Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Transitional Cell Cancer of the Urothelium

NCT ID: NCT00014274

Last Updated: 2013-06-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

238 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-01-31

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 combination chemotherapy regimen is most effective for transitional cell cancer of the urothelium.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II/III trial to compare different combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have transitional cell cancer of the urothelium.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the antitumor activity of gemcitabine and carboplatin vs methotrexate, carboplatin, and vinblastine in patients with transitional cell cancer of the urothelium who are ineligible for cisplatin-based chemotherapy.
* Compare the toxicity and acute and intermediate (1-2 years) side effects of these regimens in these patients.
* Compare the complete response rates, progression-free survival, and overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
* Compare the symptoms and quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.

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

* Arm I: Patients receive methotrexate\* IV and vinblastine IV on days 1, 15, and 22 and carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8 and carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

NOTE: \* Methotrexate is omitted for patients with pleural effusion or ascites until complete resolution and for patients with a glomerular filtration rate less than 30 mL/min or creatinine greater than 2 mg/dL

Patients in either arm who achieve a complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses of chemotherapy beyond CR.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, after every 2 courses of chemotherapy, and within 6 weeks of completion of therapy.

Patients are followed within 6 weeks, every 3 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 156 patients (78 per treatment arm) will be accrued for the phase II portion of this study. A total of 225 patients will be accrued for the phase II + III portions of this study within 5 years.

Conditions

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Bladder Cancer Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter Urethral Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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carboplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

gemcitabine hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

methotrexate

Intervention Type DRUG

vinblastine sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* WHO performance status 2 AND/OR
* Glomerular filtration rate greater than 30 mL/min but less than 60 mL/min
* No brain metastases or other CNS lesions

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* See Disease Characteristics

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* WBC at least 4,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count at least 125,000/mm\^3

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 times normal
* AST/ALT no greater than 3 times normal (5 times normal if liver metastases are present)

Renal:

* See Disease Characteristics
* Calcium normal

Other:

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after study participation
* No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study participation
* No other prior or concurrent malignancy except cured basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* No prior systemic biologic therapy

Chemotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* No prior systemic cytotoxic therapy (including adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy)

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* At least 3 months since prior radiotherapy
* Prior radiotherapy to study lesions allowed if there is evidence of disease progression

Surgery:

* Not specified
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gerwin Kaiser, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Klinikum Nuernberg - Klinikum Nord

Locations

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St. Johanns-Spital

Salzburg, , Austria

Site Status

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Applied Cancer Research at Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital

Vienna, , Austria

Site Status

Onze Lieve Vrouw Ziekenhuis Aalst

Aalst, , Belgium

Site Status

Institut Jules Bordet

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen

Edegem, , Belgium

Site Status

AZ Groeninge - Oncologisch Centrum

Kortrijk, , Belgium

Site Status

Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital

Copenhagen, , Denmark

Site Status

Klinikum Nuernberg - Klinikum Nord

Nuremberg, , Germany

Site Status

National Institute of Oncology

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status

Assaf Harofeh Medical Center

Ẕerifin, , Israel

Site Status

Universita Di Palermo

Palermo, , Italy

Site Status

Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi

Varese, , Italy

Site Status

Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

's-Hertogenbosch, , Netherlands

Site Status

Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

Academisch Medisch Centrum at University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden, , Netherlands

Site Status

Universitair Medisch Centrum St. Radboud - Nijmegen

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

Site Status

University Medical Center Rotterdam at Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

University Medical Center Utrecht

Utrecht, , Netherlands

Site Status

Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status

Hospital de la Santa Cruz i Sant Pau

Barcelona, , Spain

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Vall d'Hebron University Hospital

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Universitario San Carlos

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Instituto Valenciano De Oncologia

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status

Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal South Hants Hospital

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Southampton General Hospital

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Marsden - Surrey

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Austria Belgium Denmark Germany Hungary Israel Italy Netherlands Poland Spain United Kingdom

References

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De Santis M, Bellmunt J, Mead G, Kerst JM, Leahy M, Maroto P, Gil T, Marreaud S, Daugaard G, Skoneczna I, Collette S, Lorent J, de Wit R, Sylvester R. Randomized phase II/III trial assessing gemcitabine/carboplatin and methotrexate/carboplatin/vinblastine in patients with advanced urothelial cancer who are unfit for cisplatin-based chemotherapy: EORTC study 30986. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Jan 10;30(2):191-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.37.3571. Epub 2011 Dec 12.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22162575 (View on PubMed)

De Santis M, Bellmunt J, Mead G, Kerst JM, Leahy M, Maroto P, Skoneczna I, Marreaud S, de Wit R, Sylvester R. Randomized phase II/III trial assessing gemcitabine/ carboplatin and methotrexate/carboplatin/vinblastine in patients with advanced urothelial cancer "unfit" for cisplatin-based chemotherapy: phase II--results of EORTC study 30986. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 20;27(33):5634-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.4924. Epub 2009 Sep 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19786668 (View on PubMed)

De Santis M, Bellmunt J, Mead B, et al.: Randomized phase II/III study assessing gemcitabine/carboplatin (GC) and methotrexate/carboplatin/vinblastine (M-CAVI) in previously untreated patients (pts) with advanced urothelial cancer ineligible for cisplatin based chemotherapy: phase II results of. [Abstract] American Society of Clinical Oncology 2008 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Feb 14-16, 2008, San Francisco, CA. A-288, 2008.

Reference Type RESULT

Other Identifiers

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EORTC-GU-30986

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-30986

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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