A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Tolerance of Caelyx in Patients With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. (Study P04072)(COMPLETED)

Phase 4

Completed

Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to evaluate efficacy and tolerability, and number of positive response to treatment with CAELYX (50 mg/m\^2), administered as monotherapy once per 4 weeks to patients with metastatic epithelial ovarian cancer, resistant to previous platinum therapy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects must demonstrate their willingness to participate in the study and comply with its procedures by signing a written informed consent and/or parent or legal guardian must have signed a written informed consent.
Women must be greater than or equal to 18 years of age, of any race.
Women of childbearing potential (includes women who are less than 1 year postmenopausal and women who become sexually active) must be using an acceptable method of birth control (e.g., hormonal contraceptive, medically prescribed IUD, condom in combination with spermicide) or be surgically sterilized (e.g., hysterectomy or tubal ligation).
Morphology (cytology or histology) confirmed diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer.
Patients with 1 or more measurable and/or evaluable tumors, according to the results of CT, MRT scans or X-ray, etc.
Patients, including those after primary surgical treatment, who had previously received platinum chemotherapy and in whom second-line therapy is indicated.
Karnofsky performance status above 60%.
Left ventricular ejection fraction above 50% (according to the results of echocardiography).
Adequate bone marrow function as indicated by:
- Platelets >100x10^9/L
- Haemoglobin > 9 g/dL
- Absolute neutrophil count >1.5x10^9/L
Adequate renal function as indicated by:
- Serum creatinine < 1.5 х ULN
Adequate liver function as indicated by:
- Bilirubin level and AST or ALT activity < 2 х ULN (with the exception of cases related to primary disease).

Exclusion Criteria

Women who are pregnant or nursing.
Subjects who have not observed the designated washout periods for any of the prohibited medications.
Subjects who have used any investigational product within 30 days prior to enrollment.
Medical history indicating serious concomitant diseases, such as congestive heart failure of II NYHA class or higher, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, clinically significant liver disease, mental disorders.
Non-controlled bacterial, viral or fungal infections.
Conditions and reasons (medical, social and psychological) that might prevent adequate follow-up of patients.
Any other active primary tumor under treatment (except basal or squamous cell carcinoma or in situ cervix carcinoma).
Patient has symptomatic metastasis to brain.

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm 1	Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin hydrochloride	Caelyx Intravenous, 50 mg/m\^2, given for 6 cycles

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants With Complete Response	4 weeks after chemotherapy completed	Complete response was defined as complete disappearance of all measurable and assessable disease with no new disease or disease-related symptoms as measured by chest x-ray, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging.
Number of Participants With Partial Response	4 weeks after chemotherapy completed	Required 50 percent or greater decrease in sum of products of all bidimensionally measurable lesions without progression of assessable disease and no new lesions as measured by chest x-ray, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging.
Number of Participants With Stabilization	4 weeks after chemotherapy completed	All other subjects (except complete or partial responders and those with progression \[see prior definitions\]) were classified as stable disease as measured by chest x-ray, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging.
Number of Participants With Progression	4 weeks after chemotherapy completed	Progressive disease was defined as 25% or greater increase in the size of measurable lesion. The reappearance of any lesion or clear worsening of assessable disease or the appearance of any new lesion was also considered as progressive disease as measured by chest x-ray, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean Time to Positive (Partial) Treatment Response Achievement	from the beginning of study drug administration up to 4 weeks after chemotherapy completed	Time to the occurence of partial effect achievement as measured by chest x-ray, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging. Partial response required a 50 percent or greater decrease in the sum of the products of all bidimensionally measurable lesions without progression of any assessable disease and no new lesions.
Median Time to Progression	from the beginning of study drug administration up to 4 weeks after chemotherapy completed	Median time to the occurence of progression. Progression was defined as 25 percent or greater increase size of measurable lesion. Reappearance of lesion, worsening of assessable disease or appearance new lesions were considered progression as measured by chest x-ray, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging.
Mean Survival Time During the Study	from the beginning of study drug administration up to 18 months	Mean time to the occurrence of death