Trial of Poor Performance Status Patients (ToPPS) (ToPPS)

Randomized Phase II Trial of Pemetrexed vs. Pemetrexed/Bevacizumab vs. Pemetrexed/Carboplatin/Bevacizumab in Patients With Stage IIIB/IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer and ECOG Performance Status 2

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate three treatment regimens in patients with stage IIIB/IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) with a performance status of 2 and who were not previously treated.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Pemetrexed; Drug: Bevacizumab; Drug: Carboplatin

Detailed Description

This randomized, Phase II trial will evaluate three treatment regimens in patients with previously untreated stage IIIB/IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and a performance status (PS) of 2. Patients will be randomized to either pemetrexed alone, pemetrexed and bevacizumab, or pemetrexed, carboplatin, and bevacizumab in a 1:1:1 fashion. All 3 regimens should be tolerable in poor performance status patients with advanced NSCLC. The 3-drug regimen (pemetrexed/carboplatin/bevacizumab) has been modified by lowering the dose of carboplatin, in order to minimize myelosuppression. This trial will be conducted at multiple study sites.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 172
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Arizona
    • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259
      • Mayo Clinic - AZ
  • Arkansas
    • Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, 71913
      • Genesis Cancer Center
    • Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States, 72401
      • Northeast Arkansas Clinic
  • California
    • LaVerne, California, United States, 91750
      • Wilshire Oncology Medical Group
  • Florida
    • Aventura, Florida, United States, 33180
      • Aventura Medical Center
    • Boynton Beach, Florida, United States, 33435
      • Collaborative Research Group/ Palm Beach Ins of Hem Onc
    • Fort Myers, Florida, United States, 33901
      • Florida Cancer Specialists
    • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33308
      • Holy Cross Hospital
    • Hollywood, Florida, United States, 33021
      • Memorial Regional Cancer Center
    • Lakeland, Florida, United States, 33805
      • Watson Clinic Center for Cancer Care and Research
    • Miami Beach, Florida, United States, 33140
      • Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Georgia
    • Gainesville, Georgia, United States, 30501
      • Northeast Georgia Medical Center
  • Illinois
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
      • University of Chicago
  • Indiana
    • South Bend, Indiana, United States, 46601
      • Northern Indiana Cancer Research Consortium
    • Terra Haute, Indiana, United States, 47802
      • RHHP/ Hope Cancer Center
  • New Jersey
    • Morristown, New Jersey, United States, 07960
      • Hematology Oncology Associates of Northern NJ
  • Ohio
    • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45242
      • Oncology Hematology Care
    • Toledo, Ohio, United States, 43617
      • Toledo Community Oncology Program
  • Pennsylvania
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232
      • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • South Carolina
    • Charlston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
      • Medical University of South Carolina
    • Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29210
      • South Carolina Oncology Associates, PA
    • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 29303
      • Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
  • Tennessee
    • Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, 37404
      • Chattanooga Oncology Hematology Associates
    • Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38120
      • Family Cancer Center
    • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37023
      • Tennessee Oncology, PLLC
  • Texas
    • Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104
      • The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
  • Virginia
    • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23235
      • Virginia Cancer Institute

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:

1. Patients must be >=18 years of age.
2. Non-squamous NSCLC (adenocarcinoma or large cell carcinoma). Mixed tumors with small cell anaplastic elements are not eligible. Mixed tumors with squamous histology are acceptable as long as the squamous element is not the dominant histology.
3. Unresectable stage IIIB or stage IV disease. Stage IIIB disease should be ineligible for combined modality therapy (i.e., pleural effusions, pericardial effusions).
4. ECOG performance status of 2.
5. No prior systemic therapy for stage IIIB or stage IV lung cancer.
6. Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
7. Patients must have measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1 (see Section 8).

8. Laboratory values as follows:

   • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/μL
   • Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥10 g/dL
   • Platelets ≥100,000/μL (≤7 days prior to treatment)
   • AST or ALT and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) must be <2.5 x ULN, or <5 x ULN in patients with liver metastases.
   • Total bilirubin <1.5 x the institutional ULN
   • Calculated creatinine clearance ≥45 mL/min
9. The ability to take folic acid, Vitamin B12, and dexamethasone according to protocol.
10. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test performed within 7 days prior to start of treatment. Women of childbearing potential or men with partners of childbearing potential must use effective birth control measures during treatment. If a woman becomes pregnant or suspects she is pregnant while participating in this study, she must agree to inform her treating physician immediately.
11. Patient must be accessible for treatment and follow-up.
12. Patients must be able to understand the investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent prior to study entry.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Squamous cell histology. Mixed tumors will be categorized by the predominant cell type unless small cell elements are present, in which case the patient will be ineligible; sputum cytology alone is unacceptable.
2. Patients with active brain metastases. Patients who have received radiation or surgery for brain metastases are eligible if there is no evidence of central nervous system (CNS) disease progression, and at least 2 weeks have elapsed since treatment. Ideally, patients should not still require use of seizure medication or steroids.
3. Patients who have had major surgical procedure (not including mediastinoscopy), open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 4 weeks of beginning treatment; or, the anticipation of the need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study.
4. Women who are pregnant or lactating.
5. Minor surgical procedures (with the exception of the placement of portacath or other central venous access) must be completed at least 7 days prior to beginning protocol treatment.
6. History of hypersensitivity to active or inactive excipients of any component of treatment (pemetrexed, bevacizumab, and/or carboplatin).
7. Pulmonary carcinoid tumors.

8. Patients with proteinuria at screening as demonstrated by either:

   • urine protein creatinine (UPC) ratio ≥1.0 at screening OR
   • urine dipstick for proteinuria ≥2+ (patients discovered to have ≥2+ proteinuria on dipstick urinalysis at baseline should undergo a 24 hour urine collection, and must demonstrate ≤1 g of protein/24 hours to be eligible) (see Appendix B)
9. Patients with a serious non healing wound, active ulcer, or untreated bone fracture.
10. Patients with evidence of bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy (in the absence of therapeutic anticoagulation).
11. Patients with history of hematemesis or hemoptysis (defined as having bright red blood of ½ teaspoon or more per episode) within 1 month prior to study enrollment.
12. History of myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months of beginning treatment.
13. Inadequately controlled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg and /or diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg while on antihypertensive medications).
14. New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or greater congestive heart failure (CHF) (see Appendix C).
15. Serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication.
16. Significant vascular disease (e.g., aortic aneurysm requiring surgical repair, or recent peripheral arterial thrombosis) within 6 months prior to Day 1 of treatment.
17. History of stroke or transient ischemic attack ≤ 6 months prior to beginning treatment.
18. Any prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy.
19. History of abdominal fistula or gastrointestinal perforation ≤ 6 months prior to Day 1 of beginning treatment.
20. Concurrent severe, intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
21. Mental condition that would prevent patient comprehension of the nature of, and risk associated with, the study.
22. Use of any non-approved or investigational agent ≤ 30 days of administration of the first dose of study drug. Patients may not receive any other investigational or anti-cancer treatments while participating in this study.
23. Past or current history of neoplasm other than the entry diagnosis with the exception of treated non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or other cancers cured by local therapy alone and a DFS ≥5 years.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pemetrexed/Bevacizumab; Pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 IV given over 10 minutes every 21 days; Bevacizumab 15 mg/kg IV every 21 days	Drug: Pemetrexed; 500 mg/m2 IV given over 10 minutes every 21 days; Other Names: Alimta; Drug: Bevacizumab; 15 mg/kg IV every 21 days; Other Names: Avastin
Experimental: Pemetrexed/Bevacizumab/Carboplatin; Pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 IV given over 10 minutes every 21 days; Bevacizumab 15 mg/kg IV every 21 days; Carboplatin AUC=5 IV every 21 days	Drug: Pemetrexed; 500 mg/m2 IV given over 10 minutes every 21 days; Other Names: Alimta; Drug: Bevacizumab; 15 mg/kg IV every 21 days; Other Names: Avastin; Drug: Carboplatin; AUC=5 IV every 21 days; Other Names: Paraplatin
Experimental: Pemetrexed; Pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 IV given over 10 minutes every 21 days	Drug: Pemetrexed; 500 mg/m2 IV given over 10 minutes every 21 days; Other Names: Alimta

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression Free Survival (PFS)	The Length of Time, in Months, That Patients Were Alive From Their First Date of Protocol Treatment Until Worsening of Their Disease. Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.	18 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS)	The Length of Time, in Months, That Patients Were Alive From Their First Date of Protocol Treatment Until Death	18 months
Overall Response Rate (ORR), the Number of Patients Who Experience an Objective Benefit From Treatment	Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by MRI or CT: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.	18 months
Time to Progression (TTP)	The Length of Time, in Months, That Patients Remain Alive From Their First Date of Protocol Treatment Until Worsening of Their Disease. Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.	18 months
Time to Treatment Failure (TTTF)	Defined as the Length of Time, in Months, that Patients were Alive from the Date of First Treatment Until Treatment Discontinuation for Any Reason.	18 months
6-month and 12-month Overall Survival Probability	Overall Survival = The Length of Time, in Months, That Patients Were Alive From Their First Date of Protocol Treatment Until Death	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: SCRI Development Innovations, LLC
• Collaborators: Genentech, Inc.
• Investigators: Study Chair: David Spigel, M.D., SCRI Development Innovations, LLC

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 1, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): May 4, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): May 15, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 12, 2015
• Last Verified: May 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: NSCLC; Bevacizumab; Carboplatin; Pemetrexed; Avastin; Non small cell lung cancer; Stage IIIB/IV
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Modulating Agents; Growth Substances; Growth Inhibitors; Folic Acid Antagonists; Carboplatin; Bevacizumab; Pemetrexed
• Other Study ID Numbers: SCRI LUN 196