Maintenance Metronomic Chemotherapy for Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma

NCT ID: NCT01668680

Last Updated: 2015-07-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2014-12-31

Brief Summary

Colorectal cancer patients with metastases (mCRC) at response under expensive chemotherapy which may be toxic +/- exhausting are candidates for an effective and more convenient maintenance treatment.

Objectives:

1. To define the efficacy of maintenance chemotherapy by a low-dose metronomic (LDM) regimen, in metastatic CRC patients responding under FOLFIRI + bevacizumab.

2. To discover predictive factors for response to this LDM regimen.

Hypothesis:

1. The re-growth of residual metastases can be slowed by the anti-angiogenic effects of LDM chemotherapy.

2. Serial measurements of angiogenic/ inflammatory factors in the plasma and/or evaluation of certain enzymes in the tumor may discover predictive factors of response to LDM chemotherapy in metastatic CRC patients.

Detailed Description

At entry to the research protocol the up-till then administered treatment with Intra Venous FOLFIRI+BEVACIZUMAB will be stopped.Instead, the research oral treatment will be initiated to be taken daily on an ambulatory basis and under once monthly re-evaluation. If and when disease progresses the original FOLFIRI+BEVACIZUMAB treatment will be considered for re-institution.

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer Metastatic

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

LDM anti-angiogenic chemotherapy

LDM (Low Dose Metronomic) anti-angiogenic chemotherapy includes daily oral treatment with CAPECITABINE, CELECOXIB and METHOTREXATE.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

CAPECITABINE, CELECOXIB and METHOTREXATE

Intervention Type: DRUG

daily oral treatment with CAPECITABINE, CELECOXIB and METHOTREXATE

observation

observation only

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

CAPECITABINE, CELECOXIB and METHOTREXATE

daily oral treatment with CAPECITABINE, CELECOXIB and METHOTREXATE

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Metronomic Chemotherapy

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Histologic (or cytologic) proof of colorectal carcinoma (CRC).

2. Age: between 18 and 80.

3. Sex: both sexes.

4. Previous treatment for metastatic disease is limited to FOLFIRI+ bevacizumab.

5. Prior adjuvant chemotherapy, with a fluoropyrimidine and/or Oxaliplatin, is allowed.

6. Prior radiotherapy, either as adjuvant treatment or palliation of metastatic sites is allowed, provided that there are other non-irradiated foci of disease for evaluation.

7. Persistent remission, either complete, partial or minimal response (CR, PR or MR) or stable disease (SD), one year+/-one month from initiation of first line treatment for mCRC.

8. Asymptomatic patients at break from chemotherapy.

9. Intact organ function, including complete blood counts (CBC) showing normal values or any toxicity limited to grade 1 and blood chemistry (SMA) showing liver and renal functions < 1.5 upper normal limit (UNL).

10. Capability to understand and to sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Concurrent any other cancer (except BCC or squamous cell carcinoma of skin).

2. Inability to adhere to monthly visits to the oncology unit for evaluation.

3. Presence of brain metastases.

4. Any current or recent (within the last month) continuous treatment by steroids or by NSAIDs, or with therapeutic doses of anticoagulants for any reason.

5. Previous radiotherapy to the only site of measurable disease.

6. Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic disease (e.g., unstable or uncompensated respiratory, cardiac including arrhythmias, hepatic or renal disease), and/or existence of active peptic ulcer (clinically and/or by gastroscopy).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Clalit Health Services

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

David Loven, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ha'Emek MC

Locations

HaEmek Medical Center

Afula, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Other Identifiers

EMC-0047-11

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id