Remaxol® in Patients with Drug-induced Liver Injuries During Cancer Chemotherapy

Recruiting

• Conditions: Cancer; Drug Induced Liver Injury
• Interventions: Drug: Remaxol

• Registration Number: NCT05789797
• Lead Sponsor: POLYSAN Scientific & Technological Pharmaceutical Company

Brief Summary

Cancer has moved from the tenth place to the second one over the last 100 years, being inferior to only cardiovascular diseases in morbidity and mortality.

40 % of hepatitis cases in patients older than 40 years and 25 % of cases of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) are caused by drug hepatic toxicity. Cases of acute drug-induced hepatitis (ADIH) make 15-20 % of patients with fulminant hepatitis in Western Europe.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-05-12
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-29
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Primary Completion: 2024-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-11
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-16
• Study Completion: 2025-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 368

Inclusion Criteria

• The study can include all patients who are scheduled, at a physician's discretion, to receive the therapy with the drug Remaxol®, solution for infusions, or Ademethionine, lyophilizate for solution for intravenous and intramuscular injection, according to the approved instruction for the medical use of the drug and established clinical practice of a healthcare facility, and who meet all the following criteria:

  1. Males and females aged from 40 to 70 years inclusive.

  2. Verified diagnosis of neoplasm (morphologically proven).

  3. Receiving the course polychemotherapy (PCT).

  4. PCT regimens with pronounced hepatotoxic effects, which use drugs from the following pharmacologic classes:

     1. Competitive antagonists (5-Fluorouracil, Methotrexate etc.);
     2. Alkylating agents (Cyclophosphamide, Oxaliplatin etc.);
     3. Antitumor antibiotics (Doxorubicin, Bleomycin etc.);
     4. Drugs influencing tubulin (Trabectedin, Paclitaxel etc.);
     5. Topoisomerase inhibitors (Irinotecan, Etoposide etc.).
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  1. Contraindications for the continuation of PCT at the time of a visit to a physician for its continuation, because of developed hepatotoxicity.
  2. Stage of the treatment: supporting, hepatoprotective and detoxication therapy to correct hepatotoxicity developed during PCT, to remove it and continue the chemotherapeutic treatment.
  3. A patient is scheduled to receive one of the following infusion therapies with the following regimen, as part of the routine clinical practice:
  4. It is planned to administer the drug Remaxol®, solution for infusions, by intravenous drop infusion in the dose of 400 ml/day, on everyday basis for 12 days.
  5. It is planned to administer the drug Ademethionine, lyophilisate for solution for intravenous and intramuscular injection, by intravenous drop infusion in the dose of 800 mg/day, on everyday basis for 14 days. ECOG performance status score: 1-2 inclusive (Karnofsky score: 50-80 %).
  6. Hepatotoxicity grade according to the classification of the US National Cancer Institute (NCCN, CTC) - 2 and 3.
  7. Scores by selected parameters of CTCAE (National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events) scale - I and II.
  8. Patient's written consent for participation in the study according to the current legislation.

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Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnancy, breast-feeding.
2. Mental disorders requiring psychiatric observation.
3. Chronic alcohol abuse and/or substance abuse.
4. HIV-infection, syphilis, virus hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, storage diseases, tuberculosis.
5. Administration of monoclonal antibodies, (multi)kinase inhibitors during the PCT session immediately preceding this study.
6. Administration of methionine-, Ademetionine-, malate- and/or succinate-containing medicines during the last month.
7. Prescription of other malate-, succinate, or methionine-containing medicines (mexidol, cytoflavin, etc.).
8. Decompensation of any severe/clinically apparent somatic diseases of the kidneys, liver, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, endocrine system, etc., as decided by the investigating physician.
9. Contraindications mentioned in the approved instructions for use of medicines applied in the study (idiosyncrasy to the product components).
10. Disease or use of medicines, which, in the doctor's opinion, can influence safety, tolerability and efficiency of the study medicines.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
The test group	Remaxol	Remaxol®, solution for infusions, by intravenous drop infusion in the dose of 400 ml/day, on everyday basis for 12 days

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference of average ALT values in both of the groups, between the two timepoints: Visit 3 vs. baseline at Visit 1 (before starting therapy with the study medicines).	Baseline, up to 15 days
Difference of average ALP values in both of the groups, between the two timepoints: Visit 3 vs. baseline at Visit 1 (before starting therapy with the study medicines).	Baseline, up to 15 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of patients with full normalisation of total and direct bilirubin by 2, 3, 4 Visits, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 7 days, up to 15 days, up to 28 days
Proportion of patients with detected toxic damage to at least one system or organ (by selected parameters), according to the criteria of common toxicity grade III of the CTCAE scale, from the baseline (Visit 1) to Visit 3, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 15 days	Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.0 (CTCAE)
Proportion of patients who resumed a PCT session (staged session after a period of study medicines administration) within 28 days of the start of hepatotoxicity correction with study medicines (Visit 1), measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 28 days
Proportion of patients achieving an ECOG patient status score of 0 from the start of study (Visit1) to Visit 4, measured in both groups	Baseline, up to 28 days	ECOG Scale of Performance Status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) - 0-4 poins 0 points - The patient is fully active, able to perform everything, as before the disease.; 4 points - Disabled, completely incapable of self-care, chained to a chair or bed
Proportion of patients with grade 1 of hepatotoxicity according to the CTCAE scale, by at least 3 out of 5 parameters: ALP, ALT, AST, total and direct bilirubin, GGT, from the baseline (Visit 1) to Visit 3, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 15 days	Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.0 (CTCAE)
Proportion of patients with grade 4 of hepatotoxicity according to the US National Cancer Institute (CTCAE) scale, by any of the parameters from the baseline (Visit 1) to Visit 4, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 28 days	Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.0 (CTCAE)
Proportion of patients with full normalisation of ALT, AST by 2, 3, 4 Visits, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 7 days, up to 15 days, up to 28 days
Difference of average total scores in A.V. Shaposhnikov hepatotoxicity scale measured in both groups between two time points: Visit 3 vs. baseline at Visit 1 (before the therapy with study medicines).	Baseline, up to 15 days	0 degree = 0-3 points; 1 degree = 3-8 points; 2 degree = 9-14 points; 3rd degree = 15-20 points; 4 degree = 21-25 points.
Proportion of patients with full normalisation of GGT by 2, 3, 4 Visits, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 7 days, up to 15 days, up to 28 days
Changes in the patient's condition according to the Karnofsky score during the study (Visits 2, 3, 4) compared to the study initiation (Visit 1), expressed as a % of the baseline	Baseline, up to 7 days, up to 15 days, up to 28 days	the Karnofsky score: 100% - Normal condition, no complaints 90% - Capable of normal activities, minor symptoms or signs of disease 80% - Normal activity with effort, minor symptoms or signs of disease 70% Self-supporting, incapable of normal activities or active work 60% - Sometimes needs help, but is able to satisfy most of his needs. 50% - Needs significant assistance and medical care 40% - Disabled, needs special assistance, including medical 30% - Severe disability, hospitalization is indicated, although death is not directly threatened 20% - Severe patient. Hospitalization and active treatment required 10% - Dying
Proportion of patients with full normalisation of ALP by 2, 3, 4 Visits, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 7 days, up to 15 days, up to 28 days
Proportion of patients who received a staged PCT session in full (no reduction in chemotherapy doses), measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 28 days
Proportion of patients with grade 1 of hepatotoxicity according to the CTCAE scale, by at least 3 out of 5 parameters: ALP, ALT, AST, total and direct bilirubin, GGT, from the baseline (Visit 1) to Visit 4, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 28 days	Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.0 (CTCAE)
Proportion of patients with grade 4 of hepatotoxicity according to the US National Cancer Institute (CTCAE) scale, by any of the parameters from the baseline (Visit 1) to Visit 3, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 15 days	Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.0 (CTCAE)
ALT changes during the study period (Visit 2, 3, 4)	Baseline, up to 15 days, up to 28 days
Proportion of patients achieving 90% or more on the Karnofsky scale from the start of the study (Visit 1) to Visit 3, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 15 days	the Karnofsky score: 100% - Normal condition, no complaints 90% - Capable of normal activities, minor symptoms or signs of disease 80% - Normal activity with effort, minor symptoms or signs of disease 70% Self-supporting, incapable of normal activities or active work 60% - Sometimes needs help, but is able to satisfy most of his needs. 50% - Needs significant assistance and medical care 40% - Disabled, needs special assistance, including medical 30% - Severe disability, hospitalization is indicated, although death is not directly threatened 20% - Severe patient. Hospitalization and active treatment required 10% - Dying
Proportion of patients with detected toxic damage to at least one system or organ (by selected parameters), according to the criteria of common toxicity grade III of the CTCAE scale, from the baseline (Visit 1) to Visit 4, measured in both groups.	Baseline, up to 28 days	Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.0 (CTCAE)
Changes in the patient's condition according to the ECOG Scale, during the study period (Visits 2, 3, 4) as compared to the study initiation (Visit 1), expressed as a score and as a % of the baseline	Baseline, up to 7 days, up to 15 days, up to 28 days	ECOG Scale of Performance Status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) - 0-4 poins 0 points - The patient is fully active, able to perform everything, as before the disease.; 4 points - Disabled, completely incapable of self-care, chained to a chair or bed

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

North-West Center of Evidence-Based Medicine; 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Republican Clinical Cancer Centre; 🇷🇺 Ufa, Russian Federation

St. Petersburg State Budget-Funded Health Institution City Clinical Cancer Centre; 🇷🇺 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

State Budget-Funded Health Institution Kryzhanovsky Krasnoyarsk Krai Clinical Cancer Centre; 🇷🇺 Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation

Pirogov Clinic of High Medical Technologies, St. Petersburg State University; 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation