Conditions: Fallopian Tube Cancer Ovarian Cancer Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer
Keywords: recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer recurrent fallopian tube cancer recurrent primary peritoneal cavity cancer
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 129
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Vandetanib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. It is not yet known whether docetaxel is more effective when given alone or together with vandetanib.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying docetaxel given together with or without vandetanib to see how well it works in treating patients with persistent or recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer.

Detailed description:
OBJECTIVES:

* To evaluate the clinical efficacy of docetaxel and vandetanib relative to docetaxel alone in patients with platinum-resistant, recurrent, refractory, or progressive/persistent ovarian epithelial, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer, as measured by progression-free survival.
* To evaluate the response rate (complete and partial) and duration of overall survival of these patients.
* To evaluate the response (complete and partial) and time to treatment failure after treatment with single agent vandetanib following progression on single agent docetaxel.
* To evaluate the frequency and severity of adverse events as assessed by Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects (CTCAE) v4.0.
* To evaluate the toxicity of single agent vandetanib following docetaxel as assessed by CTCAE v4.0.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to prior treatment with antiangiogenesis agents (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who progress also receive oral vandetanib once daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of a second disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* Arm II: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1 and oral vandetanib once daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Arms:
arm 1: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who progress also receive oral vandetanib once daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of a second disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. arm 2: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1 and oral vandetanib once daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Interventions: intervention 1: docetaxel intervention 2: vandetanib
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Given IV intervention 2: Given orally

Protocol document: