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Bevacizumab and Erlotinib in Treating Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer That Did Not Respond to Previous Treatment With Gemcitabine

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Pancreatic Cancer
Interventions
Biological: bevacizumab
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Registration Number
NCT00365144
Lead Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of pancreatic cancer by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving bevacizumab together with erlotinib may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bevacizumab together with erlotinib works in treating patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer that did not respond to previous treatment with gemcitabine.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Evaluate the 6-month overall survival rate in patients with gemcitabine hydrochloride-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with bevacizumab and erlotinib hydrochloride.

* Determine the safety and toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

Secondary

* Evaluate the objective response rate in these patients.

* Evaluate time to tumor progression in these patients.

* Determine the efficacy of this regimen, in terms of the proportion of patients with ≥ 50% decline in carbohydrate antigen 19-9, also called cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) biomarker, in these patients.

* Obtain sequential measurements of circulating tumor cells (micrometastases) and endothelial cells in serum and correlate these variables with clinical outcomes (in patients enrolled in UCSF site only).

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, nonrandomized, multicenter study.

Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1 and oral erlotinib hydrochloride once daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo blood collection at baseline and periodically during study for biomarker/laboratory analysis, including the CA19-9 biomarker. Circulating tumor micrometastases and endothelial cells are also measured in patients enrolled in University of California San Francisco (UCSF) site.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 30 days and at 6 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
36
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Bevacizumab Plus Erlotinib Hydrochloridelaboratory biomarker analysisA treatment cycle is 21 days: bevacizumab 15 mg/kg as a 60-90 min infusion once every 21 days, with erlotinib hydrochloride 150 mg by mouth daily
Bevacizumab Plus Erlotinib HydrochloridebevacizumabA treatment cycle is 21 days: bevacizumab 15 mg/kg as a 60-90 min infusion once every 21 days, with erlotinib hydrochloride 150 mg by mouth daily
Bevacizumab Plus Erlotinib Hydrochlorideerlotinib hydrochlorideA treatment cycle is 21 days: bevacizumab 15 mg/kg as a 60-90 min infusion once every 21 days, with erlotinib hydrochloride 150 mg by mouth daily
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall Survival Rate at 6 Months6 months

Number of participants alive at 6 months

Safety and Toxicity21 weeks

Treatment associated toxicities. Adverse event assessments were performed on day 1 of each treatment cycle and at the end of treatment; the longest duration of treatment was 7 cycles (x 3 weeks)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Objective Response as Measured by RECIST Criteria21 weeks

Participants experiencing objecting response, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.

Time to Tumor Progressionfrom initial therapy to the first objective documentation of tumor progression

Time to tumor progression (TTP) was defined as the time from initial therapy to the first objective documentation of tumor progression (for patients with measurable disease) or to the data of death, if death was ascribed to progression of disease.

Proportion of Patients With ≥ 25% Decline in Serum CA19-9 Biomarker21 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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San Francisco, California, United States

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