intedanib (BIBF 1120) vs placebo in refractory colorectal cancer

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 800

Inclusion Criteria

- Age >= 18 years
- Signed informed consent
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed colorectal adenocarcinoma
- Metastatic or locally advanced disease not amenable to curative surgery and/or radiotherapy
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status = 1
- At least one measurable lesion according to Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumours (RECIST) version 1.1
- Progression on standard therapies or withdrawn from standard treatment due to unacceptable toxicity. Previous standard treatment must include all of the following:
- - fluoropyrimidine
- - oxaliplatin: Patients treated with oxalipatin in adjuvant setting should have progressed within 6 months of completion of adjuvant therapy or they must have been treated with oxaliplatin for metastatic disease
- - irinotecan
- - bevacizumab or aflibercept
- - cetuximab or panitumumab for patients with K-Ras wt or Ras wt tumours
- - previous treatment with regorafenib is allowed
- - Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
- - Hepatic function: aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/ Alanine Amino Tranferase (ALT) = 1.5 X Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) and bilirubin = ULN for patients without liver metastases. AST/ALT = 2.5 X ULN and bilirubin = ULN for patients with liver metastases. Patients with Gilbert syndrome and bilirubin < 2 X ULN and normal AST/ALT are eligible
- Coagulation parameters: International normalised ratio (INR) < 2 and prothrombin Time (PTT) = 2xULN

Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range: 0
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 500
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 264

Exclusion Criteria

- Previous treatment with nintedanib
- toxicity attributed to previous anticancer therapy that did not resolve to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade =1
- History of other malignancies in the last 5 years, in particular those that could interfere with interpretation of results.
- Serious concomitant disease or medical condition affecting compliance with trial requirements or which are considered relevant for the evaluation of the efficacy or safety of the trial drug,
- Significant cardiovascular diseases
- History of severe haemorrhagic or thromboembolic event in the past 12 months
- Bleeding or thrombotic disorders requiring anticoagulant therapy such as warfarin, or similar agents requiring therapeutic INR monitoring
- Gastrointestinal disorders or abnormalities that would interfere with absorption of study drug
- Patient with brain metastases that are symptomatic and/or require therapy.
- Patients of childbearing potential who are sexually active and unwilling to use a highly effective method of contraception
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding.