A Cancer Research UK Randomised Multicentre Phase II Trial of the DNA-hypomethylating Agent, 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine(Decitabine) given intravenously in Combination with Carboplatin, versus Carboplatin alone given 4 weekly in patients with progressive, advanced Ovarian cancer. - Decitabine and Carboplatin in Relapsed Ovarian Cancer
- Conditions
- Progressive, advanced ovarian cancerMedDRA version: 8.1 Level: LLT Classification code 10033128 Term: Ovarian cancer
- Registration Number
- EUCTR2006-002324-41-GB
- Lead Sponsor
- Cancer Research UK
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 134
1) Histologically or cytologically proven progressive, epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer or primary peritoneal cancer. (Progression is defined by GCIG guidelines (RECIST criteria and/or CA-125 criteria)).
2) Maximum of one prior line of treatment. This must have been a platinum containing regimen.
3) A clinical response by RECIST criteria and/or CA-125 criteria to the one prior platinum containing regimen with relapse of disease at least 6 months but no greater than 12 months after completion of treatment.
Patients who have progression of disease by CA-125 criteria alone within 6 months of the end of treatment will be eligible provided study treatment does not commence within 6 months of previous treatment.
Patients who have progression of disease as defined by GCIG guidelines within 12 months after completion of previous treatment will be eligible provided that treatment on study commences within 14 months.
4) Measurable disease by RECIST criteria and/or by GCIG CA-125 criteria
• Measurable Disease. Measurable lesions are defined as those that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as > 20 mm with conventional techniques (physical examination, CT, X-ray, MRI) or as > 10 mm with spiral CT scan.
• Patients can be evaluated according to CA-125 if they have a pre-treatment sample that is at least twice the upper limit of normal and within 2 weeks prior to starting treatment. Patients are not evaluable if they have received mouse antibodies or if there has been medical and/or surgical interference with their peritoneum or pleura during the previous 28 days. E.g. paracentesis
Patient with ascites requiring therapeutic drainage are eligible only if they have disease measurable by RECIST criteria. Ascitic sampling for pharmacodynamic analysis will only be taken in patients with disease measurable by RECIST criteria.
Radiological measurements to assess response must be performed within 4 weeks prior to the patient going on study and at least 4 weeks after the last anti-cancer therapy.
Clinical measurements must be done within one week of the patient going on study.
5) WHO performance status of 0 to 2
6) Haematological and biochemical indices within the ranges shown below. These measurements must be performed within one week before the patient goes on study.
Lab Test Value Required
Haemoglobin (Hb) =10.0 g/dl
WBC =3.0 x 10(9)/L
Neutrophils =1.5 x 10(9)/L
Platelets (Plts) =100 x 10(9)/L
Plasma bilirubin =30µmol/L
ALT and/ or AST (If both are measured then both must satisfy these limits) = 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) unless due to tumour in which case up to 5 x ULN
EDTA/DTPA clearance (radioisotope method) =50ml/min
7) 18 years or over
8) Written (signed and dated) informed consent and be capable of co-operating with treatment and follow-up
Are the trial subjects under 18?
1) Radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, immunotherapy or chemotherapy during the previous four weeks before treatment.
2) Toxic manifestations of previous treatments. Exceptions to this are alopecia and grade 1 neuropathy and certain Grade 1 toxicities which in the opinion of the Investigator and Cancer Research UK should not exclude the patient.
3) Patients must not be intolerant of carboplatin where intolerance is defined as: with a dose of at least AUC 5:
• Myelotoxicity causing dose delay on more than two occasions
• Grade III or IV hypersensitivity reaction
• Hospitalisation for febrile neutropenia (>38ºC)
• Requirement for platelet transfusion
4) Patients who have received more than 6 cycles of carboplatin.
5) Ability to become pregnant (or already pregnant or lactating). However, those female patients who have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test before enrolment and agree to use appropriate medically approved contraception for four weeks before entering the trial, during the trial and for six months afterwards are considered eligible.
6) Major thoracic and/or abdominal surgery in the preceding four weeks from which the patient has not recovered.
7) At high medical risk because of non-malignant systemic disease including active uncontrolled infection.
8) Known to be serologically positive for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
9) Current malignancies at other sites, with the exception of adequately treated cone-biopsied in situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri and basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Cancer survivors, who have undergone potentially curative therapy for a prior malignancy, have no evidence of that disease for five years and are deemed at low risk for recurrence, are eligible for the study.
10) Any other condition which in the Investigator’s opinion would not make the patient a good candidate for the clinical trial.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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