A Multicenter Randomized Phase III Study Comparing Second-line Treatment With Chemotherapy Associated or Not to Erlotinib in NSCLC Patients With Secondary Resistance to TKI-EGFR (FLARE)

July 13, 2017 updated by: Centre Francois Baclesse

The current first line treatment of patients with EGFR activating mutation lung cancer is EGFR TKI. Compared to platinum-based chemotherapy, EGFR-TKIs are superior in terms of response rate and progression-free survival. However, an acquired resistance occurs almost constantly. The second-line treatment includes platinum-based chemotherapy in the absence of contraindication. This chemotherapy is then administered after discontinuing EGFR TKIs.

However, a rebound phenomenon of the disease was described in patients who discontinued EGFR TKIs. Some clinical teams therefore recommend, as a precaution, in order to avoid any withdrawal phenomenon, to never discontinue EGFR TKIs in patients developing an EGFR TKI acquired resistance.

It seems therefore useful to conduct a study to better define the therapeutic strategy to adopt in patients developing an acquired resistance after having received EGFR TKIs as first line treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
6

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Aix En Provence, France
        • CH
      • Amiens, France
        • CH
      • Angers, France, 49933
        • CHRU
      • Annecy, France, 74374
        • CH
      • Brest, France, 29609
        • CHU
      • Caen, France, 14000
        • Centre François Baclesse
      • Creteil, France, 94000
        • CHIC
      • Draguignan, France, 83007
        • CH
      • Elbeuf, France
        • CH
      • GAP, France, 05007
        • CHIC
      • La Roche/yon, France
        • Ch La Roche/Yon
      • Le MANS, France, 72037
        • Centre hospitalier
      • Lille, France, 59020
        • Centre Oscar Lambret
      • Limoges, France, 87042
        • CHU
      • Longjumeau, France, 91160
        • CH
      • Lorient, France, 35632
        • CH
      • Macon, France, 71018
        • CH
      • Mantes La Jolie, France, 78201
        • CH
      • Marseille, France, 13273
        • Institut Paoli Calmettes
      • Marseille, France
        • AP-HM - Hôpital Nord
      • Meaux, France, 77104
        • CH
      • Meulan, France, 78250
        • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal
      • PAU, France
        • CH
      • Perpignan, France
        • Centre Catalan
      • Rennes, France, 35033
        • CHU
      • Roanne, France
        • CH
      • Rouen, France
        • CHU
      • Salon de Provence, France
        • CH
      • Sens, France, 89100
        • CH
      • St BRIEUC, France
        • CH
      • St ETIENNE, France, 42271
        • Institut de Cancerologie de La Loire
      • Strasbourg, France, 67065
        • Centre Paul Strauss
      • Tarbes, France
        • CH
      • Toulon, France, 83041
        • Hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne
      • Villefranche, France, 69655
        • CH

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Man or woman aged 18 years or more
  • Non-small cell lung cancer carcinoma (NSCLC) cytologically or histologically confirmed
  • Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 criteria
  • Life expectancy greater than 12 weeks
  • Performance Status (ECOG) ≤ 2
  • Stage IIIB considered ineligible for thoracic radiotherapy at "curative" doses or stage IV
  • Presence of at least one measurable target lesion
  • Documented disease progression (RECIST 1.1) after first line treatment with erlotinib, during at least 4 months in case of partial or complete response according to RECIST criteria, or 6 months in case of stable disease. The treatment with Erlotinib should not be discontinued for more than 8 days between the progression and the inclusion in the study. The daily dose of Erlotinib should be at least 50 mg.
  • Presence of one of the EGFR activating mutations in the tumor (exon 19 deletion or L858R, G719X or L861Q)
  • One additional line of previous chemotherapy is allowed if administered in adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting and received more than six months before.
  • Prior radiotherapy is allowed if the volume of irradiated marrow is <25% of the total bone marrow. The prior radiotherapy must be completed at least two weeks before study entry
  • Brain metastases are allowed if they are controlled without steroids and if their treatment is completed (radiotherapy and/or surgery). Patients with no symptomatic brain metastases may be included; even if brain metastases are progressive and even if they are the only site of progression (since the investigator considers that irradiation is not required). These metastases have not to be life-threatening (are excluded: cerebellar metastasis ≥ 2 cm, brainstem metastasis, brain metastasis > 3 cm and/or near important functional structure).
  • Normal Liver function (bilirubin ≤ULN, AST - ALT ≤2.5 x ULN, alkaline phosphatase ≤3 x ULN), or in case of liver metastases: alkaline phosphatase, AST-ALT ≤ 5 x ULN
  • Normal renal function: blood creatinine ≤ULN and / or creatinine clearance> 60 ml/min calculated with the MDRD formula
  • Normal blood function: absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/l and / or platelets ≥ 100 x 109 / l, hemoglobin> 9 g/dl
  • Woman and man under efficient contraception during treatment and at least 6 months after the end of treatment by pemetrexed or platinum or gemcitabine
  • Signed written Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Bronchoalveolar, mixed, neuroendocrine and small cell lung cancers
  • Patient with only bone metastases are not eligible
  • All progressive metastatic sites treated locally (surgery, radiotherapy)
  • Superior vena cava syndrome
  • Uncontrolled cardiac disease requiring treatment
  • Congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, significant arrhythmias or history of myocardial infarction within the previous 12 months
  • Neurological or psychiatric disorders
  • Uncontrolled infectious disease
  • Peripheral neuropathy grade≥ 2
  • Definitive contraindication for the use of steroids
  • Inductive anti-epileptic treatments (phenobarbital, phenytoïne)• Previous or concomitant other cancer, including skin cancer (except basal cell cancer of the skin), except in situ treated carcinoma of the cervix , except cancer treated with surgery alone without recurrence for 5 years
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
  • Patient follow-up not achievable
  • Participation in a trial within the last 30 days
  • Patient deprived of liberty as a result of a justice or administrative decision

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: EXPERIMENTAL ARM B

INDUCTION chemotherapy: 4 cycles of

  • pemetrexed with cisplatin or carboplatin
  • or gemcitabine with cisplatin or carboplatin in combination with erlotinib

THEN, for responders and for patients with stable disease :MAINTENANCE chemotherapy by Pemetrexed in combination with erlotinib
Drug: ERLOTINIB WITH CHEMOTHERAPY
Active Comparator: STANDARD ARM A

INDUCTION chemotherapy: 4 cycles of

  • pemetrexed with cisplatin or carboplatin
  • or gemcitabine with cisplatin or carboplatin

THEN, for responders and for patients with stable disease :MAINTENANCE chemotherapy by Pemetrexed
Drug: CHEMOTHERAPY ONLY

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Efficacy by PFS
Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression evaluated every 6-9 weeks
Efficacy will be assessed by the PFS, define as time between randomization of the patient in the study and disease progression (local, regional, distant and second cancer) or death (all causes). Alive patients free of progression will be censored at the last follow-up.
From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression evaluated every 6-9 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
scores of QoL
Time Frame: at 4 months after inclusion
difference between the scores of QoL at baseline and at 4 months after inclusion for the three targeted dimensions of EORTC QLQ-C30 (global quality of life, fatigue and physical functioning). A difference or 10 points or more at 4 months after inclusion for one score between the 2 arms will be considered as clinically relevant.
at 4 months after inclusion
Overall survival
Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 months
Overall survival defined as time interval between randomization and death (all causes). Alive patients will be censored at the last date of news or data cut off
From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 months
Tumoral response
Time Frame: every 6-9 weeks
Tumoral response (complete response, partial response, stable disease, progression) according to RECIST 1.1
every 6-9 weeks
Toxicities
Time Frame: From date of randomization until study participation, assessed up to 100 months
Toxicities according to NCI-CTC-AE v.4
From date of randomization until study participation, assessed up to 100 months
Rebound phenomenon (flare)
Time Frame: within 3 weeks after disease progression before inclusion
Rebound phenomenon (flare) defined by a hospitalization or a death within 3 weeks for disease progression after the end of TKI EGFR treatment (in the arm without EGFR TKI) and date of onset
within 3 weeks after disease progression before inclusion

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Centre Francois Baclesse

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
Hoffmann-La Roche
Groupe Francais De Pneumo-Cancerologie

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Radj GERVAIS, MD, Centre François Baclesse - CAEN- FRANCE

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
June 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
September 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
September 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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June 25, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 26, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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June 30, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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July 17, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
July 13, 2017

Last Verified

Last Verified

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July 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • FLARE /GFPC 03-2013

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