Trial Outcomes & Findings for Pemetrexed/Carboplatin Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Elderly Patients (NCT NCT00350792)

NCT ID: NCT00350792

Last Updated: 2010-10-13

Results Overview

Tumor response is defined as the percentage of patients with either a complete response or a partial response. Response was determined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria. Complete Response=disappearance of all target lesions and Partial Response=30% decrease in sum of longest diameter of target lesions.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE2

Target enrollment

62 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

baseline to measured objective tumor response (up to six 21-day cycles)

Results posted on

2010-10-13

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Overall Study
STARTED
62
Overall Study
COMPLETED
29
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
33

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Overall Study
Adverse Event
11
Overall Study
Death from Study Disease
1
Overall Study
Death from Study Drug Toxicity
1
Overall Study
Death Not Study Drug Related
2
Overall Study
Protocol Violation
1
Overall Study
Withdrawal by Subject
4
Overall Study
Physician Decision
2
Overall Study
Lack of Efficacy
11

Baseline Characteristics

Pemetrexed/Carboplatin Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Elderly Patients

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
n=62 Participants
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Age Continuous
76.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.6 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
11 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
51 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
France
62 participants
n=5 Participants
Disease Stage
Stage IIIB
13 participants
n=5 Participants
Disease Stage
Stage IV
49 participants
n=5 Participants
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status
0 - Fully Active
10 participants
n=5 Participants
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status
1 - Ambulatory, Restricted Strenuous Activity
52 participants
n=5 Participants
Pathological Diagnosis
Large Cell Lung Cancer
5 participants
n=5 Participants
Pathological Diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma of Lung
32 participants
n=5 Participants
Pathological Diagnosis
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung
21 participants
n=5 Participants
Pathological Diagnosis
Other: Carcinoma-Infiltrant Indifferencie
1 participants
n=5 Participants
Pathological Diagnosis
Other: Carcinoma
1 participants
n=5 Participants
Pathological Diagnosis
Other: Indifferencied Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
1 participants
n=5 Participants
Pathological Diagnosis
Other: Undifferentiated
1 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to measured objective tumor response (up to six 21-day cycles)

Population: Patients qualified for tumor response analysis: treated patients, with measurable advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) disease and at least one tumor assessment after the patient received at least a first cycle of chemotherapy (unless early progression occurs, including early clinical progressions confirmed by the assessment committee).

Tumor response is defined as the percentage of patients with either a complete response or a partial response. Response was determined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria. Complete Response=disappearance of all target lesions and Partial Response=30% decrease in sum of longest diameter of target lesions.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
n=49 Participants
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Percentage of Participants With a Complete or Partial Tumor Response (Overall Tumor Response)
28.6 percentage of participants
Interval 16.58 to 43.26

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to stopping treatment (up to six 21-day cycles)

Population: All treated patients. 29 patients were censored.

Defined as the time from study enrollment to the first observation of disease progression, death as a result of any cause, or early discontinuation of treatment. Time to treatment failure was censored at the date of the last follow-up visit for patients who did not discontinue early, who were still alive, and who have not progressed.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
n=62 Participants
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Time to Treatment Failure
16.0 weeks
Interval 10.1 to
Confidence interval is not calculable for the upper limit due to the immaturity of the data.

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to date of death from any cause (up to 14.5 months)

Population: Twenty patients were censored as they were still alive at the time of the data cut-off.

Overall survival is the duration from enrollment to death. For patients who are alive, overall survival is censored at the last contact.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
n=62 Participants
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Overall Survival
10.4 months
Interval 9.1 to 12.9

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to measured progressive disease or death, 1 year

Population: Six patients were censored as they had not experienced a qualifying event (death or first disease progression) at the time of data cut-off.

Progression free survival (PFS) is the duration from enrollment until first disease progression or death. For patients not known to have died as of the data cut-off date and who do not have progressive disease, PFS is censored at the last radiological assessment date.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
n=62 Participants
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Estimated Probability of One Year Progression-free Survival
13.1 percentage of patients
Interval 4.6 to 21.6

OTHER_PRE_SPECIFIED outcome

Timeframe: baseline to stopping treatment (up to six 21-day cycles)

Population: All treated patients. 29 patients were censored.

Defined as the time from study enrollment to the first observation of disease progression, death as a result of any cause, or early discontinuation of treatment. Time to treatment failure was censored at the date of the last follow-up visit for patients who did not discontinue early, who were still alive, and who have not progressed.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
n=62 Participants
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Time to Treatment Failure
12.95 weeks
Standard Error 0.74

Adverse Events

Pemetrexed + Carboplatin

Serious events: 26 serious events
Other events: 61 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Serious adverse events
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
n=62 participants at risk
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Anaemia
6.5%
4/62 • Number of events 5
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Bone marrow failure
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Febrile bone marrow aplasia
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 2
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Febrile neutropenia
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Leukopenia
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 2
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Neutropenia
4.8%
3/62 • Number of events 4
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Pancytopenia
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Thrombocytopenia
6.5%
4/62 • Number of events 6
Cardiac disorders
Arrhythmia
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Cardiac disorders
Arrhythmia supraventricular
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Cardiac disorders
Atrial fibrillation
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Cardiac disorders
Tachycardia
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Gastrointestinal disorders
Abdominal pain
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Gastrointestinal disorders
Colitis ischaemic
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Gastrointestinal disorders
Diarrhoea
4.8%
3/62 • Number of events 3
Gastrointestinal disorders
Nausea
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Gastrointestinal disorders
Sigmoiditis
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Gastrointestinal disorders
Vomiting
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
General disorders
Fatigue
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
General disorders
General physical health deterioration
6.5%
4/62 • Number of events 4
General disorders
Mucosal inflammation
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Immune system disorders
Drug hypersensitivity
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Infections and infestations
Catheter related infection
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Infections and infestations
Pneumonia
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Infections and infestations
Sepsis
3.2%
2/62 • Number of events 2
Infections and infestations
Septic shock
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Investigations
White blood cell count decreased
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Metabolism and nutrition disorders
Anorexia
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Metabolism and nutrition disorders
Dehydration
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Musculoskeletal chest pain
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)
Tumour necrosis
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Psychiatric disorders
Anxiety
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Psychiatric disorders
Confusional state
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Psychiatric disorders
Depression
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Renal and urinary disorders
Haematuria
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Renal and urinary disorders
Renal failure
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Renal and urinary disorders
Renal failure acute
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Renal and urinary disorders
Urinary retention
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Acute respiratory failure
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Dyspnoea
9.7%
6/62 • Number of events 6
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Haemoptysis
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Pulmonary congestion
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Pulmonary oedema
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Respiratory distress
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
Toxic skin eruption
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1
Vascular disorders
Hypotension
1.6%
1/62 • Number of events 1

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
Pemetrexed + Carboplatin
n=62 participants at risk
Pemetrexed: 500 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2), intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles. Carboplatin: Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5, intravenous (IV), every 21 days x 6 cycles.
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Anaemia
56.5%
35/62 • Number of events 43
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Leukopenia
19.4%
12/62 • Number of events 23
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Neutropenia
71.0%
44/62 • Number of events 115
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Thrombocytopenia
46.8%
29/62 • Number of events 68
Gastrointestinal disorders
Constipation
33.9%
21/62 • Number of events 26
Gastrointestinal disorders
Diarrhoea
19.4%
12/62 • Number of events 14
Gastrointestinal disorders
Nausea
33.9%
21/62 • Number of events 32
Gastrointestinal disorders
Stomatitis
6.5%
4/62 • Number of events 4
Gastrointestinal disorders
Vomiting
22.6%
14/62 • Number of events 17
General disorders
Asthenia
67.7%
42/62 • Number of events 63
General disorders
Chest pain
11.3%
7/62 • Number of events 7
General disorders
Oedema peripheral
8.1%
5/62 • Number of events 5
General disorders
Pyrexia
9.7%
6/62 • Number of events 12
Investigations
Weight decreased
37.1%
23/62 • Number of events 24
Investigations
Weight increased
6.5%
4/62 • Number of events 4
Investigations
White blood cell count decreased
6.5%
4/62 • Number of events 5
Metabolism and nutrition disorders
Anorexia
40.3%
25/62 • Number of events 30
Psychiatric disorders
Insomnia
11.3%
7/62 • Number of events 7
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Cough
16.1%
10/62 • Number of events 10
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Dyspnoea
17.7%
11/62 • Number of events 11
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Epistaxis
9.7%
6/62 • Number of events 7
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Haemoptysis
6.5%
4/62 • Number of events 5

Additional Information

Chief Medical Officer

Eli Lilly and Company

Phone: 800-545-5979

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place

Restriction type: GT60