A Study of Bevacizumab (Avastin) Versus Placebo in Combination With Capecitabine (Xeloda) and Cisplatin as First-Line Therapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer (AVATAR)

A Double-Blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Phase III Study of Bevacizumab in Combination With Capecitabine and Cisplatin Versus Placebo in Combination With Capecitabine and Cisplatin, as First-Line Therapy in Patients With Advanced Gastric Cancer.

This 2 arm study will compare the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab in combination with capecitabine and cisplatin versus placebo in combination with capecitabine and cisplatin in participants who have not received prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic gastric cancer. Participants will be randomized to one of two treatment groups Bevacizumab + Capecitabine/Cisplatin (experimental arm) or Placebo + Capecitabine/Cisplatin (control arm).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Gastric Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Bevacizumab; Drug: Capecitabine; Drug: Cisplatin; Drug: Placebo

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 202
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing, China, 100021
  • Beijing, China, 100142
  • Beijing, China, 100071
  • Beijing, China, 100853
  • ChongQing, China, 400042
  • Guangzhou, China, 510060
  • Hangzhou, China, 310016
  • Nanjing, China
  • Nanjing, China, 210036
  • Shanghai, China, 200032
  • Shanghai, China, 200080
  • Shantou, China, 515041
  • Shenyang, China, 110001
  • Wuhan, China, 430030

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastro-oesophageal junction with inoperable, locally advanced or metastatic disease, not amenable to curative therapy
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0,1 or 2
• Measurable disease or non-measurable but evaluable disease, according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer
• Previous platinum or anti-angiogenic therapy
• Radiotherapy within 28 days of randomization
• Evidence of Central Nervous System (CNS) metastasis at baseline

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Bevacizumab, Capecitabine and Cisplatin; Participants will receive bevacizumab 7.5 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) intravenous (IV) infusion on Day 1 of every 3-week cycle in combination with capecitabine 1000 milligrams per square meter (mg/m^2) orally twice daily (total daily dose 2000 mg/m^2) on Days 1-14 of every 3-week cycle and cisplatin 80 mg/m^2 IV infusion on Day 1 of every 3-week cycle for a maximum of 6 cycles; until disease progression or unmanageable toxicity.	Drug: Bevacizumab; 7.5 mg/kg IV infusion on Day 1 of every 3-week cycle; Other Names: Avastin; Drug: Capecitabine; 1000 mg/m^2 orally twice daily on Days 1-14 of every 3-week cycle; Other Names: Xeloda; Drug: Cisplatin; 80 mg/m^2 IV infusion on Day 1 of every 3-week cycle for a maximum of 6 cycles
Placebo Comparator: Placebo, Capecitabine and Cisplatin; Participants will receive placebo matched to bevacizumab on Day 1 of every 3-week cycle in combination with capecitabine 1000 mg/m^2 orally twice daily (total daily dose 2000 mg/m^2) on Days 1-14 of every 3-week cycle and cisplatin 80 mg/m^2 IV infusion on Day 1 of every 3-week cycle for a maximum of 6 cycles; until disease progression or unmanageable toxicity.	Drug: Capecitabine; 1000 mg/m^2 orally twice daily on Days 1-14 of every 3-week cycle; Other Names: Xeloda; Drug: Cisplatin; 80 mg/m^2 IV infusion on Day 1 of every 3-week cycle for a maximum of 6 cycles; Drug: Placebo; Placebo matched to bevacizumab on Day 1 of every 3-week cycle

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Event (Death)	Percentage of participants who died due to any cause was reported. As planned, ad hoc analysis was done for overall survival up to clinical cut-off date of 12 January 2012 (34 months), subsequent to the protocol-defined clinical cut-off date of 13 May 2011 (26 months). Overall survival was defined as the time between randomization and the date of death due to any cause.	From randomization until death (up to 34 months)
Overall Survival	Overall survival was defined as the time between randomization and the date of death due to any cause. Overall survival was estimated using Kaplan Meier method. Reported data included censored observations. Participants for whom no death was captured on the clinical database were censored at the most recent date they were known to be alive. As planned, ad hoc analysis was done for overall survival up to clinical clinical cut-off date of 12 January 2012 (34 months), subsequent to the protocol-defined clinical cut-off date of 13 May 2011 (26 months).	From randomization until death (up to 34 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Progression-Free Survival (PFS) Events (Disease Progression/Death)	Progression of disease was defined as at least 20 percent (%) increase in the sum of longest diameters of target lesions compared to the smallest sum of longest diameters on-study and absolute increase of at least 5 millimeters (mm), progression of existing non-target lesions, or presence of new lesions. PFS was defined as the time between randomization and the date of first documented disease progression or death, whichever occurred first, according to Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST).	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)	PFS was defined as the time between randomization and the date of first documented disease progression or death, whichever occurred first, according to RECIST. Progression of disease was defined as at least 20% increase in the sum of longest diameters of target lesions compared to the smallest sum of longest diameters on-study and absolute increase of at least 5 mm, progression of existing non-target lesions, or presence of new lesions. PFS was estimated using Kaplan Meier method. Reported data included censored observations. Participants who had neither progressed nor died at the time of study completion or who were lost to follow-up were censored at the date of the last tumor assessment or last follow-up for progression of disease. Participants for whom no post-baseline tumor assessments were available were censored at day of randomization.	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
Percentage of Participants With PFS Events (Disease Progression/Death) During First-line Therapy	Progression of disease was defined as at least 20% increase in the sum of longest diameters of target lesions compared to the smallest sum of longest diameters on-study and absolute increase of at least 5 mm, progression of existing non-target lesions, or presence of new lesions. PFS during first-line therapy was defined as the time between randomization and the date of first documented disease progression or death, whichever occurred first and only if it occurred no later than 28 days after last confirmed intake of any study medication and before the start of non-study antineoplastic treatment, according to RECIST.	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
PFS During First-line Therapy	PFS during first-line therapy was defined as time between randomization and date of first documented disease progression or death, whichever occurred first and only if it occurred no later than 28 days after last intake of any study medication and only if it occurred before start of non-study antineoplastic treatment, according to RECIST. Progression of disease was defined as at least 20% increase in sum of longest diameters of target lesions compared to smallest sum of longest diameters on-study & absolute increase of at least 5 mm, progression of existing non-target lesions, or presence of new lesions. PFS was estimated using Kaplan Meier method. Reported data included censored observations. Participants who neither progressed nor died in this interval, or who were lost to follow-up were censored at date of last tumor assessment/last follow-up within this time window. Participants for whom no post-baseline tumor assessments were available were censored at day of randomization.	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
Percentage of Participants With Disease Progression	Progression of disease was defined as at least 20% increase in the sum of longest diameters of target lesions compared to the smallest sum of longest diameters on-study and absolute increase of at least 5 mm, progression of existing non-target lesions, or presence of new lesions.	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
Time to Progression	Time to progression was defined as the time between randomization and the first occurrence of disease progression. Progression of disease was defined as at least 20% increase in the sum of longest diameters of target lesions compared to the smallest sum of longest diameters on-study and absolute increase of at least 5 mm, progression of existing non-target lesions, or presence of new lesions. Time to progression was estimated using Kaplan Meier method. Reported data included censored observations. Participants who had not progressed at the time of study completion (including participants who had died before disease progression) or who were lost to follow-up were censored at the date of the last tumor assessment or last follow-up for progression of disease. Participants for whom no post-baseline tumor assessments were available were censored at day of randomization.	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
Percentage of Participants With Best Overall Response as Assessed by RECIST During First-Line Therapy	Best overall response during first-line therapy was defined as the occurrence of either a confirmed complete (CR) or a partial response (PR), as assessed by the RECIST criteria. CR: disappearance of all target and non-target lesions (TLs) and normalization of tumor markers. Pathological lymph nodes must have short axis measures less than (<) 10 mm. PR: at least a 30 % decrease in the sum of measures (longest diameter for tumor lesions and short axis measure for nodes) of TLs, taking as reference the baseline sum of longest diameters.	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
Duration of Response During First-Line Therapy	Duration of response during first-line therapy was defined as the time from when response (CR or PR) was first documented to first documented disease progression or death (whichever occurs first) during first-line therapy. CR: disappearance of all target and non-TLs and normalization of tumor markers. Pathological lymph nodes must have short axis measures <10 mm. PR: at least a 30 % decrease in the sum of measures (longest diameter for tumor lesions and short axis measure for nodes) of TLs, taking as reference the baseline sum of longest diameters. Duration of response was estimated using Kaplan Meier method. Reported data included censored observations. Participants who did not progress or die after they had had a confirmed response were censored at the date of their last tumor measurement or last follow-up for progression of disease during first line therapy.	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
Percentage of Participants With Disease Control During First-Line Therapy	Disease control was defined as stable disease(SD) for 6 weeks or longer, CR plus PR as assessed by RECIST criteria for participants with measurable disease.CR:disappearance of all TLs & normalization of tumor markers. Pathological lymph nodes must have short axis measures<10 mm. PR:at least 30% decrease in sum of measures(longest diameter for tumor lesions and short axis measure for nodes)of TLs, taking as reference baseline sum of longest diameters.SD:neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for disease progression taking as reference smallest sum of longest diameters on study. For participants without measurable disease, clinical benefit rate was defined as no clinical disease progression for >/=6 weeks. Disease progression was defined as at least 20% increase in sum of diameters of TLs compared to smallest sum of diameters on-study and absolute increase of at least 5 mm, progression of existing non-target lesions, or presence of new lesions.	From randomization until disease progression or death (up to 26 months)
Change From Cycle 1 in European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 36 (QLQ-C30) Scale Over Time	EORTC QLQ-C30 included global health status (GHS)/quality of life (QOL), functional scales (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, and social), symptom scales (fatigue, pain, nausea/vomiting), and single items (dyspnea, appetite loss, insomnia, constipation, diarrhea, and financial difficulties). Most questions used a 4-point scale (1 'Not at All' to 4 'Very Much'); 2 questions used a 7-point scale (1 'Very Poor' to 7 'Excellent'). Scores were averaged and transformed to 0-100 scale; a higher score for Global Qol/functional scales=better level of QoL/functioning, or a higher score for symptom scale=greater degree of symptoms.	From Cycle 1 until disease progression (up to 26 months)
Change From Cycle 1 in EORTC QLQ-STO22 Scale Over Time	The EORTC QLQ-STO22 is a gastric cancer quality of life questionnaire. There are 22 questions which comprise 5 scales (dysphagia, pain, reflux symptom, dietary restrictions, and anxiety) and 4 single items (dry mouth, hair loss, taste, body image). Most questions used 4-point scale (1 'Not at all' to 4 'Very much'; 1 question was a yes or no answer). A linear transformation was used to standardize all scores and single-items to a scale of 0 to 100; higher score=better level of functioning or greater degree of symptoms.	From Cycle 1 until disease progression (up to 26 months)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 22, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 23, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): April 24, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 1, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 10, 2017
• Last Verified: January 1, 2017

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Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Stomach Diseases; Stomach Neoplasms; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Modulating Agents; Growth Substances; Growth Inhibitors; Cisplatin; Capecitabine; Bevacizumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: ML22367