Paclitaxel and Carboplatin or Ifosfamide in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Persistent or Recurrent Uterine or Ovarian Cancer

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified May 2012 by National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Collaborator:
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00954174
First received: August 6, 2009
Last updated: May 2, 2012
Last verified: May 2012
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, carboplatin, and ifosfamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known whether paclitaxel is more effective when given together with carboplatin or ifosfamide in treating patients with uterine or ovarian cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving paclitaxel together with carboplatin to see how well it works compared with giving paclitaxel together with ifosfamide in treating patients with newly diagnosed persistent or recurrent uterine or ovarian cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Ovarian Cancer
Sarcoma
Drug: carboplatin
Drug: ifosfamide
Drug: paclitaxel
Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Randomized Phase III Trial of Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin Versus Ifosfamide Plus Paclitaxel in Chemotherapy-Naive Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage I-IV, Persistent or Recurrent Carcinosarcoma (Mixed Mesodermal Tumors) of the Uterus or Ovary

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Duration of overall survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Duration of progression-free survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Toxicity as assessed by CTCAE version 3.0 [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Quality of life [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 424
Study Start Date: August 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date: February 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Arm I
Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1.
Drug: carboplatin
Given IV
Drug: paclitaxel
Given IV
Experimental: Arm II
Patients receive paclitaxel as in arm I and ifosfamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3.
Drug: ifosfamide
Given IV
Drug: paclitaxel
Given IV

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To determine if treatment with paclitaxel and carboplatin does not result in an inferior death rate when compared to paclitaxel and ifosfamide in chemotherapy-naïve patients with newly diagnosed stage I-IV persistent or recurrent uterine or ovarian carcinosarcoma.

Secondary

  • To determine if treatment with combination paclitaxel and carboplatin does not result in an inferior progression-free survival when compared to paclitaxel and ifosfamide.
  • To determine if acute toxicity, specifically physician-assessed neurotoxicity and infection, associated with combination paclitaxel and carboplatin is reduced compared to that of paclitaxel and ifosfamide.
  • To determine if treatment with combination paclitaxel and carboplatin is associated with superior patient reported quality of life and neurotoxicity scores compared to that of paclitaxel and ifosfamide.

Tertiary

  • To bank formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tumor tissue and DNA extracted from whole blood specimens for future research.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to history of pelvic radiation (any vs none), disease status/stage at time of study registration (stage I-II [pelvic lymph nodes not surgically and pathologically assessed] vs FIGO stage I-II [pelvic lymph nodes surgically and pathologically assessed] vs FIGO stage III-IV vs recurrent), and measurable disease (any vs none). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1.
  • Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel as in arm I and ifosfamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3.

In both arms, treatment repeats every 21 days for 6-10 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Archival formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tumor tissue samples and a pre-treatment blood sample are collected for further analysis. Patients also complete quality of life (FACT-G, FACT-En TOI) and neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-Ntx subscale) assessments at baseline and at weeks 6, 15, and 26.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Biopsy confirmed uterine (malignant mixed müllerian tumor) or ovarian carcinosarcoma meeting ≥ 1 of the following criteria:

    • Newly diagnosed disease
    • Stage I-IV* disease
    • Persistent or recurrent disease
    • Chemotherapy-naive disease NOTE: *Unstaged patients (patients who have not had hysterectomy surgery) are eligible and should be included as "unstaged" if the only histologic (pathology) documentation of the disease is a biopsy or curettage of the uterus or ovary; if these patients have documented metastatic disease, it should be assigned the appropriate stage (III/IV)
  • Measurable or nonmeasurable disease

    • Measurable disease is defined as ≥ 1 lesion that can be accurately measured in ≥ 1 dimension as ≥ 20 mm by conventional techniques (e.g., palpation, plain s-ray, CT scan, MRI) or ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan
    • Patients with measurable disease must have ≥ 1 "target lesion" to be used to assess disease progression as defined by RECIST criteria
    • Tumors within a previously irradiated field will be designated as "non-target" lesions unless progression is documented or a biopsy is obtained to confirm persistence ≥ 90 days after completion of radiotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • GO performance status 0-2
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
  • ANC ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
  • SGOT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Serum albumin ≥ 3 g/dL
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Neuropathy (sensory and motor) ≤ CTCAE v3.0 grade 1
  • No active infection requiring antibiotics
  • No concurrent or history of other invasive malignancies, except for nonmelanoma skin cancer, within the past 5 years
  • No known hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived drug preparations (pegfilgrastim and filgrastim [G-CSF]), mesna, or other thiol compounds

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Recovered from the effects of recent surgery, radiotherapy, or other therapy
  • No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for management of uterine or ovarian carcinosarcoma
  • No prior cancer treatment that contraindicates this protocol therapy
  • At least 4 weeks since prior adjuvant external beam radiotherapy
  • At least 1 week since prior hormonal therapy directed at the malignant tumor

    • Continuation of hormone replacement therapy allowed
  • No planned radiotherapy after or during study treatment prior to progression of cancer
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00954174

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Gynecologic Oncology Group
Investigators
Study Chair: Matthew A. Powell, MD Washington University Siteman Cancer Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Responsible Party: Philip J. DiSaia, Gynecologic Oncology Group
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00954174     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000651458, GOG-0261
Study First Received: August 6, 2009
Last Updated: May 2, 2012
Health Authority: Unspecified

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
uterine carcinosarcoma
ovarian carcinosarcoma
stage I uterine sarcoma
stage II uterine sarcoma
stage III uterine sarcoma
stage IV uterine sarcoma
recurrent uterine sarcoma
recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IA ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IB ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IC ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IIA ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IIB ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IIC ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IIIA ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IIIB ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IIIC ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinosarcoma
Mixed Tumor, Mullerian
Ovarian Neoplasms
Sarcoma
Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Ifosfamide
Isophosphamide mustard
Carboplatin
Paclitaxel
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators

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