Palliative Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma

August 6, 2013 updated by: British Thoracic Society

Randomized Feasibility Study Of Active Symptom Control With Or Without Chemotherapy In The Treatment Of Patients With Mesothelioma

RATIONALE: Palliative therapy may help patients with advanced cancer live more comfortably. It is not yet known if palliative therapy is more effective with or without chemotherapy in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of palliative therapy with or without different chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the feasibility of palliative therapy alone versus palliative therapy with mitomycin, vinblastine, and cisplatin versus palliative therapy with vinorelbine in patients with malignant mesothelioma.
  • Determine the quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to one of three treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive palliative therapy alone comprising non-chemotherapeutic therapy (e.g., radiotherapy, painkillers, steroids, relaxants, and special pain relief techniques).
  • Arm II: Patients receive palliative therapy as in arm I and chemotherapy comprising mitomycin IV (courses 1, 2, and 4 only), vinblastine IV, and cisplatin IV over 4 hours on day 1. Chemotherapy repeats every 21 days for a total of 4 courses.
  • Arm III: Patients receive palliative therapy as in arm I and chemotherapy comprising vinorelbine IV over 5 minutes once weekly on weeks 1-6 and 9-14.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline for all patients; at weeks 3, 6, 9, and 12 for arm I; at weeks 4, 7, 10, and 13 for arm II; at weeks 3, 6, 10, and 13 for arm III; at weeks 21 and 29, and then every 8 weeks thereafter for all patients.

Patients are followed every 8 weeks.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients (20 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

  • United Kingdom
      • Bradford-Onavon, United Kingdom, BA15 2LE
        • Dorothy House Foundation
      • Chertsey Surrey, United Kingdom, KT 16 OPZ
        • St. Peters Hospital
    • England
      • Hull, England, United Kingdom, HU8 9HE
        • Princess Royal Hospital
      • Leeds, England, United Kingdom, LS1 3EX
        • Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
      • London, England, United Kingdom, EC1A 7BE
        • Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
      • London, England, United Kingdom, NW1 2DA
        • Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit
      • Sutton, England, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
        • Royal Marsden Hospital
    • Scotland
      • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZN
        • Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
      • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G21 3UW
        • Stobhill General Hospital

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

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Immunohistochemically or cytologically confirmed malignant mesothelioma

    • Epithelial and other histological types
  • Symptomatic pleural effusion allowed if treated and controlled by drainage, pleurodesis, or pleurectomy
  • Prior surgical resection allowed if stable or progressive disease by 2 CT scan measurements at least 6 weeks apart

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • WHO 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC greater than 3,000/mm3
  • Neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • Considered medically fit to receive chemotherapy
  • No other disease or prior malignancy that would preclude study
  • No clinical evidence of infection

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for mesothelioma

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

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

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

British Thoracic Society

Collaborators

Medical Research Council

Investigators

  • Study Chair: David J. Girling, MD, Medical Research Council
  • Study Chair: Martin F. Muers, MD, Leeds General Infirmary

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2000

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 14, 2002

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 7, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 6, 2013

Last Verified

May 1, 2003

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • BTS-MESO-1
  • CDR0000069167 (Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query))
  • MRC-BTS-MESO-1
  • EU-20134

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Malignant Mesothelioma

Clinical Trials on cisplatin

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Albania

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe