combination With Platinum for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Official title: A Randomized Phase 2 Study of Pemetrexed in Combination With Cisplatin or Carboplatin in the First Line Therapy of Advanced NSCLC
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Lead sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2006-11-22
Enrollment: 133
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This is a two-arm, parallel, open-label, Phase 2 multicenter study of pemetrexed as first line combination therapy with either cisplatin or carboplatin in the palliative setting of stage IIIb and IV non-small cell lung cancer patients. Approximately 130 patients will be included in about 15 centers in Germany and randomized to one of the above treatment regimens in a 1:1 ratio. Chemotherapy will be administered over a maximum of six cycles with a standard length of 21 days. Primary objective will be the Progression Free Survival Time of patients as assessed in both treatment arms.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Cytologically and/or histologically confirmed NSCLC Stage IIIb or IV
* No previous systemic chemotherapy for this cancer
* At least one uni-dimensionally measurable lesion meeting Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status of 0 or 1 and adequate organ function
* Prior radiation therapy allowed but limited to \<25% of the patient's bone marrow

Exclusion Criteria:

* Serious concomitant systemic disorder or active infection
* Mild to moderate renal insufficiency, but unable to interrupt salicylates or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
* Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases requiring concurrent corticosteroid therapy
* Presence of clinically significant third-space fluid collections

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of Participants Surviving Progression-Free at 6 Months (Progression Free Survival [PFS] Rate)
timeFrame: Randomization to Month 6
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Overall Survival
timeFrame: Randomization to date of death from any cause (up to 1 year)
measure: Number of Participants With Tumor Response (as Basis for Response Rate)
timeFrame: Every 6 weeks for 6 months during the treatment period, and every 3 months during the follow-up period, until disease progression
measure: Time to Treatment Failure (TTF)
timeFrame: Randomization to stopping of treatment, progression, death or initiation of further chemotherapy, whichever occurs first (up to 1 year)
measure: Pharmacology Toxicities
timeFrame: Every 21-day cycle for up to 6 cycles
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Coswig
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Frankfurt
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Großhansdorf
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Halle
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Hamburg
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Hofheim
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Homburg/Saar
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Immenhausen
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Leipzig
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Luebeck
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Mainz
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
city: Muenchen
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
Study officials:
affiliation: Eli Lilly and Company
name: Call 1-877-CTLilly (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon -Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern time (UTC/GMT -5 hours EST)
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Schuette WH, Groschel A, Sebastian M, Andreas S, Muller T, Schneller F, Guetz S, Eschbach C, Bohnet S, Leschinger MI, Reck M. A randomized phase II study of pemetrexed in combination with cisplatin or carboplatin as first-line therapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Lung Cancer. 2013 May;14(3):215-23. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2012.10.001. Epub 2013 Jan 16.