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QoL in mCRC Elderly Patients Receiving First-line Therapy Based on Simplified Geriatric Parameters.

Phase 3
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Elderly Patients
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Quality of Life
Interventions
Drug: OPTIMOX-bevacizumab
Registration Number
NCT03828227
Lead Sponsor
GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group
Brief Summary

A national, multicenter, open-label, randomized phase III study. The trial aim is to determine the best therapeutic strategies according with the HRQoL.

Detailed Description

Treatment cohort will be determined based on three parameters:

* Serum albumin level at baseline,

* ECOG Performance Status,

* Mini GDS.

The "Candidate" group will be defined according to (all the following criteria must be fulfilled):

* Serum albumin level ≥ 30g/L,

* ECOG PS 0-1 (whatever mini GDS score) or ECOG PS 2 with mini GDS 0 (ie, no depression).

The "Non-candidate" cohort group will be defined according to (at least one of those parameters is fulfilled):

* Serum albumin level \< 30g/L.

* And/ or ECOG PS 2 and mini GDS ≥ 1 (ie, depression).

Patients in the "Candidate group" will be randomized to:

* OPTIMOX bevacizumab (arm A),

* Capecitabine + bevacizumab (arm B), in priority followed by FOLFOX-bevacizumab at first progression.

Patients in the "Non-candidate" group cohort

- Not randomized, follow-up patients receiving: capecitabine + bevacizumab

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Signed and dated informed consent, and willing and able to comply with protocol requirements,
  2. Histologically proven colorectal adenocarcinoma,
  3. Confirmed metastatic disease,
  4. Patients with no detected dihydropyridine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency,
  5. No prior therapy for metastatic disease (in case of previous adjuvant chemotherapy, interval between the end of chemotherapy and relapse must be > 6 months for fluoropyrimidine alone or > 12 months for oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy,
  6. Duly documented unresectable metastatic disease i.e., not suitable for complete carcinological surgical resection,
  7. Age ≥ 75 years,
  8. ECOG PS 0-2,
  9. Hematological status: neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 109/L; platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L, and hemoglobin > 9 g/dL,
  10. Adequate renal function: serum creatinine level < 150 µmol/l, and creatinine clearance (Cockcroft and Gault or MDRD formula > 30 mL/min),
  11. Adequate liver function: total bilirubin level < 1.5 x upper normal limit (ULN), serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level < 5 x ULN,
  12. Proteinuria < 2+ (dipstick urinalysis) or ≤ 1g/24h,
  13. Regular follow-up feasible. The registered patient must be treated and followed at the participating center,
  14. Registration in France with the French National Health Care System (including dispositive PUMA (protection Universelle Maladie).
Exclusion Criteria
  1. History or evidence upon physical examination of CNS metastasis (e.g. non- irradiated CNS metastasis, seizure not controlled with standard medical therapy), unless adequately treated,
  2. Neuropathy grade > 1,
  3. Patient with known dihydropyridine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency or history of severe and unexpected reactions to a fluoropyrimidine-containing regimen, or in case of clinically significant active heart disease or myocardial infarction within 6 months or if patient treated with sorivudine or its clinically related analogues, such as brivudine
  4. Uncontrolled hypercalcemia,
  5. Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure > 150 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg), or history of hypertensive crisis, or hypertensive encephalopathy,
  6. Medical history of other concomitant or previous malignant disease, except adequately treated in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix, basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or cancer in complete remission for ≥ 5 years,
  7. History of arterial thrombotic and/or embolic event (e.g. myocardial infarction, stroke...) within 6 months prior to randomization,
  8. History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal (GI) perforation, intra-abdominal abscess or active GI bleeding within 6 months prior to randomization,
  9. History or evidence of inherited bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy at risk of bleeding,
  10. Major surgery (open biopsy, surgical resection, wound revision or any other major surgery involving entry into body cavity) or significant traumatic injury within the last 28 days prior to randomization, and/or minor surgical procedure including placement of a vascular device within 2 days of first study treatment,
  11. Concomitant administration of prophylactic phenytoin,
  12. Treatment with sorivudine or its chemically related analogues, such as brivudine,
  13. Patients with known allergy/hypersensitivity to any component of study drugs
  14. Concomitant unplanned anti-tumor treatment,
  15. Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational drug within 30 days prior to randomization,
  16. Other serious and uncontrolled non-malignant disease,
  17. Patient under guardianship, curatorship or under the protection of justice

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
"Candidate group" - Capecitabine-bevacizumab (Arm B)Capecitabine plus bevacizumabPatients with : * Serum albumin level ≥ 30g/L, * ECOG PS 0-1 (whatever mini GDS score) or ECOG PS 2 with mini GDS 0 (ie, no depression). This treatment regimen will be given until disease progression (PD) or unacceptable limiting toxicity, as follows:
"Candidate group" OPTIMOX plus bevacizumab (Arm A)OPTIMOX-bevacizumabPatients with : * Serum albumin level ≥ 30g/L, * ECOG PS 0-1 (whatever mini GDS score) or ECOG PS 2 with mini GDS 0 (ie, no depression). Adapted FOLFOX7 (aFOLFOX7)-bevacizumab for 6 cycles and then Adapted LV5FU2 (aLV5FU2)-bevacizumab (until progression or or unacceptable limiting toxicity)
"Non candidate group" - Capecitabine-bevacizumabCapecitabine plus bevacizumabPatients with: * Serum albumin level \< 30g/L. * And/ or ECOG PS 2 and mini GDS ≥ 1 (ie, depression). This treatment regimen will be given until disease progression (PD) or unacceptable limiting toxicity, as follows:
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 6 months in the "candidate group".At 6 months

Improvement of HRQoL at 6 months by 10 points compared to the score at inclusion on the following targeted dimensions: emotional functioning (4 items) and global health (2 items) (score from 6-30 with higher values representing better quality of life).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of patients amenable to second-line therapy.until 58 months

Proportion of patients amenable to second-line therapy.

G8 score at baseline.until 58 months

To determine G8 score at baseline and to correlate the candidate group and the non-candidate group according to G8 score.

Overall survival (OS)Until 58 months

OS defined as the time between the date of the first dose of study treatment and the death date. Alive patients will be censored at the last date known to be alive, either during study treatment period or during follow-up period.

Other dimensions of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and longitudinal HRQoLUntil 58 months

HRQoL: all other dimensions of the QLQC-30 and QLQELD-14 questionnaires, and longitudinal analyses of the QLQC-30 and QLQELD-14 elderly specific module integrating all measurement times.

Number of patient amenable to surgery and/or locoregional therapy.until 58 months

Proportion of patients amenable to salvage surgery and/or locoregional therapy (e.g., radiofrequency ablation, stereotactic radiotherapy, ...).

Progression-free survival (PFS)until 58 months

PFS is defined as time from date of first dose of study treatment to date of first documented PD or death due to any cause determined by the Investigator assessment in accordance to RECIST 1.1. Alive patients without progression will be censored at the last tumor assessment, either during study treatment period or during follow-up period.

Performance status geriatric (PSG) score.until 58 months

External analysis of PSG score as predictive for treatment efficacy: PFS and OS.

Determination of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) as prognostic factor for overall survival (OS).Until 58 months

IADL as prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) and treatment toxicity.

Trial Locations

Locations (22)

Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz

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Lyon, France

Institut Paoli-Calmettes

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Marseille, France

CHU Amiens Hôpital sud

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Amiens, France

Hôpital Duchenne

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Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

CH Mont de Marsan

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Mont-de-Marsan, France

Centre hospitalier de Cannes

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Cannes, France

Centre geroges François Leclerc

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Dijon, France

Hôpital Saint Antoine

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Paris, France

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

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Paris, France

CH Abbeville

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Abbeville, France

CH Sud Ile de France

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Melun, France

Centre Antoine Lacassagne

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Nice, France

CH Saint Malo

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Saint-Malo, France

Hôpital des Diaconnesses Croix Saint Simon

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Paris, France

CH Annecy Genevois

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Pringy, France

Clinique de l'Europe

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Amiens, France

CH Beauvais

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Beauvais, France

CH Compiègne Noyon

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Compiègne, France

UCOG Picardie Groupe Hospitalier

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Creil, France

CHU Henri Mondor

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Créteil, France

Institut Daniel Hollard

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Grenoble, France

Institut Hospitalier Franco-Britannique

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Levallois-Perret, France

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