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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2013-000266-11-FI
EUCTR2013-000266-11-FIActive, not recruitingNot Applicable

EWOC-1 (Elderly Women Ovarian Cancer) Trial: Multicenter, randomized trial of carboplatin +/- paclitaxel in vulnerable elderly patients with stage III-IV advanced ovarian cancer. - EWOC-1

Hospices Civils de Lyon0 sites240 target enrollmentStarted: December 29, 2015Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Active, not recruiting
Enrollment
240

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
Female

Inclusion Criteria

  • - Woman >70 year old: a patient can be included the day after her 70th birthday.
  • - Histologically or cytologically proven FIGO stage III to IV epithelial ovarian cancer or peritoneal primary or fallopian tube. A cytological proof is accepted if associated with a ratio of CA125/CEA >25 and a radiological pelvic mass.
  • - GVS (Geriatric Vulnerability Score) >3. GVS is the sum of geriatric covariates scores found to predict poor survival: ADL score <6; IADL score <25, HADS score >14, albuminemia <35g/L and lymphopenia <1G/L.
  • - Adequate bone marrow function including the following:
  • Neutrophils = 1.5 x 109/L, platelets =100 x 109/L and hemoglobin = 9 g/dL.
  • - Adequate glomerular filtration rate >40 ml/min (estimates based on MDRD or CKD-EPI formula are sufficient)
  • - No icterus.
  • - Life expectancy > 3 months.
  • - Written informed consent obtained
  • - Covered by a Health System where applicable
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) no
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 240

Exclusion Criteria

  • - Other malignancy within the last 5 years, except for adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or squamous carcinoma of the skin, or adequately controlled limited basal cell skin cancer
  • - Prior history of chemotherapy for the present malignancy
  • - Prior history of radiotherapy which may affect patient tolerability to chemotherapy
  • - Major perturbations of liver biology: Bilirubin >2 fold the upper normal limit (UNL) , SGOT-SGPT > 3 fold UNL.
  • - Patient unable to be regularly followed for any reason (geographic, familial, social, psychologic).
  • - Any mental or physical handicap at risk of interfering with the appropriate treatment.
  • - Known allergy to Cremophor ® EL -containing drugs
  • - Any administrative or legal supervision where applicable.

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