Clinical trial NCT00970138: Apatinib Versus Placebo as a Third Line Treatment in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Gastric Cancer
Official title: A Randomized Phase 2/3 Study of Apatinib as Third Line Treatment in Patients With Metastatic Gastric Carcinoma
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
PHASE3
Conditions: Gastric Carcinoma
Keywords: Progress free survival
Toxicity
Response rate
Overall survival
Quality of live
Lead sponsor: Fudan University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2009-09-02
Enrollment: 141
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Apatinib is a tyrosin-inhibitor agent targeting at vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR), and it's anti-angiogenesis effect has been viewed in preclinical tests. The investigators' phase I study has shown that the drug's toxicity is manageable and the maximum tolerable daily dose is 850 mg. The purpose of this study is to determine whether apatinib can improve progression free survival compared with placebo in patients with metastatic gastric carcinoma who failed two lines of chemotherapy.

Detailed description: Up to now, although FU based, cisplatin based and taxane based regimen, and ECF regimen have been suggested as the first line therapy for A/MGC by FDA, the efficacy of these treatment is still unsatisfied for their toxicity and limitation in prolonging survival. Based on the promising results of apatinib in the phase I study, this clinical trial has been designed to evaluate whether apatinib can improve progression free survival in patients with metastatic gastric carcinoma who failed two lines of chemotherapy compared with placebo. Patients will be randomized to 3 groups, one group patients will receive the treatment of apatinib 850mg qd, one group patients will receive apatinib 425mg bid, and the other group will receive placebo.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* ≥ 18 and ≤ 70 years of age
* Histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach
* Have failed for 2 lines of chemotherapy
* Life expectancy of more than 3 months
* ECOG performance scale ≤ 2
* At least one measurable lesion (larger than 10 mm in diameter by spiral CT scan)
* Duration from the last therapy is more than 6 weeks for nitroso or mitomycin
* More than 4 weeks for operation or radiotherapy
* More than 4 weeks for cytotoxic agents or growth inhibitors
* Adequate hepatic, renal, heart, and hematologic functions (platelets \> 80 × 109/L, neutrophil \> 2.0 × 109/L, serum creatinine ≤ 1.5mg/dl, total bilirubin within upper limit of normal(ULN), and serum transaminase≤2.5×the ULN).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant or lactating women
* History of other malignancies except cured basal cell carcinoma of skin and carcinoma in-situ of uterine cervix
* Any factors that influence the usage of oral administration; Evidence of CNS metastasis
* History of another malignancy within the last five years except cured basal cell carcinoma of skin and carcinoma in-situ of uterine cervix
* Intercurrence with one of the following: hypertension, coronary artery disease, arrhythmia and heart failure
* Receiving the therapy of thrombolysis or anticoagulation
* Abuse of alcohol or drugs
* Allergy to the ingredient of the agent or more than two kinds of food and drug
* Less than 4 weeks from the last clinical trial
* Disability of serious uncontrolled intercurrence infection.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Progression free survival
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Overall survival safety
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: DCR (Disease control rate)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: ORR (Objective response rate)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: QoL (Quality of life)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Toxicity
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: ShangHai
country: China
facility: Fudan University Cancer Hospital
state: Shanghai
Study officials:
affiliation: Fudan University
name: Jin Li, MD, PHD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Li J, Qin S, Xu J, Guo W, Xiong J, Bai Y, Sun G, Yang Y, Wang L, Xu N, Cheng Y, Wang Z, Zheng L, Tao M, Zhu X, Ji D, Liu X, Yu H. Apatinib for chemotherapy-refractory advanced metastatic gastric cancer: results from a randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm, phase II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Sep 10;31(26):3219-25. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.48.8585. Epub 2013 Aug 5.