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Safety, Feasibility and Cost-effectiveness of Genotype-directed Individualized Dosing of Fluoropyrimidines

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Neoplasms
Interventions
Drug: Fluoropyrimidine (capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil)
Registration Number
NCT02324452
Lead Sponsor
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Brief Summary

In this study it will be determined whether the rate of severe toxicity associated with fluoropyrimidine treatment (capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil) can be significantly diminished by individualized dosing of fluoropyrimidines based on upfront genotypic assessment of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency.

In addition to the genotyping, the DPD phenotype of all patients will be determined by measuring the baseline dihydrouracil/uracil (DHU/U) ratio, in order to investigate whether phenotype-guided treatment can further improve patient safety. In a subgroup of patients, other phenotyping methods will be tested: measuring the plasma levels of uracil after a uracil test dose and a uracil breath test after a dose of \[2-13C\] -labeled uracil. To validate these tests, these phenotyping results will be compared with the results of a DPD activity assay (which measures DPD enzyme activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells), which is considered the gold standard in measuring DPD phenotype.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1103
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Pathologically confirmed malignancy for which treatment with a fluoropyrimidine is considered to be in the patient's best interest
  2. Age ≥ 18 years
  3. Able and willing to give written informed consent
  4. WHO performance status of 0, 1 or 2
  5. Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
  6. Able to swallow and retain oral medication
  7. Able and willing to undergo blood sampling for pharmacogenetic and phenotyping analysis
  8. Minimal acceptable safety laboratory values (ANC, platelet count, hepatic function, renal function)

Additional inclusion criteria for patients in subgroup of study:

  1. Able and willing to undergo blood sampling and breath sampling at several time points
  2. Able and willing to receive uracil for the test dose assay
  3. Able and willing to receive [2-13C] -labeled uracil for the breath test
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Prior treatment with fluoropyrimidines
  2. Patients with known substance abuse, psychotic disorders, and/or other diseases expected to interfere with study or the patient's safety
  3. Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
  4. Both men and women who refuse to use reliable contraceptive methods throughout the study (adequate contraceptive methods are: condom, sterilization, other barrier contraceptive measures preferably in combination with condoms)
  5. Patients with a homozygous polymorphic genotype or compound heterozygous genotype for DPYD

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
heterozygous carrier of DPYD variantFluoropyrimidine (capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil)Patients screened for four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DPYD (DPYD\*2A, c.2846A\>T, c.1236G\>A/HapB3 and DPYD\*13) that are found to be heterozygous for one of these SNPs
wild type for DPYDFluoropyrimidine (capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil)Patients screened for four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DPYD (DPYD\*2A, c.2846A\>T, c.1236G\>A/HapB3 and DPYD\*13) that are found to be wild type for these SNPs
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Safety: incidence of severe treatment-related toxicity (CTC grade 3 to 5)patients will be followed during fluoropyrimidine treatment, expected average of 1 year

The incidence of severe treatment-related toxicity (CTC grade 3 to 5) in patients carrying DPYD variants compared to wild type patients and compared to a historical cohort of DPYD heterozygous patients treated with a full dose of fluoropyrimidines

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cost-effectiveness: medical costs that are made during fluoropyrimidine treatment seen from a health care perspectivepatients will be followed during fluoropyrimidine treatment, expected average of 1 year

Costs in the group where dose individualization of fluoropyrimidines based on upfront genotyping is performed is compared to a historic cohort without dose individualization. Costs include costs for genotyping, fluoropyrimidine drug therapy and costs related to adverse events.

DPD phenotype, defined as deficient or not deficientPrior to start of fluoropyrimidine treatment of the patient (pre dose)

Several phenotyping tests that assess DPD enzyme activity will be compared and clinical sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of each test will be determined

Assessment of pharmacokinetics: Such profile parameters will include Cmax, Tmax, AUC and elimination half-lifeAt first week of start of fluoropyrimidine treatment of the patient

In patients with heterozygous DPYD mutations the plasma levels of capecitabine, 5-FU and metabolites will be determined to assess the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile in these patients given reduced doses of capecitabine and 5-FU

Trial Locations

Locations (17)

Reinier de Graaf Hospital

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Delft, Netherlands

Laurentius Hospital

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Roermond, Netherlands

Erasmus MC

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Wilhelmina Hospital Assen

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Assen, Netherlands

Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amphia Hospital

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Breda, Netherlands

Hospital Gelderse Vallei

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Ede, Netherlands

Catharina Hospital

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Deventer Hospital

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Deventer, Netherlands

Leiden University Medical Center

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Leiden, Netherlands

Maastricht University Medical Center

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Maastricht, Netherlands

Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital

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Nijmegen, Netherlands

Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Bravis Hospital

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Roosendaal, Netherlands

Haga Hospital

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the Hague, Netherlands

Medical Center Haaglanden

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the Hague, Netherlands

University Medical Center Utrecht

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Utrecht, Netherlands

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