High-Dose Chemotherapy Compared With Standard Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial Cancer That Has Been Removed During Surgery

NCT ID: NCT00004921

Last Updated: 2013-09-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1998-09-30

Study Completion Date

2007-09-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which chemotherapy regimen is most effective for ovarian epithelial cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying high-dose chemotherapy to see how well it works compared to standard chemotherapy in treating patients with stage III or stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer that has been removed during surgery.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the two-year progression-free survival in patients with optimally debulked stage III or IV ovarian epithelial cancer undergoing high-dose sequential chemotherapy vs standard chemotherapy.
* Compare the overall survival, toxicity, and quality of life in this patient population receiving these two treatment regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive 5 courses of sequential high-dose chemotherapy as follows:

* Courses 1 and 2: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and cyclophosphamide IV over 2 hours on day 1 followed by peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collection. Patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) beginning 24 hours following chemotherapy and continuing until target number of PBSC are reached.
* Courses 3 and 4: Patients receive paclitaxel as in courses 1-2 and carboplatin IV over 4 hours on day 1. At 72 hours following completion of carboplatin, patients receive PBSC infusion. Beginning one day following PBSC infusion, patients receive G-CSF SC until blood counts recover.
* Course 5: Patients receive paclitaxel as in courses 1 and 2 and carboplatin as in courses 3 and 4 and melphalan IV over 15 minutes on day 2 or 3. Patients receive PBSC and G-CSF as in courses 3 and 4.
* Treatment repeats every 3-4 weeks.
* Arm II: Patients receive standard chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin (or cisplatin) and paclitaxel IV over 3 hours every 3 weeks for 6 courses. Patients may receive doxorubicin or epirubicin in addition to the standard chemotherapy every 4 weeks.

Quality of life is assessed prior to therapy, at 4-6 weeks following completion of therapy, and then at 3 months, 9 months, and 15 months.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 208 patients (104 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Ovarian Cancer

Keywords

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stage III ovarian epithelial cancer stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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filgrastim

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

carboplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

melphalan

Intervention Type DRUG

paclitaxel

Intervention Type DRUG

adjuvant therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

bone marrow ablation with stem cell support

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed stage III or IV ovarian epithelial cancer
* Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, hysterectomy, and omentectomy within 6 weeks of study

* Less than 2 cm maximum diameter of residual tumor remaining

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 to 65

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Normal hematological function

Hepatic:

* Normal hepatic function

Renal:

* Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min
* GFR greater than 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

* No active cardiac disease

Other:

* No other uncontrolled serious medical illness, including hearing problems
* No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* Not specified

Surgery

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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EBMT Solid Tumors Working Party

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Jonathan A. Ledermann, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Cancer Research UK

Locations

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Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Ost - Donauspital

Vienna, , Austria

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier Notre Dame - Reine Fabiola

Charleroi, , Belgium

Site Status

Charles University

Prague, , Czechia

Site Status

Thomayer Memorial Teaching Hospital

Prague, , Czechia

Site Status

Staedt Klinikum Karlsruhe GGMBH

Karlsruhe, , Germany

Site Status

Klinikum Nuernberg - Klinikum Nord

Nuremberg, , Germany

Site Status

Azienda Ospedaliera Di Bologna Policlinico S. Orsola - Malpighi

Bologna, , Italy

Site Status

Ospedale Santa Chiara

Pisa, , Italy

Site Status

S. Camillo Hospital

Rome, , Italy

Site Status

Ospedale San Bortolo

Vicenza, , Italy

Site Status

National Cancer Institute - Bratislava

Bratislava, , Slovakia

Site Status

Hospital Universitario San Carlos

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, , Switzerland

Site Status

Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Cancer Research UK and University College London Cancer Trials Centre

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Cancer Research Centre at Weston Park Hospital

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Austria Belgium Czechia Germany Italy Slovakia Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

References

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Mobus V, Wandt H, Frickhofen N, Bengala C, Champion K, Kimmig R, Ostermann H, Hinke A, Ledermann JA; AGO-Ovar/AIO; EBMT. Phase III trial of high-dose sequential chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell support compared with standard dose chemotherapy for first-line treatment of advanced ovarian cancer: intergroup trial of the AGO-Ovar/AIO and EBMT. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Sep 20;25(27):4187-93. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.09.7527. Epub 2007 Aug 13.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17698804 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EBMT-HIDOC-EIS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EBMT-OVCAT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-99040

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000067604

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id