Lung CancerPhase 2NCT00226577
Pharmacogenomic & Phase II Study of Gemcitabine and Pemetrexed in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.
A Phase 2 study testing Gemcitabine, Pemetrexed and Surgery in people with Lung Cancer, run by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy given prior to having lung cancer surgically removed. Patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer will receive gemcitabine and pemetrexed together for 4 times biweekly. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Lung Cancer
- What is being tested?
- Gemcitabine, Pemetrexed and Surgery
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 52 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Feb 2004to Dec 2008
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Microscopically confirmed non-small cell carcinoma of the lung, which may be confirmed at the initial bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy, or by transthoracic needle biopsy.
- No prior therapy for lung cancer.
- Patients must have disease stages IB (T2N0M0), IIA (T1N1M0), IIB (T2N1M0 and T3N0M0), or IIIA (T3N1M0 and T1-3N2M0). Patients with 2 lesions in one lobe (T4) (Stage IIIB) are eligible.
- Patients must be deemed medically fit for surgical resection by a thoracic surgeon.
- Patients must have an ECOG performance status of Zero or One.
- Patients must have measurable or evaluable disease.
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- Measurable Disease: Any mass reproducibly measurable in one diameter (RECIST criteria).
- Evaluable disease: Lesions apparent on chest CT, which do not meet the criteria for measurability. These include ill-defined masses associated with post obstructive changes.
- Age >18 years.
- Patient must be able to understand and sign the informed consent.
- Patients must be >12 weeks from prior major surgery, such as a coronary artery bypass graft.
Who cannot join
- White blood cell count <3000/mm3
- Platelet count <100,000/mm3
- Hemoglobin <9.0 g/dl
- Creatinine >1.5 mg/dl
- Total bilirubin >1.5 mg/dl
- SGOT, SGPT, or AP >1.5 x upper limit of normal
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- Metastatic disease (except peribronchial/hilar lymph nodes=N1 and ipsilateral/subcarinal mediastinal lymph nodes=N2) or malignant pleural effusion detected on preoperative evaluation. Non-malignant effusions are cytology negative, are non-bloody, and are transudates. Effusions visible only on CT and not large enough for safe thoracentesis will not result in ineligibility. Exudative effusions, even if cytologically negative are excluded. Pleural fluid is considered exudative if: the ratio of pleural fluid protein to serum protein is >0.5 or the ratio of pleural fluid LDH to serum to serum LDH >0.6 or Pleural fluid LDH is >200 IU/liter. A staging PET scan will be used to exclude patients. If there are multiple areas of FDG uptake outside the area of the primary tumor and the hilar and ipsilateral mediastinal lymph nodes, the patient will be excluded by virtue of having metastatic disease. If however, only one area shows an increase in FDG uptake, the area of concern will need further evaluation such as a biopsy to exclude metastatic disease.
- N3 lymph nodes (contralateral mediastinal/hilar and supraclavicular/scalene) or T4 primary tumor (malignant pleural effusion or mediastinal invasion) by clinical staging criteria (N3 as seen on CT or PET scan, which may be proven by mediastinoscopy at the investigators discretion).
- Pregnancy.
- Other active malignancy within 2 years with the exceptions of non-melanoma skin cancer and cervical carcinoma in situ.
- Psychologic, familial, sociologic, or geographic conditions, which do not permit biweekly medical follow-up and adherence to the study protocol.
- Prior radiation therapy for any cancer to the thorax.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, 33612
About this study
Official title: Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine and Pemetrexed in Resectable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) With Pharmacogenomic Correlates.
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy given prior to having lung cancer surgically removed. Patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer will receive gemcitabine and pemetrexed together for 4 times biweekly. Patients will be seen by a medical oncologist prior to each cycle of chemotherapy given. The medical oncologist will review patient's bloodwork and symptoms prior to approving next cycle of chemotherapy. All patients will then be evaluated with scans to determine response to chemotherapy and to determine if patient is a surgical candidate. These patients will then proceed to surgery to have the lung cancer removed. Follow up visits include bloodwork, scans, and a visit with the medical oncologist every three months for two years, then every six months for three years to monitor for disease recurrence.
Read the detailed description
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine and pemetrexed given together 4-times biweekly in patients with resectable NSCLC. All patients will be seen by members of the Thoracic Oncology Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida, and they will be discussed in our weekly multidisciplinary thoracic oncology conference. The conference includes pathologists, radiologists, thoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, oncology nurse specialists, case managers, social workers, and clinical trials coordinators. They will have initial tests as outlined in the study timetable. Patients will receive gemcitabine biweekly on days 1, 15, 29, and 43 at a dose of 1,500 mg/m2. They will also receive pemetrexed at a dose of 500 mg/m2 on days 1, 15, 29, and 43. Gemcitabine will be given first over a period of 30 minutes i.v. followed by pemetrexed over 10 minutes i.v. All patients will get a post induction chemotherapy PET scan, CT scan, and PFT's including a DLCO. They will then go on to thoracotomy including bronchoscopy and mediastinal lymph node dissection between days 64 and 77 if the tumor is deemed completely resectable on restaging studies.
The administration of chemotherapy at the earliest time (neoadjuvant or induction chemotherapy) following diagnosis in an effort to reduce the risk of disease recurrence. This approach also allows for investigations of molecular parameters that may affect response to chemotherapy and patients' survival. It is our hypothesis that the expression of genes associated with activation, inactivation, and efficacy of the drugs gemcitabine and pemetrexed will predict response to therapy and prognosis. We further hypothesize that the expression of these genes will be altered during chemotherapy, and that the global assessment of tumor proliferation, apoptosis, and genome damage is associated with response to therapy. We propose a phase II study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine and pemetrexed in patients with resectable NSCLC, specifically correlating molecular and genetic parameters to the primary clinical study endpoint disease response (radiographic CR+PR) and the secondary endpoints complete pathological response at surgery, disease-free survival, and overall survival.
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer
- Being tested
- Gemcitabine, Pemetrexed, Surgery
- Keywords
- Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, resectable, NSCLC
- Medical subject headings
- Lung Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
GemcitabineDrug
Also called Gemzar®
Gemcitabine (GemzarR) 1500 mg/m2
PemetrexedDrug
Also called Alimta®
Pemetrexed (AlimtaR) 500 mg/m2
SurgeryProcedure or surgery
When the chemotherapy treatment is completed, the patient's tumor response will be evaluated by a CT scan, pulmonary function test, and another PET scan between days 50 and 63 (during weeks 8 and 9). If there is no growth or spread of the cancer on any of these tests, patients will then proceed to have surgery by week 10 to remove the cancer.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Surgery Chemotherapy | Experimental | Not described Receives: Drug: Gemcitabine; Drug: Pemetrexed; Procedure: Surgery |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Disease Response - Radiographic
Number of participants with partial or Complete Response. Complete response (CR) is defined as the total disappearance of all malignant and evaluable clinical evidence of cancer without the development of any new malignant lesions documented on the post chemotherapy chest CT and PET scan.
Partial response (PR) (measurable disease only): When compared with pre-treatment measurements, a reduction of >30% in the sum of the largest diameters of all measurable lesions and absence of new lesions.
Measured: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Secondary outcomes (4)
Disease Response - Pathologic
Number of participants with Pathologic Complete Response. Pathologic complete response (pCR) is defined by a surgical pathology specimen, which consists of equal to or more than 95% fibrosis and necrosis.
Measured: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Survival - Disease Free
Disease-free survival (DFS) is defined as the period of time from surgery to the time when disease recurrence is clearly documented. A histologic confirmation is required in equivalent cases.
Measured: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Survival - Overall
Median range of number of participants with Overall Survival. Overall survival (OS) will be defined as the period of time from the first day of drug treatment to the date of death of the patient. Patients taken off study will be followed quarterly until death for survival data.
Measured: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Toxicity
Number of participants with toxicity ≥ Grade 3 after gemcitabine plus pemetrexed induction chemotherapy.
Measured: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Study startFeb 2004
- Primary completionDec 2008
- Study completionDec 2008
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Other trials for Lung CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstituteThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 52 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI), Eli Lilly and Company
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Gerold Bepler, M.D, Ph.D., Principal investigator, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center (now at Karmanos Cancer Institute)
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00226577
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MCC-13726
- Other IDs
- H3E-US-X009
- Status last verified
- Jan 2011
- First submitted
- 23 Sep 2005
- Last updated
- 23 Mar 2017
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Mar 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine and Pemetrexed in Resectable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) With Pharmacogenomic Correlates.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00226577
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MCC-13726
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer
- Keywords
- Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, resectable, NSCLC
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 52 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI), Eli Lilly and Company
- Study start
- Feb 2004
- Primary completion
- Dec 2008 (actual)
- Study completion
- Dec 2008 (actual)
- First posted
- 27 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 12 Jan 2011
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy given prior to having lung cancer surgically removed. Patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer will receive gemcitabine and pemetrexed together for 4 times biweekly. Patients will be seen by a medical oncologist prior to each cycle of chemotherapy given. The medical oncologist will review patient's bloodwork and symptoms prior to approving next cycle of chemotherapy. All patients will then be evaluated with scans to determine response to chemotherapy and to determine if patient is a surgical candidate. These patients will then proceed to surgery to have the lung cancer removed. Follow up visits include bloodwork, scans, and a visit with the medical oncologist every three months for two years, then every six months for three years to monitor for disease recurrence.
Detailed description
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine and pemetrexed given together 4-times biweekly in patients with resectable NSCLC. All patients will be seen by members of the Thoracic Oncology Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida, and they will be discussed in our weekly multidisciplinary thoracic oncology conference. The conference includes pathologists, radiologists, thoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, oncology nurse specialists, case managers, social workers, and clinical trials coordinators. They will have initial tests as outlined in the study timetable. Patients will receive gemcitabine biweekly on days 1, 15, 29, and 43 at a dose of 1,500 mg/m2. They will also receive pemetrexed at a dose of 500 mg/m2 on days 1, 15, 29, and 43. Gemcitabine will be given first over a period of 30 minutes i.v. followed by pemetrexed over 10 minutes i.v. All patients will get a post induction chemotherapy PET scan, CT scan, and PFT's including a DLCO. They will then go on to thoracotomy including bronchoscopy and mediastinal lymph node dissection between days 64 and 77 if the tumor is deemed completely resectable on restaging studies.
The administration of chemotherapy at the earliest time (neoadjuvant or induction chemotherapy) following diagnosis in an effort to reduce the risk of disease recurrence. This approach also allows for investigations of molecular parameters that may affect response to chemotherapy and patients' survival. It is our hypothesis that the expression of genes associated with activation, inactivation, and efficacy of the drugs gemcitabine and pemetrexed will predict response to therapy and prognosis. We further hypothesize that the expression of these genes will be altered during chemotherapy, and that the global assessment of tumor proliferation, apoptosis, and genome damage is associated with response to therapy. We propose a phase II study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine and pemetrexed in patients with resectable NSCLC, specifically correlating molecular and genetic parameters to the primary clinical study endpoint disease response (radiographic CR+PR) and the secondary endpoints complete pathological response at surgery, disease-free survival, and overall survival.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Surgery Chemotherapy | Experimental | Drug: Gemcitabine, Drug: Pemetrexed, Procedure: Surgery |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (11 listed)
- Microscopically confirmed non-small cell carcinoma of the lung, which may be confirmed at the initial bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy, or by transthoracic needle biopsy.
- No prior therapy for lung cancer.
- Patients must have disease stages IB (T2N0M0), IIA (T1N1M0), IIB (T2N1M0 and T3N0M0), or IIIA (T3N1M0 and T1-3N2M0). Patients with 2 lesions in one lobe (T4) (Stage IIIB) are eligible.
- Patients must be deemed medically fit for surgical resection by a thoracic surgeon.
- Patients must have an ECOG performance status of Zero or One.
Key exclusion criteria (12 listed)
- White blood cell count <3000/mm3
- Platelet count <100,000/mm3
- Hemoglobin <9.0 g/dl
- Creatinine >1.5 mg/dl
- Total bilirubin >1.5 mg/dl
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| GemcitabineAlso: Gemzar®Gemcitabine (GemzarR) 1500 mg/m2 | Drug | Pre-Surgery Chemotherapy |
| PemetrexedAlso: Alimta®Pemetrexed (AlimtaR) 500 mg/m2 | Drug | Pre-Surgery Chemotherapy |
| SurgeryWhen the chemotherapy treatment is completed, the patient's tumor response will be evaluated by a CT scan, pulmonary function test, and another PET scan between days 50 and 63 (during weeks 8 and 9). If there is no growth or spread of the cancer on any of these tests, patients will then proceed to have surgery by week 10 to remove the cancer. | Procedure or surgery | Pre-Surgery Chemotherapy |
Primary outcome
Disease Response - Radiographic
Time frame: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Number of participants with partial or Complete Response. Complete response (CR) is defined as the total disappearance of all malignant and evaluable clinical evidence of cancer without the development of any new malignant lesions documented on the post chemotherapy chest CT and PET scan. Partial response (PR) (measurable disease only): When compared with pre-treatment measurements, a reduction of >30% in the sum of the largest diameters of all measurable lesions and absence of new lesions.
4 secondary outcomes
Disease Response - Pathologic
Time frame: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Survival - Disease Free
Time frame: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Survival - Overall
Time frame: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Toxicity
Time frame: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Mar 2017.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Gerold Bepler, M.D, Ph.D. principal investigator
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center (now at Karmanos Cancer Institute)
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing Gemcitabine, Pemetrexed and Surgery in people with Lung Cancer, run by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 11 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Mar 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 12 Jan 2011). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Disease Response - Radiographic (time frame: 06/20/2008 Index date for patients enrolled between 04/2004 and 04/2006). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Mar 2017.