Four Cycles Versus Six Cycles of Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

NCT ID: NCT03296306

Last Updated: 2017-09-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

330 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-30

Study Completion Date

2022-02-28

Brief Summary

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The objective is to show non-inferiority of overall survival between four cycles and six cycles of first-line cisplatin based chemotherapy to determine the optimal duration of chemotherapy in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma.

Detailed Description

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Urothelial carcinoma is the fifth most common cancer in men and seventh among women all around the world. Although a complete surgical resection with or without perioperative treatment is the most effective way to offer a potentially curative therapy to patients with these cancers, 25% of the patients initially present with locally or systemically advanced disease. Systemic chemotherapy is the only current modality that provides the potential for a long-term survival in patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial disease.

Cisplatin based combination chemotherapies such as GP, GP-S, MVAC, and dose dense MVAC with G-CSF supports are regarded as a backbone treatment for patients with advanced bladder cancer on the basis of the results from previous studies.

However, there is no consensus on appropriate number of chemotherapy cycles. In phase III trial comparing MVAC with GP, patients were treated with 6 cycles (every 4 weeks) of chemotherapy. In another phase III trial comparing MVAC with HD-MVAC, there is no pre-determined number of cycles, but the median number of cycles were 4 for MVAC and 6 for HD-MVAC.

However, it is hard to complete six or more cycles of cisplatin based chemotherapy due to cumulative toxicities of cisplatin such as neuropathy and development of resistance. The median age of patients with urothelial cancer is 70 years old and significant proportion of the patients already showed impaired performance status (ECOG PS ≥2).

There has already been reported in several trials of NSCLC, which showed that 4 cycles of chemotherapy containing cisplatin has no significant differences in survival or QoL with lower incidences of toxicities compared with 6 cycles of chemotherapy.

The objective of this trial is to assess whether there is any difference in OS between patients who are treated with four cycles of cisplatin based chemotherapy and patients who are treated with 6 cycles of chemotherapy to determine the optimal duration of chemotherapy in patients with advanced urothelial cancer.

Conditions

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Bladder Cancer Ureter Cancer Urethral Cancer Transitional 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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6 cycles arm

Patients without evidence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicities after completion of two or four treatment cycles of cisplatin based chemotherapy (GP, GP-S, MVAC, HD-MVAC with GCSF) were randomly assigned to receive additional two to four cycles of chemotherapy (totally six cycles)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Treatment duration of cisplatin based chemotherapy

Intervention Type DRUG

* GP regimen: Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2 D1, D8), Cisplatin (60 mg/m2 D1), every 3 weeks
* GP-S regimen: Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2 D1, D8), Cisplatin (35 mg/m2 D1,D 2 or D8), every 3 weeks
* MVAC regimen: Methotrexate (30 mg/m2 IV bolus, D1, 15, 22), Vinblastine (3 mg/m2 IV bolus, D2, 15, 22), Doxorubicin (30 mg/m2 IV bolus D2), Cisplatin (70 mg/m2 D2), every 4 weeks
* HD-MVAC with GCSF regimen: Methotrexate (30 mg/m2 IV bolus, D1), Vinblastine (3 mg/m2 IV bolus, D2), Doxorubicin (30 mg/m2 IV bolus D2), Cisplatin (70 mg/m2 D2), G-CSF (240 ug/m2 SC, D4-10), every 2 weeks

4 cycles arm

Patients without evidence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicities after completion of two or four treatment cycles of cisplatin based chemotherapy (GP, GP-S, MVAC, HD-MVAC with GCSF) were randomly assigned to receive additional zero to two cycles of chemotherapy (totally four cycles)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Treatment duration of cisplatin based chemotherapy

Intervention Type DRUG

* GP regimen: Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2 D1, D8), Cisplatin (60 mg/m2 D1), every 3 weeks
* GP-S regimen: Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2 D1, D8), Cisplatin (35 mg/m2 D1,D 2 or D8), every 3 weeks
* MVAC regimen: Methotrexate (30 mg/m2 IV bolus, D1, 15, 22), Vinblastine (3 mg/m2 IV bolus, D2, 15, 22), Doxorubicin (30 mg/m2 IV bolus D2), Cisplatin (70 mg/m2 D2), every 4 weeks
* HD-MVAC with GCSF regimen: Methotrexate (30 mg/m2 IV bolus, D1), Vinblastine (3 mg/m2 IV bolus, D2), Doxorubicin (30 mg/m2 IV bolus D2), Cisplatin (70 mg/m2 D2), G-CSF (240 ug/m2 SC, D4-10), every 2 weeks

Interventions

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Treatment duration of cisplatin based chemotherapy

* GP regimen: Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2 D1, D8), Cisplatin (60 mg/m2 D1), every 3 weeks
* GP-S regimen: Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2 D1, D8), Cisplatin (35 mg/m2 D1,D 2 or D8), every 3 weeks
* MVAC regimen: Methotrexate (30 mg/m2 IV bolus, D1, 15, 22), Vinblastine (3 mg/m2 IV bolus, D2, 15, 22), Doxorubicin (30 mg/m2 IV bolus D2), Cisplatin (70 mg/m2 D2), every 4 weeks
* HD-MVAC with GCSF regimen: Methotrexate (30 mg/m2 IV bolus, D1), Vinblastine (3 mg/m2 IV bolus, D2), Doxorubicin (30 mg/m2 IV bolus D2), Cisplatin (70 mg/m2 D2), G-CSF (240 ug/m2 SC, D4-10), every 2 weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed urothelial cancer
2. Unresectable locally advanced (T3b, N2-3), metastatic (M1), or recurrent disease
3. Age 18 years or older
4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-1
5. Not progressed disease status after 2 or 4 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy
6. Adequate organ and bone marrow function for chemotherapy
7. No history of radiation therapy, or radiation field within 25% of whole marrow would be allowed. If patients underwent radiation therapy in entire pelvis, they are excluded to this study. Patients should discontinue radiation therapy at least 4 weeks before enrollment, and the patients should be recovered from radiation therapy associated adverse events.
8. Women should use contraceptive medication for 6 months after the end of the study or she would be post-menopause status. Men should consent with the contraception for 6 months after the end of the study or he would be infertile.
9. Patients should sign a written informed consent before study entry.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Histologic types other than urothelial cell carcinoma should be excluded. However, urothelial cell types combined with squamous or glandular features are allowed.
2. Patients who showed progressed disease status after 2 or 4 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy, cannot be treated with additional chemotherapy due to adverse events, or already undertook with reduced dose of more than 50%
3. Presence or history of CNS metastasis
4. Prior systemic chemotherapy (But prior intravesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy was allowed, and recurrent disease after adjuvant or neoadjuvant cisplatin-based systemic chemotherapy is allowed if the last chemotherapy was administered 1 year or more before the patient enrollment)
5. Peripheral sensory neuropathy grade 2 or worse according to NCI CTCAE
6. History of treatment with drugs of another clinical trial within 30 days before enrollment.
7. Concomitant severe medical, surgical, or psychiatric disease or problems which can affect the results of the clinical trial or have possibilities of unexpected medical problems caused be the drug of clinical trial
8. History of another malignancy (but treated malignancy at least two years before enrollment were allowed, and cured non-melanoma skin cancer, any cured in-situ carcinoma, clinically insignificant localized prostate cancer, or papillary thyroid carcinoma are allowed even diagnosed less than 2 years before enrollment).
9. Pregnant or lactating women, women of childbearing potential not employing adequate contraception
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Korean Cancer Study Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Asan Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jae-Lyun Lee

Associated Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jae-Lyun Lee, MD., PhD.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Asan Medical Center

Locations

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Kwonoh Park

Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Hallym University Medical Center, Hallym University College of Medicine

Anyang, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Fatima Hospital

Daegu, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Keimyeong University Dongsan Medical Center

Daegu, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Chungnam University Hospital

Daejeon, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital

Goyang, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Gil Medical Center

Incheon, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital

Pusan, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Kosin University Hospital

Pusan, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine

Pusan, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Asan Medical Center

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Chung Ang University Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Korea University Anam Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

VHS medical center

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Yonsei Cancer Center

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea

Suwon, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Jae lyun Lee, MD., PhD.

Role: CONTACT

+82-2-3010-5977

MiRan Kim

Role: CONTACT

+82-2-3010-5576

Facility Contacts

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Kwonoh Park, MD, PhD

Role: primary

1033783529

Ho Young Kim

Role: primary

Jung Lim Lee

Role: primary

Jin Young Kim, MD

Role: primary

Hyo Jin Lee, MD, PhD.

Role: primary

Soo Jung Hong

Role: primary

Inkeun Park, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Il-Hwan Kim

Role: primary

Sung-Hoon Shin

Role: primary

Hyo Jung Kim

Role: primary

Jae-Lyun Lee, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Hee Joon Kim

Role: primary

Byeong Seok Sohn

Role: primary

Yun-Gyoo Lee

Role: primary

Yoon Ji Choi

Role: primary

Bhum Suk Keam

Role: primary

Role: backup

Bong-Seog Kim

Role: primary

Sang Joon Shin

Role: primary

Byoung Yong Shim

Role: primary

References

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Kim YR, Lee JL, You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H. Gemcitabine plus split-dose cisplatin could be a promising alternative to gemcitabine plus carboplatin for cisplatin-unfit patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2015 Jul;76(1):141-53. doi: 10.1007/s00280-015-2774-z. Epub 2015 May 23.

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Other Identifiers

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KCSG GU16-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id