Phase 2 Study on Use of a Combination of Pemetrexed in Patients With Advanced Gastric Carcinoma

January 24, 2007 updated by: Eli Lilly and Company

Open-Label Single-Arm Phase 2 Study of ALIMTA Plus Cisplatin in Korean Patients With Advanced Gastric Carcinoma

Pemetrexed has shown an anti-tumor activity in advanced gastric cancer patients in a previous study, while cisplatin is widely used in the combination chemotherapy of gastric cancer. Pemetrexed has shown synergy with cisplatin in preclinical models and in various human cancers. The introduction of vitamin supplementation has made treatment with pemetrexed plus cisplatin safe and well tolerated. The present phase 2 study is an effort to determine the efficacy and safety of the combination of pemetrexed and cisplatin in Korean patients with gastric carcinoma who had no prior palliative chemotherapy for advanced disease. The patients, who will give their consent for participating in this study, will be screened for their eligibility and on meeting pre-defined study eligibility criteria, they will receive an intravenous therapy of the combination of pemetrexed and cisplatin for number of times that in the opinion of their treating physician is appropriate for them. A response rate of 30% is considered as the minimum activity level of interest for this patient population.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

50

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

  • Korea, Republic of
      • Goyang-Si, Korea, Republic of
        • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon-Fri from 9AM to 5PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
      • In Cheon, Korea, Republic of
        • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon-Fri from 9AM to 5PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
      • Seoul, Korea, Republic of
        • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon-Fri from 9AM to 5PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.

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

18 years to 70 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the stomach
  • Stage IV disease not amenable to curative surgery.
  • Disease status must be that of measurable disease as defined by RECIST criteria
  • Performance Status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG Scale and adequate organ function.
  • Signed informed consent from patient

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior palliative chemotherapy for advanced disease.
  • Known or suspected brain metastasis or Second primary malignancy that is clinically detectable at the time of consideration for study enrollment.
  • Concurrent administration of any other tumor therapy
  • Inability to interrupt aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) 2 days before, the day of, and 2 days after the dose of ALIMTA plus cisplatin.
  • Inability or unwillingness to take folic acid, vitamin B12 supplementation, or dexamethasone.

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: NON_RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Response rate according to RECIST criteria

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
The following time to event efficacy measures:
o Duration of overall response for responding patients
o Time to documented progressive disease
o Time to treatment failure
o Overall survival
The quantitative and qualitative toxicity of pemetrexed plus cisplatin in this patient population

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Eli Lilly and Company

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

September 1, 2003

Study Completion

September 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 12, 2005

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 19, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 26, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 24, 2007

Last Verified

January 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 6154
  • H3E-KL-JMFK

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