Safety of Everolimus and Pemetrexed in Lung Cancer Patients
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00434174 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 13, 2007
Last Update Posted : December 21, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non Small Cell Lung Cancer | Drug: Everolimus Drug: Pemetrexed | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 48 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase I Study Investigating the Combination of Everolimus With Pemetrexed in Patients With Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Previously Treated With Chemotherapy |
Study Start Date : | December 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2010 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: everolimus + Pemetrexed - daily
Daily treatment
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Drug: Everolimus
RAD001 will be supplied by Novartis as tablets in 3 different dosage strengths, 2.5, 5 and 10 mg. All proposed dose levels in this study can be given as a combination of these dose strengths. Daily doses of 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 mg of RAD001 will be given alongside the standard 21-day cycle of pemetrexed. Other Names:
Drug: Pemetrexed Pemetrexed was supplied to the sites in 500 mg/m2 was administered on Day 1 of each cycle as a 10-minute continuous i.v. infusion in 100mL normal saline |
Experimental: everolimus + Pemetrexed - weekly
Weekly treatment
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Drug: Everolimus
RAD001 will be supplied by Novartis as tablets in 3 different dosage strengths, 2.5, 5 and 10 mg. All proposed dose levels in this study can be given as a combination of these dose strengths. Daily doses of 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 mg of RAD001 will be given alongside the standard 21-day cycle of pemetrexed. Other Names:
Drug: Pemetrexed Pemetrexed was supplied to the sites in 500 mg/m2 was administered on Day 1 of each cycle as a 10-minute continuous i.v. infusion in 100mL normal saline |
- Establish feasible dose levels/regimens of everolimus combined with pemetrexed chemotherapy through estimation of the End-of-Cycle 1 DLT rate. [ Time Frame: Over 18 weeks of combination treatment ]
- Assess the ability to deliver the standard pemetrexed treatment (relative dose intensity) Assess the pharmacokinetics of everolimus and chemotherapy Evaluate the effect of therapy (RECIST) [ Time Frame: Over 18 weeks of combination treatment ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria:
- Lung cancer
- Only one prior regimen of chemotherapy for the treatment of non small cell lung cancer
- Adequate bone marrow function
- Adequate liver function
- Adequate renal function
- Negative serum pregnancy test
Exclusion criteria:
- History of another primary malignancy in the last 5 years
- Having recently received an investigational drug
- Having recently received major surgery of wide field radiotherapy
- Chronic treatment with immunosuppressive therapy, steroids or liver enzyme modulators
- Severe or uncontrolled medical conditions
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00434174
Australia, New South Wales | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 2050 | |
Australia, Victoria | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3002 | |
Belgium | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Leuven, Belgium, 3000 | |
Germany | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Hamburg, Germany, 20246 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Koeln, Germany, 50924 |
Study Director: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | |
Study Chair: | Novartis | Novartis |
Responsible Party: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00434174 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CRAD001C2112 2006-002759-34 |
First Posted: | February 13, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 21, 2020 |
Last Verified: | December 2012 |
Lung cancer Non small cell lung cancer NSCLC RAD001 |
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