Efficacy Study of Avastin® With Pemetrexed +/- Carboplatin to Treat Elderly Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (65plus)

February 11, 2016 updated by: PD Dr. med. Wolfgang Schuette

Open-label Study of Bevacizumab (Avastin®) in Combination With Pemetrexed or Pemetrexed and Carboplatin as First-line Treatment of Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Multi-center, open, randomized (parallel) and comparative phase III.

Eligible patients will receive bevacizumab + chemotherapy for a minimum of 4 cycles followed by bevacizumab (+ pemetrexed, if appropriate) maintenance therapy until disease progression.

Arm A: Bevacizumab + pemetrexed

Arm B: Bevacizumab + pemetrexed + carboplatin

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Primary:

  • Proof of non-inferior efficacy of a monochemotherapy regimen of pemetrexed plus bevacizumab versus a combination chemotherapy regimen of pemetrexed-carboplatin plus bevacizumab in elderly patients(> 65 years) as first-line treatment of advanced metastatic or recurrent non-squamous NSCLC by progression free survival

Secondary:

  • To assess the efficacy of bevacizumab as measured by overall response rate and overall survival.
  • To assess the safety of bevacizumab in combination with pemetrexed and pemetrexed and carboplatin.
  • To assess quality of life by EORTC questionnaire QLQ-C30 and its lung cancer module LC-13
  • To assess activity of daily life (iADL) in relation to ECOG performance status prior to study treatment
  • To assess patient's outcome and treatment delivery in relation to the Charlson comorbidity score and the Simplified Comorbidity Score

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

271

Phase

  • 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

  • Germany
      • Halle, Germany, 06120
        • Krankenhaus Martha-Maria Halle-Doelau

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

61 years and older (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Stage IIIb and IV NSCLC, excluded squamous cell NSCLC
  • Age ≥ 65 years
  • ECOG 0-2

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Mixed, non-small cell and small cell tumours or mixed adenosquamous carcinomas with a predominant squamous component
  • History of haemoptysis
  • Evidence of tumour invading major blood vessels on imaging
  • Radiotherapy within 28 days prior to enrolment
  • Patients who are unable to interrupt aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, other than an aspirin dose ≤ 1.3 grams per day, for a 5-day period (8-day period for long-acting agents, such as piroxicam)
  • Current or recent (within 10 days of first dose of bevacizumab) use of full-dose oral or parenteral anticoagulants or thrombolytic agent for therapeutic purposes. Prophylactic use of anticoagulants is allowed
  • Clinically significant (i.e. active) cardiovascular disease for example CVA (≤6 months before enrolment), myocardial infarction (≤6 months before enrolment), unstable angina, CHF NYHA Class ≥II, serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication during the study and might interfere with regularity of the study treatment, or not controlled by medication
  • Non-healing wound, active peptic ulcer or bone fracture
  • History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months of enrolment

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
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Bevacizumab + Pemetrexed
Drug: Bevacizumab + Pemetrexed
Bevacizumab 7,5 mg/kg i.v. over 60 min every 3 weeks plus pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 i.v. on D1 over 10 minutes every 3 weeks
Other Names:
  • Avastin®
  • ALIMTA®
Active Comparator: Bevacizumab + Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
Drug: Bevacizumab + Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
Bevacizumab 7,5 mg/kg i.v. over 60 min every 3 weeks plus pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 i.v. on D1 over 10 minutes and carboplatin AUC 5 on D1 every 3 weeks
Other Names:
  • Avastin®
  • Carboplatin
  • ALIMTA®

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Progression Free Survival
Time Frame: 42 months
Progression free survival (defined as the number of days from the day of the first treatment until day of death (from any cause) or progression, whichever occurs earlier, or until the day of the last response assessment, if no progression or death (from any cause) is observed during the study).
42 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall Survival
Time Frame: 42 months
Overall survival (defined as the number of days from the day of first treatment to death (from any cause), or until the last day if we know that the patient is alive).
42 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

PD Dr. med. Wolfgang Schuette

Collaborators

Eli Lilly and Company
Roche Pharma AG

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Wolfgang Schuette, PhD MD., Krankenhaus Martha-Maria Halle-Doelau

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, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 11, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 11, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

September 14, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 10, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 11, 2016

Last Verified

February 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 65 plus
  • ML21896

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