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ONCONASE Plus Doxorubicin Versus Doxorubicin Alone For Patients With Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma Who Have Had No More Than One Prior Chemotherapy Regimen

Phase 3
Conditions
Malignant Mesothelioma
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00003034
Lead Sponsor
Alfacell
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether Onconase plus doxorubicin is more effective than doxorubicin alone in treating patients with malignant mesothelioma.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying doxorubicin alone to see how well it works compared to doxorubicin and Onconase in treating patients with malignant mesothelioma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the efficacy of doxorubicin with or without ranpirnase in patients with malignant pleural or peritoneal mesothelioma.

* Compare the safety profile of these regimens in these patients.

* Compare the overall survival, progression-free survival, and quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label, controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease histology (epithelioid vs nonepithelioid) and CALGB groups 1-4. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive ranpirnase IV over 30 minutes weekly followed by doxorubicin IV. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for at least 6 courses in the absence of disease progression. Patients demonstrating evidence of clinical response or stable disease may continue on maintenance therapy with ranpirnase as a single agent until disease progression.

* Arm II: Patients receive doxorubicin as in arm I for up to 6 courses. Quality of life is assessed.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A minimum of 300 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm IranpirnasePatients receive ranpirnase IV over 30 minutes weekly followed by doxorubicin IV. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for at least 6 courses in the absence of disease progression. Patients demonstrating evidence of clinical response or stable disease may continue on maintenance therapy with ranpirnase as a single agent until disease progression.
Arm Idoxorubicin hydrochloridePatients receive ranpirnase IV over 30 minutes weekly followed by doxorubicin IV. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for at least 6 courses in the absence of disease progression. Patients demonstrating evidence of clinical response or stable disease may continue on maintenance therapy with ranpirnase as a single agent until disease progression.
Arm IIdoxorubicin hydrochloridePatients receive doxorubicin as in arm I for up to 6 courses.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Survival
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to best response
Response duration
Objective response

Trial Locations

Locations (19)

Asklepios Klinik St. Georg

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

CCOP - Duluth

🇺🇸

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Spectrum Health Hospital - Butterworth Campus

🇺🇸

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium

🇺🇸

South Bend, Indiana, United States

Asklepios Klinik Harburg

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

Hospital Grosshansdorf

🇩🇪

Grosshansdorf, Germany

Asklepios Fachkliniken Muenchen-Gauting

🇩🇪

Gauting, Germany

Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro

🇮🇹

Genoa, Italy

Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo

🇮🇹

Pavia, Italy

University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Missouri Cancer Care, PC at St. Joseph Health Center - St. Charles

🇺🇸

St. Charles, Missouri, United States

Klinikum Rechts Der Isar - Technische Universitaet Muenchen

🇩🇪

Munich, Germany

Ospedale San Martino

🇮🇹

Genoa, Italy

Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology

🇵🇱

Warsaw, Poland

Medical University of Gdansk

🇵🇱

Gdansk, Poland

University School of Medical Sciences

🇵🇱

Poznan, Poland

Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Klinika Chrorob Pluc I Gruzlicy

🇵🇱

Zabrze, Poland

Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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