Avastin in Patients With Epithelial Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal Serous or Fallopian Tube Cancer

Phase 2

Terminated

Conditions: Primary Peritoneal Serous Cancer
Fallopian Tube Cancer
Ovarian Cancer

Interventions: Drug: bevacizumab

Registration Number: NCT00866723

Lead Sponsor: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate how the participant's disease (ovarian, primary peritoneal serous, fallopian tube, or papillary serous endometrial cancer) responds to additional treatment with Avastin (bevacizumab). Participants have already received Avastin as part of maintenance therapy for their cancer. Maintenance therapy is a medical therapy that is given to people to prevent a relapse. However, cancer may return after maintenance therapy. This research study hopes to determine whether additional treatment with Avastin will be effective in treating the participant's cancer.

Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES:

Primary:

To determine the activity of bevacizumab in patients with epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal serous, papillary serous endometrial or fallopian tube cancer who relapse after achieving an initial complete response to first-line therapy that included at least 6 month bevacizumab maintenance as defined by: 1) clinical response rate OR 2) clinical benefit response

Secondary:

* To assess duration of progression free survival (PFS)

* To assess the safety

* To correlate response with the Avastin-free interval

STATISTICAL DESIGN:

This study used a two-stage design to evaluate efficacy of bevacizumab based on a patient achieving either clinical response or clinical benefit response. The null and alternative response rates were 10% and 30%. If two or more patients enrolled in the stage one cohort (n=10 patients) achieved response than accrual would proceed to stage two (n=19 patients). If response was achieved by at least 6 patients in the final set of 29 evaluable patients then bevacizumab would be deemed worthy for further study. This design had 80% power given one-sided 0.05 significance level.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: TERMINATED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 5

Inclusion Criteria

Histologically or cytologically confirmed epithelial ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal serous cancer, papillary serous endometrial cancer, or fallopian tube cancer
Must have responded and remained clinically stable (as defined by normal clinical examination, normal serum CA125 level and normal CT scan) after first-line platinum-based regimen followed by bevacizumab maintenance therapy
Must have developed relapsed disease at least 3 months after completion of bevacizumab maintenance therapy as defined by a) development of new, measurable lesions by RECIST criteria, but no lesion with maximum diameter greater than 3 centimeters OR b) newly elevated CA125 level at least 2 x ULN on 2 separate occasions, obtained at least 1 day but not more than 3 months apart
ECOG Performance Status 0-2
No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy or biologic therapy for disease recurrence allowed
Prior hormonal-based therapy for ovarian, primary peritoneal serous or fallopian tube cancer is allowed
Toxic side effects related to prior chemotherapy or hormonal therapy must have resolved to grade one or less or to baseline before initiation of bevacizumab
18 years of age or older
Life expectancy of 6 months or greater
Normal organ and marrow function as outlined in the protocol

Exclusion Criteria

Prior cytotoxic chemotherapy or biologic therapy for disease recurrence
Known CNS disease, except for treated brain metastasis
Pregnancy or breast feeding
Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to hypertension, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to day 0, or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study
Core biopsy or other minor surgical procedure, excluding placement of a vascular device, within 7 days prior to enrollment
History of abdominal fistula, GI perforation, intra-abdominal abscess, or CT evidence of bowel obstruction or bowel wall thickening
Symptoms of intestinal obstruction, or requirement of parenteral hydration and/or nutrition
History of active malignancy during the last 3 years, except non-melanomatous skin cancer or in situ breast or cervical cancer
Evidence of preexisting uncontrolled hypertension. If patient has hypertension, it must be medically controlled (< 150/90) prior to starting bevacizumab
Proteinuria at screening
Dementia or significantly altered mental status that would prohibit the understanding and/or giving of informed consent
Therapeutic anticoagulation is not by itself and exclusion criterion. However, for certain high risk patients on therapeutic anticoagulation, eligibility will be determined after discussion with the overall PI
Any active bleeding
Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
Prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy
NYHA Grade II or greater congestive heart failure
History of myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to Day 1
History of stroke or transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to day 1
Significant vascular disease within 6 months prior to day 1
History of hemoptysis within 1 month prior to day 1
Presence of measurable lesion(s) by RECIST criteria with maximum diameter greater than 3 centimeters

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
bevacizumab	bevacizumab	Bevacizumab was administered at 15 mg/kg intravenously every 3 weeks. Treatment continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Clinical Response Rate	Disease was evaluated at baseline and every 3 cycles on treatment. Treatment continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients underwent radiologic assessment (CT or MRI scans) and CA-125 levels were measured.	For measurable disease (MD) patients, clinical response on treatment was based on RECIST 1.0 criteria with overall response defined as achieving partial response (PR) or complete response (CR). Per RECIST 1.0 for target lesions, CR is complete disappearance of all target lesions and PR is at least a 30% decrease in the sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions, taking as reference baseline sum LD. PR or better overall response assumes at a minimum incomplete response/stable disease (SD) for the evaluation of non-target lesions and absence of new lesions. For non-MD patients, clinical response based on modified Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG) criteria was defined as at least a 50% decrease in CA-125 levels.
Clinical Benefit Response Rate	Disease was evaluated at baseline and every 3 cycles on treatment. Treatment continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients underwent radiologic assessment (CT or MRI scans) and CA-125 levels were measured.	Clinical benefit response was defined as absence of disease progression at 18 weeks (ie after 6 cycles). Disease progression (PD) could occur per RECIST 1.0 or based on CA-125 levels. Per RECIST 1.0 for target lesions, PD is at least a 20% increase in sum LD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or appearance of new lesions. For non-target lesions, PD is the appearance of one or more new lesions and/or unequivocal progression of existing non-target lesions. Disease progression based on CA-125 level was doubling of the CA-125 level from baseline. For patients with normal baseline CA-125 (who by definition had MD) the criterion for progression based on CA-125 doubling was doubling of CA-125 from the upper limit of normal (i.e. more than 70).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

Trial Locations

Locations (3): Massachusetts General Hospital
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States