Study of Interleukin-2, Interferon-alpha and Bevacizumab in Metastatic Kidney Cancer

NCT ID: NCT01274273

Last Updated: 2014-12-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

118 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-10-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether interleukin-2, interferon-alpha in combination with bevacizumab are effective in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).

Detailed Description

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Bevacizumab as monotherapy has effect in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Bevacizumab in combination with interferon-alfa (IFN-α) has significant efficacy in mRCC and has been approved by EMA and FDA.

The present study will assess whether the combination of Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IFN-α with bevacizumab may add efficacy in patients with mRCC with a tolerable safety profile.

Conditions

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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Interleukin-2, interferon, bevacizumab

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bevacizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Bevacizumab doses of 10 mg per kilogram of body weight, given every two weeks i.v. until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent or a maximum of 1 year following obtaining no evidence of disease (NED).

Interleukin-2 and interferon-alfa

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Interleukin-2

Intervention Type DRUG

2.4 MIU/m2 s.c. two times daily, 5 days per week, weeks 1 and 2, every 28-day-cycle, for a maximum of 9 cycles (i.e.for a maximum of 9 months).

Interferon Alfa-2b

Intervention Type DRUG

IFN-alfa given as one priming-week of daily IFN 3.0 MIU, followed by up to 9 treatment cycles (i.e. for a maximum of 9 months) with IFN-alfa 3.0 MIU as a fixed dose s.c. once daily - 5 days per week.

Interventions

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Interleukin-2

2.4 MIU/m2 s.c. two times daily, 5 days per week, weeks 1 and 2, every 28-day-cycle, for a maximum of 9 cycles (i.e.for a maximum of 9 months).

Intervention Type DRUG

Interferon Alfa-2b

IFN-alfa given as one priming-week of daily IFN 3.0 MIU, followed by up to 9 treatment cycles (i.e. for a maximum of 9 months) with IFN-alfa 3.0 MIU as a fixed dose s.c. once daily - 5 days per week.

Intervention Type DRUG

Bevacizumab

Bevacizumab doses of 10 mg per kilogram of body weight, given every two weeks i.v. until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent or a maximum of 1 year following obtaining no evidence of disease (NED).

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Aldesleukin IntronA Avastin

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Signed written informed consent
2. Patient must be willing and able to comply with the protocol.
3. Age ≥ 18 years.
4. Histologic og cytologic biopsy proven locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, considered non-candidates for curative surgery. Nephrectomy is not mandatory.
5. Patient with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with a clear-cell histologic component confirmed by local pathology review.
6. Females with a negative serum pregnancy test unless childbearing potential can be otherwise excluded
7. Fertile women of childbearing potential (\<2 years after last menstruation) and men must use effective means of contraception
8. Memorial-Sloan-Kettering-Cancer-Centre favourable- and intermediate prognostic group.
9. Measurable or non-measurable disease (as per RECIST1.1 criteria)
10. Karnofsky Performance status of 70% or higher.
11. Life expectancy greater than 4 months.
12. The required laboratory values at baseline are as follows:

Haematology:

WCC ≥ 3.0 x 109/L, Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L, Haemoglobin ≥ 6.2 mmol/l, (INR) ≤ 1.5, APTT ≤ 1.5 x ULN

Biochemistry:

Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), AST, ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN in patients without liver metastases, ≤ 5 x ULN in patients with liver metastases, Serum Creatinine ≤ 150 micromol/L

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Exclusion Criteria

1. Prior systemic treatment for metastatic RCC disease
2. Major surgical procedure, open surgical biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to randomization.
3. Serious non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture.
4. Evidence of current central nervous system (CNS) metastases or spinal cord compression. Patient must undergo an MRI or CT scan of the brain (with contrast, if possible) within 28 days prior to randomization.
5. Seizure(s) not controlled with standard medical therapy.
6. Dipstick urine test of protein ≥ 2+.
7. Other malignancies within 5 years prior to randomization (other than curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin and/or in situ carcinoma of the cervix).
8. Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy.
9. Ongoing or recent (within 10 days prior to study treatment start) need for full therapeutic dose of oral anticoagulants or chronic daily treatment with aspirin. Low molecular weight heparin are allowed
10. Uncontrolled hypertension (≥ 160 mm Hg systolic and/or ≥ 100 mm Hg diastolic) while receiving chronic medication.
11. Clinically significant (i.e. active) cardiovascular disease, for example cerebrovascular accidents (≤ 6 months before randomisation), myocardial infarction (≤ 6 months before randomisation), unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or greater congestive heart failure, or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication.
12. Recent (within the 30 days prior to randomization) treatment with another investigational drug or participation in another investigational study.
13. Chronic treatment with corticosteroids (dose of ≥ 10 mg/day methylprednisolone equivalent), excluding inhaled steroids.
14. History or presence of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates use of an investigational drug or patient at high risk from treatment complications.
15. Known hypersensitivity to interleukin-2, Interferon, alfa or bevacizumab.

Serial blood test, serial tumor biopsies and serial dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging will be obtained as part of a translational research program integrated in the clinical trial.

Part(s) of the translational research program may be omitted in the individual patient due to practical, technical or safety reasons, without having consequences for participating in the additional translational research investigations or the clinical part of the study.

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Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Danish Renal Cancer Study Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Aarhus

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Frede Donskov, MD, DMSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Aarhus University Hospital

Poul Geertsen, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Copenhagen

Locations

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Aarhus University Hospital

Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Site Status

Herlev University Hospital

Herlev, Herlev, Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Aldin A, Besiroglu B, Adams A, Monsef I, Piechotta V, Tomlinson E, Hornbach C, Dressen N, Goldkuhle M, Maisch P, Dahm P, Heidenreich A, Skoetz N. First-line therapy for adults with advanced renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 May 4;5(5):CD013798. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013798.pub2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37146227 (View on PubMed)

Drljevic-Nielsen A, Rasmussen F, Nielsen PS, Stilling C, Thorup K, Mains JR, Madsen HHT, Donskov F. Prognostic value of DCE-CT-derived blood volume and flow compared to core biopsy microvessel density in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Eur Radiol Exp. 2021 Jul 30;5(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s41747-021-00232-2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34327591 (View on PubMed)

Donskov F, Jensen NV, Smidt-Hansen T, Brondum L, Geertsen P. A randomized phase II trial of interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha plus bevacizumab versus interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha in metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (mRCC): results from the Danish Renal Cancer Group (DaRenCa) study-1. Acta Oncol. 2018 May;57(5):589-594. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1433324. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29392960 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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DARENCA-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id