A Study of Alimta/Cisplatin/Gefitinib for Asian Non-smoking Participants With Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Randomized Ph 3 Study Comparing First-Line Pemetrexed/Cisplatin Followed by Gefitinib With Gefitinib Alone in East Asian Never Smoker or Light Ex-Smoker Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Nonsquamous NSCLC

The purpose of this study is to compare two different approaches to treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in East Asian never-smoker participants. Half of the participants will receive chemotherapy (pemetrexed/cisplatin) followed by an oral anti-cancer agent (gefitinib) and the other half of the participants will receive only the oral anti-cancer agent (gefitinib).

Study Overview

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

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 236
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Kowloon, Hong Kong
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• Korea, Republic of
  • Incheon, Korea, Republic of, 405-760
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  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 110-744
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• Singapore
  • Singapore, Singapore, 258499
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• Taiwan
  • Kuei Shan Hsiang, Taiwan, 33305
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  • Liouying/Tainan, Taiwan, 736
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  • Puzih City, Taiwan, 613
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  • Taichung, Taiwan, 407
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  • Taipei, Taiwan, 100
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• Thailand
  • Bangkok, Thailand, 10700
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  • Chiang Mai, Thailand, 50200
    • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
  • Hat Yai, Thailand, 90110
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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:

• Histological diagnosis of NSCLC with locally advanced or metastatic disease that is of non-squamous histology.

• Participants must be "light ex-smokers" or "never-smokers".

  • "Light ex-smokers" defined as having ceased smoking for greater than or equal to 5 years and not to have exceeded 10 pack-years.
  • "Never-smokers" are defined as having smoked <100 cigarettes or equivalent during his/her lifetime.
• Participants must be of East Asian ethnicity.
• No prior systemic therapy for lung cancer.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of clinically significant (by physical exam) third-space fluid collections, for example, ascites or pleural effusions that cannot be controlled by drainage or other procedures prior to study entry.
• Any evidence of clinically active interstitial lung disease. Asymptomatic participants with chronic, stable, radiographic changes are eligible.
• Participants whose Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutation status is known prior to study entry will be excluded. Participants in which EGFR mutation testing has not been performed, or whose EGFR mutation status is unknown or inconclusive at study entry are eligible.

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

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pemetrexed + Cisplatin + Gefitinib	Drug: Pemetrexed; 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m²) administered intravenously on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle, for 6 cycles.; Other Names: Alimta; LY231514; Drug: Cisplatin; 75 mg/m² administered intravenously on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle, for 6 cycles; Drug: Gefitinib; 250 milligrams (mg) administered orally once a day, every day of 21-day cycle, for maintenance in participants with non-progressive disease after cisplatin/pemetrexed chemotherapy; Drug: Gefitinib; 250 milligrams (mg) administered orally once a day, every day of 21-day cycles administered as a monotherapy
Active Comparator: Gefitinib	Drug: Gefitinib; 250 milligrams (mg) administered orally once a day, every day of 21-day cycle, for maintenance in participants with non-progressive disease after cisplatin/pemetrexed chemotherapy; Drug: Gefitinib; 250 milligrams (mg) administered orally once a day, every day of 21-day cycles administered as a monotherapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression Free Survival (PFS)	PFS was defined as the time from date of randomization to the objective disease progression or death due to any cause. Response was defined using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.0) criteria. Progressive disease (PD) was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions taking as references the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of 1 or more new lesions and/or unequivocal progression of existing nontarget lesions. Participants who did not have a complete baseline disease assessment were censored at the date of randomization, regardless if PD was objectively determined or if participant died or if a participant was not known to have died or have objective PD at the data inclusion cutoff date. PFS was censored at the last complete objective progression-free disease assessment date.	Randomization to the first date of measured PD or death up to 37.32 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS)	OS was the duration from randomization to the date of death from any cause. For participants who were not known to have died as of the data-inclusion cut-off date for a particular analysis, OS was censored at the date of last contact prior to the data inclusion cutoff date (contacts considered in the determination of last contact date included adverse event date, lesion assessment date, visit date, and last known alive date).	Randomization up to date of death from any cause up to 57.13 months
Percentage of Participants With Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) [Tumor Response Rate (TRR)]	TRR was defined as the percentage of randomized participants having a best overall study response of CR or PR using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.0) criteria. CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions; PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions taking as reference the baseline sum LDs or complete disappearance of target lesions, with persistence (but not worsening) of 1 or more non-target lesions and the appearance of no new lesions.	Randomization up to 37.52 months
Percentage of Participants With Complete Response (CR), Partial Response (PR) or Stable Disease (SD) [Disease Control Rate (DCR)]	DCR was defined as the percentage of randomized participants with overall response of CR, PR or SD using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.0) criteria. CR was defined as the disappearance of all tumor lesions; PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions taking as reference the baseline sum LDs or complete disappearance of target lesions, with persistence (but not worsening) of 1 or more non-target lesions and no new lesions having appeared; SD defined as neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease (PD) taking as reference the smallest sum LD. PD defined as at least 20% increase in the sum of LD of target, lesions taking as reference, the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of 1 or more new lesions or progression of nontarget lesions.	Randomization up to 37.52 months
Time to Progressive Disease (TtPD)	TtPD was defined as the time from randomization to the first date of objectively determined progressive disease (PD). For participants who were not known to have had objective progression of disease as of the data-inclusion cut-off date for a particular analysis, or who had died without objective progression of disease, TtPD was censored at the date of the participant's last objective progression-free disease assessment prior to cut-off date.	Randomization to the first date of measured PD up to 37.32 months
Duration of Tumor Response	The duration of a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.0) criteria was defined as the time from first objective status assessment of CR or PR to the first time of objective disease progression or death as a result of any cause. CR was defined as the disappearance of all tumor lesions. PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions taking as reference the baseline sum of LDs or complete disappearance of target lesions, with persistence (but not worsening) of 1 or more non-target lesions and no new lesions having appeared. Participants who were not known to have died or had objective progression of disease as of the data-inclusion cut-off date were censored at the date of the participant's last complete objective progression-free disease assessment prior to that cut-off date.	Date of initial response to the date of measured PD or death up to 34.43 months
Time to Worsening of Health-Related Quality of Life (TWQ) Using the Participant-Rated Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS)	The LCSS data included participant ratings of 6 symptoms (loss of appetite, fatigue, cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, and pain) and 3 summary items (overall symptom severity, interference with daily activities, and overall QoL). Participants recorded their ratings for each item, by placing a mark on a visual analog scale (VAS) that ranged from 0 millimeter (mm) (lower symptom burden, less interference with normal activity, or better QoL) to 100 mm (higher symptom burden, more interference with normal activity, or worse QoL). TWQ was evaluated from date of randomization to first date of worsening, defined as a half standard deviation change as determined from the corresponding baseline item score in the pooled treatment group. For participants not known to have worsened or who were lost to follow-up, TWQ was censored at date of the participant's last LCSS assessment.	Every cycle while on-study therapy and at 3 months post last dose

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Yang JC, Srimuninnimit V, Ahn MJ, Lin CC, Kim SW, Tsai CM, Mok T, Orlando M, Puri T, Wang X, Park K. First-Line Pemetrexed plus Cisplatin followed by Gefitinib Maintenance Therapy versus Gefitinib Monotherapy in East Asian Never-Smoker Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Final Overall Survival Results from a Randomized Phase 3 Study. J Thorac Oncol. 2016 Mar;11(3):370-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2015.11.008. Epub 2015 Dec 25.
• Kang JH, Ahn MJ, Kim DW, Cho EK, Kim JH, Shin SW, Wang X, Kim JS, Orlando M, Park K. Tolerability and Outcomes of First-Line Pemetrexed-Cisplatin Followed by Gefitinib Maintenance Therapy Versus Gefitinib Monotherapy in Korean Patients with Advanced Nonsquamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Post Hoc Descriptive Subgroup Analysis of a Randomized, Phase 3 Trial. Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Apr;48(2):458-64. doi: 10.4143/crt.2015.135. Epub 2015 Oct 14.
• Yang JC, Kang JH, Mok T, Ahn MJ, Srimuninnimit V, Lin CC, Kim DW, Tsai CM, Barraclough H, Altug S, Orlando M, Park K. First-line pemetrexed plus cisplatin followed by gefitinib maintenance therapy versus gefitinib monotherapy in East Asian patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer: a randomised, phase 3 trial. Eur J Cancer. 2014 Sep;50(13):2219-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.05.011. Epub 2014 Jun 18.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: November 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 19, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 19, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): November 23, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 8, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 9, 2015
• Last Verified: June 1, 2015

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Terms related to this study

• 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; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Folic Acid Antagonists; Cisplatin; Gefitinib; Pemetrexed
• Other Study ID Numbers: 13021; H3E-CR-S131 (Other Identifier: Eli Lilly and Company)