Pemetrexed and Cisplatin in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma (PECULIAR)

September 22, 2014 updated by: JLee, Asan Medical Center

A Prospective Phase 2 Study of PEmetrexed in Combination With Cisplatin in Patients With Advanced UrotheLIal CAnceR

Pemetrexed has demonstrated a favorable response with minimal toxicity when used as single agent as first-line and second-line treatment for advanced urothelial carcinoma. The response rates were 32% and 28% for the first-line and second-line setting, respectively. Cisplatin is one the most active chemotherapeutic agents in urothelial cancer, frequently used as combination chemotherapy such as GP (gemcitabine plus cisplatin) or MVAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin, and cisplatin).

Pemetrexed and cisplatin showed favorable activity profile in advanced non-small cell lung cancer with highly favorable toxicity profile.

This study is to assess the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed plus cisplatin in advanced urothelial carcinoma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

42

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

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

18 years to 70 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologic or cytologic diagnosis of urothelial (transitional cell) carcinoma with the exception of micropapillary subtype
  • Patients must have recurrent disease (locally advanced or metastatic) that is not amenable to local therapy or newly diagnosed distant metastatic disease
  • Measurable disease defined by RECIST v.1.0
  • ECOG performance status of 2 or better
  • Adequate organ and bone marrow function defined as

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Other tumor type than urothelial carcinoma
  • Presence or history of CNS metastasis
  • Prior systemic chemotherapy or immunotherapy (but prior local intravesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy was allowed. And recurrent disease after adjuvant or neoadjuvant cisplatin-based systemic chemotherapy is allowed if the last chemotherapy was administered 1 year or more before the patient enrollment.)
  • Presence of second primary malignancy (except in situ carcinoma of the cervix or adequately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin)
  • Peripheral sensory neuropathy grade 2 or worse
  • Other serious illness or medical conditions

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: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: PemCis
Pemetrexed plus Cisplatin
Drug: Pemetrexed
Pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 IV over 10 minutes on D1 every 3 weeks
Other Names:
  • Alimta
Drug: Cisplatin
Cisplatin 70 mg/m2 IV over 60 minutes on D1 every 21 days
Other Names:
  • cisplan
Drug: Dexamethasone
Dexamethasone 4 mg bid PO from D-1 to D2 every 3 weeks
Other Names:
  • Dexa
Drug: Vitamins
Folic acid 350 ug - 600 ug daily from D-7 daily vitamin B12 1,000 ug every 9 weeks from D-7

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Response rate
Time Frame: 12 months
Based on RECIST v.1.0
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall survival
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
Progression-free survival
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
Safety
Time Frame: 8 months
Based on NCI CTCAE v.3.0
8 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Asan Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 6, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 9, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

December 13, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 25, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 22, 2014

Last Verified

September 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UOSG-AMC-0804

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