Phase II Avastin Trial for Stage IIIB/IV NSCLC
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00766246 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Withdrawal of funding support)
First Posted : October 3, 2008
Last Update Posted : April 19, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IV | Drug: bevacizumab Drug: docetaxel Drug: carboplatin | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 125 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized, Phase II Trial of Docetaxel, Carboplatin and Bevacizumab as First-Line Treatment, Followed by Bevacizumab Plus Pemetrexed Versus Pemetrexed Alone as Second-Line Treatment of Stage IIIB or IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
Study Start Date : | October 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: First-line
Carboplatin, docetaxel, bevacizumab Open-label, single arm with treatment period up to 6 cycles. Patients completing a total of 2 to 6 cycles of first-line without disease progression will be eligible for maintenance.
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Drug: bevacizumab
15 mg/kg administered in 21 day cycles on day 1 of each cycle for first-line and maintenance
Other Name: Avastin Drug: docetaxel 75 mg/m2 administered in 21-day cycles on day 1 of each cycle for first line treatment
Other Name: Taxotere Drug: carboplatin AUC=6 administered in 21-day cycles on day 1 of each cycle for first-line treatment
Other Name: Paraplatin |
Experimental: Maintenance
Bevacizumab Open-label, single arm with treatment period up to 18 cycles.
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Drug: bevacizumab
15 mg/kg administered in 21 day cycles on day 1 of each cycle for first-line and maintenance
Other Name: Avastin |
- Progression-free survival (PFS) of bevacizumab and pemetrexed compared to pemetrexed monotherapy during second-line treatment of Stage IIIB or IV NSCLC [ Time Frame: Duration of study ]
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Duration of the study ]
- Objective tumor response (objective response rate [ORR]) in second-line treatment [ Time Frame: Duration of the study ]
- Progression-free survival (PFS) in first-line and maintenance treatment [ Time Frame: Duration of the study ]
- Objective tumor response (objective response rate [ORR]) in first-line and maintenance treatment [ Time Frame: Duration of the study ]
- Treatment safety in first-line, maintenance and second-line treatment [ Time Frame: Duration of the study ]

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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:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed stage IIIB with malignant pleural effusion or stage IV NSCLC except squamous-cell carcinoma
- Measurable disease defined by RECIST
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Adequate organ function:
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 10(9)/L
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
- Platelets ≥ 100 x 10(9)/L
- Hepatic enzyme levels: AST and ALT and Alkaline Phosphatase must be within range allowing for eligibility. In determining eligibility, the more abnormal of the two values (AST or ALT) should be used according to table listed in the protocol
- Bilirubin ≤ ULN
- Serum Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL (or creatinine clearance ≥ 60mL/min)
- Urine protein/creatinine ratio < 1.0 OR urine dipstick for proteinuria < 2 + (patients discovered to have ≥ 2 + proteinuria on dipstick urinalysis at baseline should undergo a 24 hour urine collection and must demonstrate ≤1g of protein in 24 hours to be eligible)
- INR ≤ 1.5
- PTT ≤ ULN
- ECOG Performance Status 0-1
- Estimated survival of ≥ 12 weeks
- Provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior chemotherapy for advanced NSCLC
- Neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment within six (6) months of registration
- Prior radiation therapy within three (3) weeks of registration; all side effects must have resolved by registration
- Prior treatment with an investigational or marketed agent that acts by antiangiogenesis mechanisms
- Large ( > 4 cm) centrally located lesions or large lesions in close proximity to major blood vessels unless treated with palliative radiation
- Brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease, except for patients who have had a resection and/or completed a course of cranial irradiation, have no worsening CNS symptoms, and have discontinued all corticosteroids for that indication for at least one (1) month prior to registration
- History of gross hemoptysis (defined as bright red blood of at least ½ teaspoon or 2.5 mL per episode) within three (3) months of registration unless definitively treated with surgery, radiation, arteriographic embolization, or endobronchial interventions at least four (4) weeks prior to registration
- Presence of cavitory lesion
- Presence of squamous histology (mixed tumors will be categorized by the predominant cell type unless small cell elements are present, in which case the patient is ineligible; sputum cytology alone is not acceptable)
- Peripheral neuropathy > grade 1
- Major surgery, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury within four (4) weeks of registration or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study
- Minor surgical procedures, fine needle aspirations or core biopsies within one (1) week prior to registration
- Current, ongoing therapeutic anticoagulation with full-dose warfarin or its equivalent
- Current or recent (within ten [10] days of the first dose of study treatment) use of aspirin (at least 325 mg/day) or other NSAIDs with anti-platelet activity or treatment with dipyridamole (Persantine), ticlopidine (Ticlid), clopidogrel (Plavix), or cilostazol (Pletal)
- History of prior malignancy within the past three (3) years except for curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia, or treated localized prostate cancer with a current PSA of < 1.0 mg/dL on two successive evaluations, at least three (3) months apart, with the most recent evaluation no more than four (4) weeks prior to registration
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History of serious systemic disease including:
- Unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) ≥ Grade II or congestive heart failure
- Inadequately controlled hypertension (blood pressure >150/100 mmHg while taking antihypertensive medications)
- Unstable symptomatic arrhythmia requiring medication
- Myocardial infarction within six (6) months prior to registration
- Stroke within six (6) months prior to registration
- Transient ischemic attack within six (6) months prior to registration
- Abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within six (6) months prior to registration
- Clinically significant peripheral vascular disease or evidence of bleeding, diathesis (prone to bleeding) or coagulopathy
- Active systemic bacterial, fungal or viral infection, including known HCV and HIV
- Pregnancy or women who are breast-feeding; women of child-bearing potential and non-vasectomized men must agree to use effective methods of birth control during and three (3) months following treatment period and women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test
- History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to docetaxel or any other drugs formulated with polysorbate 80
- Any other medical condition, including mental illness or substance abuse, which in the judgment of the investigator, is likely to interfere with a patient's ability to provide informed consent, cooperate, and participate in the study, or to interfere with the interpretation of the results
- Use of any investigational agent within four (4) weeks prior to registration

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00766246
Principal Investigator: | Chandra P Belani, MD | Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute |
Responsible Party: | Pharmatech |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00766246 |
Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT00735891 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PSHCI 08-009 |
First Posted: | October 3, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 19, 2016 |
Last Verified: | April 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Lung Cancer |
Lung Neoplasms Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Bronchial Neoplasms Bevacizumab Carboplatin |
Docetaxel Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents Angiogenesis Inhibitors Angiogenesis Modulating Agents Growth Substances Physiological Effects of Drugs Growth Inhibitors Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |