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Sunitinib Drug Levels and Outcomes in Kidney Cancer

Conditions
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Registration Number
NCT01711268
Lead Sponsor
Western Sydney Local Health District
Brief Summary

Sunitinib is an oral drug used for treatment of advanced kidney cancer. The standard dose is 50mg, but many patients require a dose decrease due to side-effects. Drug levels of sunitinib vary approximately 10-fold between patients.

This study will measure blood levels of sunitinib and its metabolite, and correlate these with side-effects and the response to the treatment. The study aims to establish whether blood levels change with time, and see how useful blood levels are for monitoring patients treated with sunitinib.

Detailed Description

Rationale: Sunitinib is an oral multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor used for first-line systemic therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. It is metabolised to a pharmacologically active metabolite, SU012662, which is of equal potency to the parent compound. At a standard 50mg daily dose, variability in plasma levels between patients is approximately ten-fold. In clinical trials, over 30% of patients require a dose reduction due to toxicity. However, some patients can tolerate up to 100mg without excessive toxicity. It is unknown if sunitinib clearance changes with time. Pre-clinical experiments observed tyrosine kinase inhibition at a plasma concentration of 50-100ng/ml.

Design: This is a prospective non-randomized, Phase II clinical study. Decision to treat patients with single-agent sunitinib is pre-determined by treating specialists before entering this study. Toxicity and trough sunitinib/metabolite levels will be measured every six weeks during treatment.

Aim: This study will prospectively examine the relationship between steady-state trough levels of sunitinib/metabolites and the time on treatment, in addition to changes in trough levels over time. Trough levels will also be correlated with other measures of efficacy and treatment-related toxicity. Furthermore, we aim to confirm that the putative target of 50ng/ml correlates with toxicity and time on sunitinib.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
35
Inclusion Criteria
  • Metastatic renal cell cancer treated with single agent sunitinib
  • No known primary liver disease and no other severe or uncontrolled concurrent medical conditions
  • Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who are unable to sign informed consent
  • Patients unable to give blood
  • Patients who are pregnant, nursing or not using an effective contraception method
  • Patients who had bone-marrow-transplantation prior to sunitinib treatment

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to treatment failure (time on sunitinib treatment)Sunitinib duration (median)

This duration extends from the date the patient starts sunitinib until the date sunitinib is abandoned. The group with sunitinib concentration below the population median are expected to have a median Time to Treatment Failure (TTF) of approximately 8 months, compared with 14 months in those with sunitinib concentration above the population median.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Progression-free survival2 years

Progression as determined by the clinician according to RECIST 1.1 definitions

Time to second line therapy2 years

Date of starting sunitinib treatment to the date further systemic therapy is started

ToxicityEvery 6 weeks

Pre-specified toxicities (BP, fatigue, diarrhoea, stomatitis, hand-foot syndrome) will be graded every 6 weeks

Overall survival2 years

Measured from the date of starting sunitinib treatment to the date of death from any cause

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Westmead Hospital

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Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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