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Pancreatic CancerPhase 2NCT00290693

Capecitabine and Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing Capecitabine and Docetaxel in people with Pancreatic Cancer, run by University of Miami at 3 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine and docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pancreatic Cancer
What is being tested?
Capecitabine and Docetaxel
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
45 participants
Where
3 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2004to Jun 2010
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

  • Participants or their authorized legally acceptable representative must consent to be in the study and must have signed and dated an approved consent form which conforms to federal and institutional guidelines.
  • Patients must be 18 years or older.
  • Participants must have recurrence or progression of histologically or cytologically documented pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Re-documentation of tumor histology or cytology prior to protocol therapy is not required if documented tumor was confirmed prior to initial therapy.
  • Patients must have metastatic disease.
  • Patients with metastatic disease to the brain if they have received radiation therapy or are stable, and are not receiving steroids or anticonvulsants.
  • Participants must have received one prior gemcitabine based chemotherapy regimen (with or without radiation therapy). Participants must be 3 weeks or more beyond completion of prior chemotherapy (30 days beyond any experimental agent) and show recovery from toxicity to within the eligibility parameters of this protocol.
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  • Radiation for palliation and of the primary tumor must have been completed at least four weeks prior to initiation of protocol therapy.
  • Patients must have measurable tumor by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (Therasse et al, 2000). Measurable disease includes any lesion ≥ 1 cm by spiral CT or ≥ 2 cm by non-spiral CT in longest diameter which can be repetitively assessed by radiographic measurement or any lesion ≥ 2 cm in longest diameter which can be repetitively assessed by physical examination. Positive bone scans, osteoblastic or osteolytic bone lesions, pleural effusions and positive bone marrow biopsies are not considered acceptable as either measurable or evaluable lesions.
  • Participants must have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status Score of 0,1, or 2.
  • Females of reproductive potential must not plan on conceiving children during the treatment period and must agree to use an effective medically accepted form of contraception. Patients will agree to continue contraception for 60 days from the date of the last study drug administration.
  • Required initial laboratory data:
  • Granulocytes ≥ 1,500/µl
  • Platelets ≥ 100,000/µl
  • Hg ≥ 8.0 g/dL
  • Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
  • Creatine Clearance >30 ml/min as calculated with Cockroft-Gault equation
  • Bilirubin ≤ Upper Limits of Normal (ULN)
  • Pregnancy test for females with child-bearing potential: Negative within 7 days of starting protocol
  • Transaminases (SGOT and/or SGPT) may be up to 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) if alkaline phosphatase is ≤ ULN, or alkaline phosphatase may be up to 4 x ULN if transaminases are ≤ ULN.

Who cannot join

  • Patient currently enrolled in another clinical trial.
  • Pregnant or breast feeding women. With the exception of post-menopausal or infertile women, a negative blood test for pregnancy is mandatory before entry on study. Fertile persons refusing to use contraceptives may not participate.
  • Participants may not have had capecitabine or docetaxel as part of prior therapy.
  • No concurrent clinically evident malignancy is allowed except inactive non-melanoma skin cancer, low grade low stage bladder carcinoma followed off therapy, treated in-situ cervical cancer or lobular neoplasia of the breast.
  • Participants with serious uncontrolled medical or psychiatric illness that would render chemotherapy unsafe are ineligible.
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding at the time of proposed study entry.
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  • Clinical AIDS or known positive HIV serology.
  • Peripheral neuropathy > grade 1
  • Patients with a history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to drugs formulated with polysorbate 80 must be excluded.
  • Prior unanticipated severe reaction to fluoropyrimidine therapy, or known sensitivity to 5-fluorouracil.
  • Clinically significant cardiac disease (e.g. congestive heart failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease and cardiac arrhythmias not well controlled with medication) or myocardial infarction within the last 12 months.
  • Lack of physical integrity of the upper gastrointestinal tract or malabsorption syndrome.
  • Major Surgery within 4 weeks of the start of study treatment, without complete recovery.
  • Unwillingness to participate or inability to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study.
  • Patients with impaired renal function (estimated creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min as calculated by the Cockroft-Gault Equation).

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country.

United States3 sites
  • Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224

  • University of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33136

  • Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center at Mount Sinai Medical Center

    Miami Beach, Florida, 33140

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About this study

Official title: A Multicenter Phase II Study of Capecitabine and Docetaxel for Previously Treated Pancreatic Cancer Patients "CapTere"

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine and docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving capecitabine together with docetaxel works in treating patients with recurrent or progressive metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the overall (complete and partial) response rate in patients with recurrent or progressive metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with capecitabine and docetaxel.

Secondary

  • Determine the overall and progression-free survival of patients treated with the chemotherapy combination.
  • Determine the duration of response (complete or partial) among patients who attain a response.
  • Determine the frequency of patients having > 50% fall of CA19-9 from an initial level of > 100 U/mL in association with treatment with this regimen.
  • Evaluate the toxicity associated with the administration of the combination in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, open-label, nonrandomized study.

Patients receive oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-14 and docetaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for up to 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 45 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
Capecitabine, Docetaxel
Keywords
recurrent pancreatic cancer, adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, stage IV pancreatic cancer
Medical subject headings
Pancreatic Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • CapecitabineDrug

    Also called Xeloda

    Orally, 1600mg/m2/day given as (800mg/m2 BID), Days 1 through 14 of 21-day cycle

  • DocetaxelDrug

    Also called Taxotere

    30 mg/m2, IV, days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks

Study groups in NCT00290693
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CapTere (Capecitabine + Docetaxel)ExperimentalCapecitabine + Docetaxel (Taxotere)
Receives: Drug: Capecitabine; Drug: Docetaxel

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Rate of Participants Achieving Complete Response or Partial Response to Therapy.

    Rate of participants achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to Captere therapy according to RECIST criteria v 1.0. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Overall Surival (OS)

    Overall survival is measured from the time from date of initial protocol therapy to date of death. In the absence of confirmation of death, survival time will be censored to last date of follow-up.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  2. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Progression-free survival (PFS) is measured the time from the start of protocol therapy to disease progression or death from any cause. Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  3. Rate of Participants Achieving a 50% or More Reduction in CA 19-9 Levels

    Rate of participants achieving a 50% or more reduction in CA 19-9 levels after receiving protocol therapy. Baseline CA-19-9 will be compared to the lowest recorded value on patients receiving therapy on protocol. A 50% drop in CA 19-9 in patients with baseline levels above 100 U/ml will be recorded as a CA 19-9 response if the > 50% drop can be confirmed with at least one more CA 19-9 level thereafter with > 50% drop compared to baseline.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  4. Number of Study Participants Experiencing Toxicity After Receiving Protocol Therapy

    Number of study participants experiencing toxicity (serious adverse events or adverse events). Study participants assessed for this outcome measure must have received at least one dose of protocol therapy. Toxicity assessed according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v3.0 (CTCAE).

    Measured: Up to 1 year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Feb 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2004
  3. Primary completionAug 2008
  4. Study completionJun 2010

Resources

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
45 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00290693
Sponsor's protocol ID
20030652
Other IDs
SCCC-2003099, WIRB-20051007, AVENTIS-14056
Status last verified
Oct 2017
First submitted
9 Feb 2006
Last updated
2 Dec 2017
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Soares HP, Bayraktar S, Blaya M, Lopes G, Merchan J, Macintyre J, Mayo C, Green MR, Silva O, Levi J, Walker G, Rocha-Lima CM. A phase II study of capecitabine plus docetaxel in gemcitabine-pretreated metastatic pancreatic cancer patients: CapTere. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2014 Apr;73(4):839-45. doi: 10.1007/s00280-014-2414-z. Epub 2014 Feb 23.

    PubMed 24562589

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Capecitabine and Docetaxel in people with Pancreatic Cancer, run by University of Miami at 3 sites 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 19 inclusion and 15 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 2 Dec 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites 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 13 May 2013). 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?

Rate of Participants Achieving Complete Response or Partial Response to Therapy. (time frame: Up to 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00290693, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 2 Dec 2017.

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