Gemcitabine With or Without Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

NCT ID: NCT00075452

Last Updated: 2008-07-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-11-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether gemcitabine is more effective with or without oxaliplatin in treating pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying gemcitabine and oxaliplatin to see how well they work compared to gemcitabine alone in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Compare the overall survival of patients with locally advanced or metastatic unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with gemcitabine with or without oxaliplatin.

Secondary

* Compare the time of response in patients treated with these regimens.
* Compare the clinical benefit of and tolerance to these regimens in these patients.
* Compare the quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.
* Compare the progression-free survival of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, ECOG performance status (0 or 1 vs 2), and extent of disease (locally advanced vs metastatic). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes once weekly on weeks 1-7 and 9-11 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 100 minutes on day 1 and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 2. Courses repeat every 14 days for up to 3 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After the completion of chemotherapy, patients with locally advanced disease receive chemoradiotherapy.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then every 2 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 230 patients (115 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 24 months.

Conditions

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Pancreatic Cancer

Keywords

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adenocarcinoma of the pancreas stage II pancreatic cancer stage III pancreatic cancer stage IV pancreatic cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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gemcitabine hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

oxaliplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma

* Locally advanced or metastatic disease
* Unresectable disease
* Measurable disease

* At least 2 cm by a classical scanner and at least 1 cm by a spiral scanner
* No adenocarcinoma of the bile ducts or ampulla of Vater
* No known brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 to 75

Performance status

* ECOG 0-2 OR
* Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy

* More than 12 weeks

Hematopoietic

* Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic

* Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal
* Alkaline phosphatase less than 5 times normal

Renal

* Creatinine less than 1.5 times normal
* No uncontrolled or persistent hypercalcemia

Cardiovascular

* No serious cardiac failure

Pulmonary

* No serious respiratory failure

Other

* Pain must be stabilized or controlled before initiation of study treatment
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No other untreatable malignant tumor
* No serious psychological, familial, social, or geographical condition that would preclude study participation
* No neuropathy that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* No concurrent corticosteroids except for antiemetic therapy

Radiotherapy

* No prior radiotherapy

Surgery

* Not specified
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Christophe Louvet, MD, PhD

Role:

Hopital Saint Antoine

Locations

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Centre Paul Papin

Angers, , France

Site Status

C.H.G. Beauvais

Beauvais, , France

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Hopital Saint Andre

Bordeaux, , France

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CHU Ambroise Pare

Boulogne-Billancourt, , France

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CMC Bligny

Briis-sous-Forges, , France

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Hopital Louis Pasteur

Chartres, , France

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Chu-Hopital Gabriel Montpied

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

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Hopital Beaujon

Clichy, , France

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Hopital Louis Mourier

Colombes, , France

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Hopital Drevon

Dijon, , France

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Centre Hospitalier Departemental

La Roche-sur-Yon, , France

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Hopital Saint - Louis

La Rochelle, , France

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Centre Hospitalier de Lagny

Lagny-sur-Marne, , France

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Hopital Andre Mignot

Le Chesnay, , France

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Centre Jean Bernard

Le Mans, , France

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C. H. Du Mans

Le Mans, , France

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Hopital Robert Boulin

Libourne, , France

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Centre Hospital Universitaire Hop Huriez

Lille, , France

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Clinique Saint Jean

Lyon, , France

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Hopital de la Croix Rousse

Lyon, , France

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Hopital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

Metz, , France

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Intercommunal Hospital

Montfermeil, , France

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American Hospital of Paris

Neuilly-sur-Seine, , France

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Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou

Paris, , France

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Hopital Bichat - Claude Bernard

Paris, , France

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Hopital de la Croix St. Simon

Paris, , France

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Hopital Saint-Louis

Paris, , France

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Hopital Saint Antoine

Paris, , France

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CHU Pitie-Salpetriere

Paris, , France

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Hopital Tenon

Paris, , France

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Maison Medicale Marzet

Pau, , France

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Hopital Haut Leveque

Pessac, , France

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Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

Pierre-Bénite, , France

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Clinique Ste - Marie

Pontoise, , France

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Polyclinique De Courlancy

Reims, , France

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C. H. De Saumur

Saumur, , France

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C.H. Senlis

Senlis, , France

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Institut Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, , France

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Countries

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France

References

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Huguet F, Andre T, Hammel P, Artru P, Balosso J, Selle F, Deniaud-Alexandre E, Ruszniewski P, Touboul E, Labianca R, de Gramont A, Louvet C. Impact of chemoradiotherapy after disease control with chemotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma in GERCOR phase II and III studies. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jan 20;25(3):326-31. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.5663.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17235048 (View on PubMed)

Louvet C, Labianca R, Hammel P, Lledo G, Zampino MG, Andre T, Zaniboni A, Ducreux M, Aitini E, Taieb J, Faroux R, Lepere C, de Gramont A; GERCOR; GISCAD. Gemcitabine in combination with oxaliplatin compared with gemcitabine alone in locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer: results of a GERCOR and GISCAD phase III trial. J Clin Oncol. 2005 May 20;23(15):3509-16. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.06.023.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15908661 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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FRE-GERCOR-GEM-GEMOX/D00-3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20324

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000346480

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id