Clinical trial NCT00887549: A Study of Thymidylate Synthase Expression in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Official title: An Exploratory, Prospective Phase II Study to Investigate Progression-Free Survival, Response and Overall Survival Seen With Pemetrexed/Cisplatin and the Role of Thymidylate Synthase Expression
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: 2009-04-24
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a substance the body produces naturally. The purpose of this research is to determine if there is a link between TS production and how well patients respond to treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim for the future is that doctors could have a better understanding in advance about which patients might respond well to pemetrexed based on how much TS they produce.

Detailed description: All patients on this study will receive 4 intravenous injections of the chemotherapy drugs pemetrexed and cisplatin (with each injection approximately 3 weeks apart). Patients who complete 4 such injections and respond well to their treatment may continue to receive an injection of chemotherapy drug pemetrexed (approximately every 3 weeks). In general terms, treatment will last until either the patient or the doctor decides that there is no clear benefit in continuing with the treatment.

TS levels will be measured from the tumour sample used to make the original diagnosis of NSCLC.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients must have Stage 3B or 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer of the non- squamous type
* Patients must at least be able to be physically mobile, take care of yourself and be able to perform light activities such as light housework or office work
* Patients must not have had previous chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer
* Patients must not have had radiotherapy in the last 30 days
* Patients must have measureable tumor lesions according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) guidelines or disease that can be evaluated on computed tomography (CT) scan
* Patients' test results assessing the function of their blood forming tissue, kidneys, liver and lungs are satisfactory
* Women must be sterile, postmenopausal or on contraception and men must be sterile or on contraception

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients cannot have received other investigational drugs within the last 30 days
* Patients cannot have any serious, uncontrolled medical condition that might compromise their ability to take part in the study safely
* Patients cannot have a current second primary malignant tumor
* Patients cannot be having current treatment with any other anti-tumor therapy
* Patients cannot have had a yellow fever vaccination within 30 days of enrolment
* Patients who are unable to take vitamins (including injections of vitamin B12) or oral cortisone medication
* Patients who are unable to stop taking more than 1.3 grams of aspirin on a daily basis or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents
* Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding

Primary outcomes:
measure: Progression Free Survival (PFS)
timeFrame: Baseline to measured progressive disease with follow-up every 6 weeks until progression of disease (up to 18 months after the last participant commenced induction therapy)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of Participants With Tumor Response (Tumor Response Rate)
timeFrame: Baseline to disease progression (up to 20 months)
measure: Percentage of Participants With Concordance Between Local and Central Histological Diagnosis
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Percentage of Participants Surviving at 18 Months (Overall Survival Rate)
timeFrame: Baseline to date of death (up to 24.5 months)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Dublin
country: Ireland
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: Derby
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Derbyshire
city: Exeter
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Devon
city: Maidstone
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Kent
city: Preston
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Lancashire
city: Liverpool
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Merseyside
city: Northwood
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Middlesex
city: Scunthorpe
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: North Lincolnshire
city: Belfast
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Northern Ireland
city: Nottingham
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Nottinghamshire
city: Aberdeen
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: Scotland
city: Wolverhampton
country: United Kingdom
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.
state: West Midlands
city: Grimsby
country: United Kingdom
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: Manchester
country: United Kingdom
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 9AM - 5PM Eastern time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST)
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Fennell DA, Myrand SP, Nguyen TS, Ferry D, Kerr KM, Maxwell P, Moore SD, Visseren-Grul C, Das M, Nicolson MC. Association between gene expression profiles and clinical outcome of pemetrexed-based treatment in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer: exploratory results from a phase II study. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 24;9(9):e107455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107455. eCollection 2014.