Granisetron, Aprepitant, and Dexamethasone in Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Stage II, III, or IV Ovarian Cancer

Pilot Study of Standard Therapy for Prevention of Nausea and Emesis Associated With First Line Post-Operative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

This clinical trial is studying how well granisetron, aprepitant, and dexamethasone work in preventing nausea and vomiting in patients receiving chemotherapy for stage II, stage III, or stage IV ovarian cancer. Granisetron patch, aprepitant and dexamethasone may help lessen or prevent nausea and vomiting in patients receiving chemotherapy for stage II, stage III, or stage IV ovarian cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Ovarian Clear Cell Cystadenocarcinoma; Ovarian Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma; Ovarian Seromucinous Carcinoma; Ovarian Serous Cystadenocarcinoma; Nausea and Vomiting; Ovarian Brenner Tumor; Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma; Undifferentiated Ovarian Carcinoma; Stage IIA Fallopian Tube Cancer; Stage IIA Ovarian Cancer; Stage IIB Fallopian Tube Cancer; Stage IIB Ovarian Cancer; Stage IIC Fallopian Tube Cancer; Stage IIC Ovarian Cancer; Stage IIIA Fallopian Tube Cancer; Stage IIIA Ovarian Cancer; Stage IIIA Primary Peritoneal Cancer; Stage IIIB Fallopian Tube Cancer; Stage IIIB Ovarian Cancer; Stage IIIB Primary Peritoneal Cancer; Stage IIIC Fallopian Tube Cancer; Stage IIIC Ovarian Cancer; Stage IIIC Primary Peritoneal Cancer; Stage IV Fallopian Tube Cancer; Stage IV Ovarian Cancer; Stage IV Primary Peritoneal Cancer; Stage II Ovarian Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire Administration; Drug: Dexamethasone; Drug: Carboplatin; Drug: Cisplatin; Procedure: Adjuvant Therapy; Drug: Aprepitant; Drug: Granisetron Transdermal Patch; Procedure: Management of Therapy Complications

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the frequency of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting based on complete response (no vomiting and no use of rescue therapy) during the 6 days following intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy for the 3-day regimen of aprepitant (both injection and capsules) in combination with granisetron transdermal system and dexamethasone in ovarian cancer patients receiving IP cisplatin OR IP carboplatin.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate possible endpoints for the chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, including:

• Functional Living Index-Emesis (FLIE) questionnaire scores
• Mean vomiting, nausea and total FLIE scores and changes from baseline in FLIE scores
• Percentages of patients with no impact on daily living (NIDL), i.e. > 108/126 total FLIE score II. To describe the timing of nausea and vomiting that may guide modifications to the standard regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients apply one patch of granisetron transdermal system to the upper outer arm on day 0 (at least 24 hours before intraperitoneal [IP] platinum therapy). Patients then receive dexamethasone orally (PO) on days 1-4, aprepitant IV over 15 minutes on day 1 (30 minutes before IP platinum therapy), and aprepitant PO on days 2-3.

Patients complete the Functional Living Index--Emesis (FLIE) and a symptom diary at baseline and on days 3 and 6.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 4
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Illinois
    • Hinsdale, Illinois, United States, 60521
      • Sudarshan K Sharma MD Limted-Gynecologic Oncology
  • Rhode Island
    • Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02905
      • Women and Infants Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma

  • Stage II, III, or IV disease with optimal (=< 1 cm residual disease) or suboptimal residual disease
  • All patients must have a procedure for determining diagnosis of epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, primary peritoneal, with appropriate tissue for histologic evaluation
  • The minimum surgery required is an abdominal surgery providing tissue for histologic evaluation and establishing and documenting the primary site and stage, as well as a maximal effort at tumor debulking; if additional surgery was performed, it should have been in accordance with appropriate surgery for ovarian or peritoneal carcinoma described in the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) Surgical Procedures Manual

• Patients with the following histologic epithelial cell types are eligible:

  • Serous adenocarcinoma, endometrioid adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, undifferentiated carcinoma, clear cell adenocarcinoma, mixed epithelial carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, malignant Brenner's Tumor, or adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified (N.O.S.)
  • However, the histologic features of the tumor must be compatible with a primary Müllerian epithelial adenocarcinoma; if doubt exists, it is recommended that the investigator should have the slides reviewed by an independent pathologist prior to entry
  • Patients may have co-existing endometrial cancer so long as the primary origin of invasive tumor is ovarian or peritoneal for clarification of synchronous primary endometrial cancer

• Patients receiving the initial course of chemotherapy including

  • Paclitaxel 135 mg/M2 IV over 3 hours on day 1 and
  • Cisplatin 75 mg/M2 IP on day 2 OR
  • Paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 IV days 1, 8 and 15 and
  • Carboplatin AUC 6 IP on day 1
• Prothrombin time (PT) such that international normalized ratio (INR) is < 1.5 x ULN (or an in-range INR, usually between 2 and 3, if a patient is on a stable dose of therapeutic warfarin)
• Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) < 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (heparin, lovenox or alternative anticoagulants are acceptable)
• Patients with a GOG Performance Status of 0, 1, or 2
• Patients who are able to read, understand and write English; if FLIE which has been translated into other languages, and validated, becomes available, then patients speaking these languages can be enrolled if translation of the symptom diary can be arranged dependent on availability of suitable translators
• Patients who are able to complete the assessments
• Patients who are able to comply with the anti-emetic therapy
• Patients must have met pre-entry requirements
• Patients must have signed an approved informed consent and authorization permitting release of personal health information

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are known to be hypersensitive to aprepitant, granisetron or any of the components of the patch or to dexamethasone
• Patients who have received prior radiotherapy to any portion of the abdominal cavity or pelvis are excluded; prior radiation for localized cancer of the breast, head and neck, or skin is permitted, provided that it was completed more than three years prior to registration, and the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
• Patients who have received prior chemotherapy for any abdominal or pelvic tumor including neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for their ovarian or primary peritoneal cancer are excluded; patients may have received prior adjuvant chemotherapy for localized breast cancer, provided that it was completed more than three years prior to registration, and that the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
• Patients who are pregnant or nursing; to date, no fetal studies in animals or humans have been performed; the possibility of harm to a fetus is likely
• Patients with clinical symptoms or signs of gastrointestinal obstruction and/ or those who require parenteral hydration and/or nutrition; patients with history or current diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease are not eligible
• Patients with medical history or conditions not otherwise previously specified which in the opinion of the investigator should exclude participation in this study; examples of this would be hearing loss or neuropathy which would prevent tolerance to cisplatin, and paclitaxel administration; the investigator should feel free to consult the Study Chair or Study Co-Chairs for uncertainty in this regard
• Patients who, in the opinion of the treating physician, have a medical condition, or currently take medications, which are felt to contraindicate safe or effective administration of the standard three drug anti-emetic regimen used in this study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

EXPERIMENTAL: Treatment (granisetron, dexamethasone, aprepitant); Patients apply one patch of granisetron transdermal system to the upper outer arm on day 0 (at least 24 hours before intraperitoneal [IP] platinum therapy). Patients then receive dexamethasone PO on days 1-4, aprepitant IV over 15 minutes on day 1 (30 minutes before IP platinum therapy), and aprepitant PO on days 2-3.

Other: Questionnaire Administration; Ancillary studies; Drug: Dexamethasone; Given PO; Other Names: Decadron; Aacidexam; Adexone; Aknichthol Dexa; Alba-Dex; Alin; Alin Depot; Alin Oftalmico; Amplidermis; Anemul mono; Auricularum; Auxiloson; Baycuten; Baycuten N; Cortidexason; Cortisumman; Decacort; Decadrol; Decalix; Decameth; Decasone R.p.; Dectancyl; Dekacort; Deltafluorene; Deronil; Desamethasone; Desameton; Dexa-Mamallet; Dexa-Rhinosan; Dexa-Scheroson; Dexa-sine; Dexacortal; Dexacortin; Dexafarma; Dexafluorene; Dexalocal; Dexamecortin; Dexameth; Dexamethasonum; Dexamonozon; Dexapos; Dexinoral; Dexone; Dinormon; Fluorodelta; Fortecortin; Gammacorten; Hexadecadrol; Hexadrol; Lokalison-F; Loverine; Methylfluorprednisolone; Millicorten; Mymethasone; Orgadrone; Spersadex; Visumetazone; Drug: Carboplatin; Given IP; Other Names: Blastocarb; Carboplat; Carboplatin Hexal; Carboplatino; Carbosin; Carbosol; Carbotec; CBDCA; Displata; Ercar; JM-8; Nealorin; Novoplatinum; Paraplatin; Paraplatin AQ; Paraplatine; Platinwas; Ribocarbo; Paraplat; Drug: Cisplatin; Given IP; Other Names: CDDP; Cis-diamminedichloridoplatinum; Cismaplat; Cisplatinum; Neoplatin; Platinol; Abiplatin; Blastolem; Briplatin; Cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum; Cis-diamminedichloro Platinum (II); Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum; Cis-dichloroammine Platinum (II); Cis-platinous Diamine Dichloride; Cis-platinum; Cis-platinum II; Cis-platinum II Diamine Dichloride; Cisplatina; Cisplatyl; Citoplatino; Citosin; Cysplatyna; DDP; Lederplatin; Metaplatin; Peyrone's Chloride; Peyrone's Salt; Placis; Plastistil; Platamine; Platiblastin; Platiblastin-S; Platinex; Platinol- AQ; Platinol-AQ; Platinol-AQ VHA Plus; Platinoxan; Platinum; Platinum Diamminodichloride; Platiran; Platistin; Platosin; Procedure: Adjuvant Therapy; Ancillary studies; Other Names: adjunct therapy; adjunctive therapy; Drug: Aprepitant; Given IV and PO; Other Names: Emend; L-754030; MK-0869; ONO-7436; Drug: Granisetron Transdermal Patch; Apply one patch to upper arm; Other Names: Sancuso; Granisetron Transdermal System; Procedure: Management of Therapy Complications; Ancillary studies

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Complete Control Defined as no Vomiting and no Use of Rescue Medications (for Nausea or Emesis)	Number of participants who had complete control defined by no vomiting	During the 6 days following chemotherapy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Vomiting, Nausea and Total FLIE Scores		Baseline to day 6
Frequency of Adverse Effects as Assessed by the NCI CTCAE v 4.0	Adverse events at least possibly related to treatment	Up to day 6
Mean and Standard Deviation of Vomiting, Nausea, and Total FLIE Scores		Baseline
Percentages of Patients With NIDL Based on FLIE		Up to day 6

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Gynecologic Oncology Group
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Steven Plaxe, NRG Oncology

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): May 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 11, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 11, 2011
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): January 12, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): May 22, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2018
• Last Verified: May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Adenocarcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Peritoneal Diseases; Uterine Neoplasms; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Endocrine System Diseases; Ovarian Diseases; Adnexal Diseases; Gonadal Disorders; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Digestive System Neoplasms; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Fallopian Tube Diseases; Abdominal Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Connective Tissue; Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous; Endometrial Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue; Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial; Carcinoma; Nausea; Vomiting; Ovarian Neoplasms; Fallopian Tube Neoplasms; Peritoneal Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial; Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous; Carcinoma, Endometrioid; Cystadenocarcinoma; Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous; Brenner Tumor; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Neurotransmitter Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antineoplastic Agents; Antiemetics; Gastrointestinal Agents; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Protease Inhibitors; Dermatologic Agents; Serotonin Agents; Serotonin Antagonists; Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone acetate; BB 1101; Carboplatin; Cisplatin; Granisetron; Aprepitant; Ichthammol
• Other Study ID Numbers: GOG-0272 (OTHER: CTEP); U10CA101165 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); NCI-2011-02660 (REGISTRY: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program)); CDR0000692516