A Safety and Efficacy Study of BCD-022 With Paclitaxel Compared to Herceptin With Paclitaxel in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

Multicenter Randomized Double-blind Phase III Clinical Trial Comparing Safety and Efficacy of BCD-022 (CJSC BIOCAD, Russia) Used With Paclitaxel to Herceptin® Used With Paclitaxel in the First-line Treatment of HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

BCD-022-02 is a double-blind randomized clinical trial comparing efficacy of BCD-022 (INN: trastuzumab) and paclitaxel to Herceptin and paclitaxel in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer with pharmacokinetics substudy. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the non-inferiority of efficacy and safety of BCD-022 compared to Herceptin. Also study includes pharmacokinetics assessment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Human Epithelial Receptor (HER)-2 Positive Breast Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Trastuzumab; Drug: Paclitaxel

Detailed Description

The study is based on the hypothesis of equivalence of BCD-022 (trastuzumab by JSC BIOCAD, Russia) in combination with paclitaxel used as the therapy of inoperable or metastatic HER2(+) breast cancer in comparison with Herceptin® (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Switzerland) in combination with paclitaxel. The objectives of the study is to evaluate efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of BCD-022 compared with reference trastuzumab by 1. overall response rate and other efficacy parameters; 2. incidence and severity of adverse events; 3. serum concentration after the first and multiple trastuzumab administration; 4. incidence and concentration of anti-trastuzumab antibodies.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 225
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belarus
  • Brest, Belarus
    • Brest Region Clinical Oncology Dispensary
  • Gomel, Belarus
    • Gomel Region Clinical Oncology Dispensary
  • Grodno, Belarus
    • Grodno Regional Hospital
  • Vitebsk, Belarus
    • Vitebsk State Medical University of Order of Peoples' Friendship
• India
  • Bangalore, India, 560027
    • HCG Bangalore Institute of Oncology
  • Bangalore, India, 560054
    • M.S.Ramaiah Memorial Hospital
  • Bangalore, India, 560099
    • Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals
• Russian Federation
  • Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation, 163045
    • Arkhangelsk District Clinical Oncology Dispensary
  • Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, 355047
    • Non-governmental Healthcare Institution "Railway Clinical hospital on the Chelyabinsk Station of JSC Russian Railways"
  • Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, 454087
    • State-financed Health Institution "Chelyabinsk Region Clinical Oncology Dispansary"
  • Izhevsk, Russian Federation, 426009
    • State-financed Health Institution "Republican Clinical Oncology Hospital"
  • Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478
    • Institution of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences "Russian Cancer Research Center named after N.N. Blokhin"
  • Moscow, Russian Federation, 125284
    • Federal State Institution "Moscow Institute of Cancer Research named after P.A. Hertsen" Ministry of Health of Russian Federation
  • Orel, Russian Federation, 302020
    • Regional State Health Institution "Orlov Oncology Dispansary"
  • Penza, Russian Federation, 440071
    • State Health Institution "Region Oncology Dispansary"
  • Perm, Russian Federation, 614066
    • Perm Region Oncology Dispensary
  • Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation, 314019
    • Federal Government Budgetary Institution "Rostov Institute of Cancer Research" of Ministry of Health of Russian Federation
  • Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022
    • Saint Petersburg City Clinical Oncology Center
  • Samara, Russian Federation, 443031
    • State-financed Health Institution "Samara Region Clinical Oncology Dispansary"
  • Sochi, Russian Federation, 354057
    • Oncology Dispensary 2
  • St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, 194044
    • Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov
  • St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197758
    • N.N.Petrov Oncology Research Center
  • St.Petersburg, Russian Federation
    • Russian scientific center of radiology and surgery technologies
  • Stavropol, Russian Federation, 355047
    • State-financed Health Institution "Stavropol Region Clinical Oncology Dispansary"
  • Ufa, Russian Federation, 450054
    • Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of Ministry of Health republic Bashkortostan
  • Volgograd, Russian Federation, 400138
    • Volgograd District Oncology Dispensary №1
  • Moscow Region
    • Stepanovskoye, Moscow Region, Russian Federation, 143423
      • State Health Institution of Moscow "Moscow City Oncology Hospital #62 of Moscow Board of Health"
• Ukraine
  • Donetsk, Ukraine
    • Donetsk City Oncology Dispensary
  • Donetsk, Ukraine
    • Donetsk Regional Antitumor Center
  • Kharkiv, Ukraine
    • Kharkiv Regional Clinical Oncology Center
  • Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
    • Kryvyi Rih Oncology Dispensary
  • Lviv, Ukraine
    • Lviv Regional State Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment Center
  • Makiivka, Ukraine
    • City Hospital №2
  • Poltava, Ukraine
    • Poltava Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary
  • Uzhhorod, Ukraine
    • Zakarpatskyi Regional Clinical Oncology Center
  • Vinnytsia, Ukraine
    • Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 71 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Written informed consent and ability to follow the Protocol procedures;
• Age from 18 years to 75 years inclusive;
• Female gender;
• Histologically confirmed breast cancer (BC);
• Metastatic BC (stage IV according to TNM classification version 6);
• Grade 3+ HER2 overexpression confirmed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining or grade 2+ HER2 overexpression accompanied by HER2 gene amplification confirmed by fluorescent hybridization in situ (FISH) ;
• Documented results of oestrogen and progesterone receptors expression analysis;
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status 0, 1 or 2, not increasing within 2 weeks prior to randomization;
• Life expectancy - 20 weeks or more from the moment of randomization;
• Presence of at least 1 tumour with a size not less than 1 cm (revealed with computed tomography (CT) slice thickness not more than 5 mm). Patients having bone metastasis as the only measurable tumour are not eligible for the trial;
• Patients of childbearing potential must implement reliable contraceptive measures during the study treatment, starting 4 weeks prior to inclusion into the trial and until 6 months after the last administration of the study drug.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous anticancer therapy for metastatic BC, including cytotoxic chemotherapy, or previous anticancer therapy with signal transduction inhibitors (e.g. lapatinib), biological drugs (e.g. trastuzumab, bevacizumab), experimental (not approved for BC therapy) anticancer drugs. Any previous hormonal therapy is allowed;
• Disease progression within 6 months after adjuvant and/or neoadjuvant anti BC therapy;
• Surgery, radiation therapy, use of any experimental medications within 4 weeks (28 days) prior to randomization;
• Hypersensitivity to paclitaxel and all medications containing polyoxyethylated castor oil, hypersensitivity to dexamethasone, diphenhydramine, ranitidine/cimetidine, recombinant murine proteins, contrast agents or excipients of study medications;
• BC metastases in central nervous system, progressing or clinically manifested (e.g. cerebral oedema, spinal cord injury), with exception of non-progressing metastases not requiring treatment with glucocorticosteroids and/or anticonvulsants within 4 weeks prior to randomization;
• Cardiovascular system pathology (congestive heart failure (CHF) stage III-IV according to New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification, unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction) within 12 months prior to randomization;
• Uncontrolled hypertension comprising all cases of arterial hypertension when no decrease in blood pressure could be achieved despite treatment with a combination of 3 antihypertensive drugs including one diuretic and non-medicamental correction methods (low salt diet, physical exercise);
• Left ventricular ejection fraction <50% according to electrocardiography;
• Neutrophils ≤1500/mm3;
• Platelets ≤100 000/mm3;
• Hemoglobin ≤90 g/L;
• Creatinine level ≥ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN);
• Bilirubin level ≥ 1.5 × ULN;
• Asparagine transferase (AST) and alanine transferase (ALT) levels ≥ 2.5 × ULN (5 × ULN for patients with liver metastases);
• Alkaline phosphatase level ≥ 5 × ULN;
• Pregnancy or lactation;
• Any other concomitant cancer including contralateral breast cancer revealed within 5 years prior to screening, except curatively treated intraductal carcinoma in situ, curatively treated cervical carcinoma in situ or curatively treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma;
• Conditions limiting patient's adherence to protocol requirements (dementia, neurologic or psychiatric disorders, drug addiction, alcoholism and others);
• Stage II-IV neuropathy according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v.4.0;
• Concomitant participation in other clinical trials, previous participation in other clinical trials within 30 days before entering into the trial, previous participation in the same trial;
• Acute or active chronic infections;
• Hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, HIV or syphilis infections;
• Obstacles in intravenous administration of study drugs

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: BCD-022; BCD-022 is a product code for trastuzumab biosimilar manufactured by CJSC BIOCAD, Russia. In this arm patients will receive 6 courses of treatment with BCD-022 in combination with paclitaxel. Patients will receive BCD-022 at a loading dose of 8 mg/kg (once), followed by maintenance dose of 6 mg/kg every 3 weeks (5 administrations), + paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 every 3 weeks as 3 hour intravenous infusion (6 administrations).	Drug: Trastuzumab; Patients will receive 6 courses of trastuzumab in combination with paclitaxel. Trastuzumab will be administered at a loading dose of 8 mg/kg (once), followed by maintenance dose of 6 mg/kg every 3 weeks (5 administrations) as 90 min intravenous infusion every 3 weeks (on Day 1 of each cycle).; Other Names: Herceptin; BCD-022; Drug: Paclitaxel; Paclitaxel will be administered at a dose of 175 mg/m2 every 3 weeks (on Day 1 of each course) as 3 hour intravenous infusion (6 courses totally).; Other Names: Taxacad
Active Comparator: Herceptin®; In this arm patients will receive 6 courses of treatment with Herceptin® (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Switzerland) in combination with paclitaxel. Patients will receive Herceptin® at a loading dose of 8 mg/kg (once), followed by maintenance dose of 6 mg/kg every 3 weeks (5 administrations), + paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 every 3 weeks as 3 hour intravenous infusion (6 administrations).	Drug: Trastuzumab; Patients will receive 6 courses of trastuzumab in combination with paclitaxel. Trastuzumab will be administered at a loading dose of 8 mg/kg (once), followed by maintenance dose of 6 mg/kg every 3 weeks (5 administrations) as 90 min intravenous infusion every 3 weeks (on Day 1 of each cycle).; Other Names: Herceptin; BCD-022; Drug: Paclitaxel; Paclitaxel will be administered at a dose of 175 mg/m2 every 3 weeks (on Day 1 of each course) as 3 hour intravenous infusion (6 courses totally).; Other Names: Taxacad

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Response Rate	Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: 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. The response was assessed at the screening, after 3 therapy cycles and after 6 therapy cycles. If CT after 3 or 6 therapy cycles revealed the complete or partial response, a confirmatory CT scan was performed 4 weeks later. The best response during the study was assessed.	Day 127
Area Under the Curve After the First Test Drug Administration	Primary outcome measure for pharmacokinetics (PK) substudy. AUC(0-504) of trastuzumab in HER2(+) mBC patients after first administration of BCD-022 with paclitaxel or Herceptin® with paclitaxel.	up to Day 22, after the first trastuzumab administration (time points for blood samples: 0 h 1.5 h, 3 h, 4.5 h, 6 h, 24 h, 96 h, 168 h, 336 h and 504 h)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Complete Response Rate	Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: 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. The response was assessed at the screening, after 3 therapy cycles and after 6 therapy cycles. If CT after 3 or 6 therapy cycles revealed the complete or partial response, a confirmatory CT scan was performed 4 weeks later. The best response during the study was assessed.	Day 127
Partial Response Rate	Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: 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. The response was assessed at the screening, after 3 therapy cycles and after 6 therapy cycles. If CT after 3 or 6 therapy cycles revealed the complete or partial response, a confirmatory CT scan was performed 4 weeks later. The best response during the study was assessed.	Day 127
Stabilization Rate	Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: 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. The response was assessed at the screening, after 3 therapy cycles and after 6 therapy cycles. If CT after 3 or 6 therapy cycles revealed the complete or partial response, a confirmatory CT scan was performed 4 weeks later. The best response during the study was assessed.	Day 127
Progression Rate	Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: 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. The response was assessed at the screening, after 3 therapy cycles and after 6 therapy cycles. If CT after 3 or 6 therapy cycles revealed the complete or partial response, a confirmatory CT scan was performed 4 weeks later. The best response during the study was assessed.	Day 127
Treatment Postponed Due to AE/SAE	Secondary outcome measure for safety evaluation	Day 127
Treatment Discontinuation Due to AE/SAE	Secondary outcome measure for safety evaluation	Day 127
Occurrence of Neutralizing Anti-trastuzumab Antibodies	Secondary outcome measure for immunogenicity assessment. Patient was suggested as NAB-positive if neutralizing anti-trastuzumab antibodies were detected at any of the specified timepoints. Total number of NAB-positive patients in each are presented.	Day 1 (before the drug administration), Day 14, 64, 127 and 154
Cmax After the First Test Drug Administration	Secondary outcome measure for PK substudy. Peak serum concentration of trastuzumab after single administration of BCD-022 + paclitaxel or Herceptin® + paclitaxel	Up to Day 22
Tmax After the First Test Drug Administration	Secondary outcome measure for PK substudy. Time to reach peak serum concentration of trastuzumab after the first administration of BCD-022 + paclitaxel or Herceptin® + paclitaxel	Up to Day 22
T1/2 After the First Test Drug Administration	Secondary outcome measure for PK substudy. Half-life period of trastuzumab after the first administration of BCD-022 + paclitaxel or Herceptin® + paclitaxel.	Up to Day 22
Cmax After the Sixth Test Drug Administration	Secondary outcome measure for PK substudy. Peak serum concentration of trastuzumab after the sixth administration of BCD-022 + paclitaxel or Herceptin® + paclitaxel.	Up to Day 127
Tmax After the Sixth Test Drug Administration	Secondary outcome measure for PK substudy. Time to reach peak serum concentration of trastuzumab after the sixth administration of BCD-022 + paclitaxel or Herceptin® + paclitaxel	Up to Day 127

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Biocad
• Investigators: Study Chair: Roman Ivanov, MD, PhD, Vice-president, R&D

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Alexeev SM, Khorinko AV, Mukhametshina GZ, Shelepen KG, Burdaeva ON, Kulik SA, Satheesh CT, Srivastava K, Vikranth M, Kryukov F, Paltusova AN, Shustova MS, Ivanov RA. Randomized double-blind clinical trial comparing safety and efficacy of the biosimilar BCD-022 with reference trastuzumab. BMC Cancer. 2020 Aug 20;20(1):783. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07247-9.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 7, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 8, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): January 9, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 29, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 28, 2018
• Last Verified: November 1, 2018

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Terms related to this study

• Keywords: breast cancer; trastuzumab
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Breast Diseases; Breast Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Tubulin Modulators; Antimitotic Agents; Mitosis Modulators; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Paclitaxel; Trastuzumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: BCD-022-02