Oxaliplatin and Pemetrexed Disodium in Treating Patients With Refractory Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01338792 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 20, 2011
Results First Posted : December 11, 2013
Last Update Posted : March 10, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hormone-resistant Prostate Cancer Recurrent Prostate Cancer | Drug: oxaliplatin Drug: pemetrexed disodium Other: questionnaire administration Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Genetic: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Genetic: polymorphism analysis | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 47 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Trial of Oxaliplatin and Pemetrexed in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer |
Study Start Date : | June 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (chemotherapy and enzyme inhibitor)
Patients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours and pemetrexed disodium IV on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days for up to 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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Drug: oxaliplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: pemetrexed disodium Given IV
Other Names:
Other: questionnaire administration Ancillary studies Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies Genetic: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Correlative studies
Other Name: RT-PCR Genetic: polymorphism analysis Correlative studies |
- Best Overall Response [ Time Frame: RECIST evaluation: Baseline, after every 2 courses, and then every 6 months after off-study, up to 1 year. PSA evaluation: baseline, day 1 of each course, final evaluation, and then every 6 months after off-study, up to 1 year ]For patients with measurable disease, the RECIST 1.0 criteria was used to determine response. Complete Response = disappearance of all target lesions, Partial Response = greater or equal to 30% decrease in sum of longest diameter or target lesions, Stable Disease = <30% decrease or <20% increase, Progressive Disease = greater or equal to 20% increase in longest diameter of target lesions. For patients who do not have measurable disease by RECIST, the response was based on PSA response defined by Prostate Cancer Working Group criteria (1999) as 50% reduction in PSA confirmed on a second measurement at least 4 weeks later.
- Time to Disease Progression and Overall Survival [ Time Frame: Baseline, after every 2 courses, and then every 6 months after off-study (RECIST) until progression; or baseline, day 1 of each course, at the final evaluation, and then every 6 months after off-study (PSA) until progression ]Progression-free survival was defined as the time from the first infusion of study treatment to the date of radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.0, or until two consecutive PSA rises occurred with an absolute increase of 5 ng/mL and a 50% relative increase over baseline. For patients without documented disease progression, the date of death or last follow-up without disease progression was used.
- Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) [ Time Frame: Baseline, days 1 and 7 of each course, and at last evaluation, up to 1 year ]Safety evaluation according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed prostate cancer
- Measurable disease on computed tomography (CT) or evaluable disease on bone scan with an elevated PSA
- For patients who did not initially present with metastatic disease, definitive treatment with either radical prostatectomy or external beam radiation is permitted
- Documented progression on (a) two prior hormone treatments AND (b) one or two chemotherapy regimens
- Documented progression on two prior hormone therapies is defined as orchiectomy followed by anti-adrenal medication upon progression OR gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analog +/- androgen receptor blocker with addition or subtraction upon progression; castrate level of testosterone must be documented at study entry
- Documented progression on taxane-based chemotherapy; in addition, patients may have failed a second prior chemotherapy regimen
- Palliative radiation therapy for metastatic disease is allowed only if less than 25% of total body bone marrow was irradiated; 28 days must have elapsed since completion of radiation therapy (RT) with bone marrow recovery; soft tissue disease irradiated in the prior 2 months may not be designated as measurable disease
- ECOG performance score of 0-2
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500/uL
- Platelet count >= 100,000/uL
- Creatinine clearance >= 45 mL/min
- Serum total bilirubin =<1.5 mg/dL
- Alkaline phosphatase =< 3x the upper limit of normal (ULN) for the reference lab (=< 5x the ULN for patients with known hepatic metastases) and no upper limit for patients with known bone metastases
- Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)/serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) =< 3x the ULN for the reference lab (=< 5x the ULN for patients with known hepatic metastases)
- Patients must be recovered from both acute and late effects of any prior surgery, radiotherapy or other antineoplastic therapy
- Patients or their legal representatives must be able to read, understand and provide informed consent to participate in the trial
- Men of childbearing potential must consent to use barrier contraception while on treatment and for 90 days thereafter
- Patients with pleural or peritoneal effusions are eligible
- Willingness and ability to take vitamin supplementation and steroid premedication as specified in protocol
- Patients with superficial bladder cancer or skin cancer who have second malignancy within 5 years which was removed with curative intent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active infection or with a fever >= 38.5 degrees Celsius (C) within 3 days of the first scheduled protocol treatment
- Patients with brain metastases
- Prior malignancy within the past 5 years, except for curatively treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or superficial bladder cancer
- Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of oxaliplatin or pemetrexed
- Received radiotherapy to more than 25% of their bone marrow, or patients who received any radiotherapy within 4 weeks of entry
- Received treatment with strontium
- Receiving concurrent investigational therapy or who have received investigational therapy within 30 days of the first scheduled day of protocol treatment
- Life expectancy < 6 months
- Peripheral neuropathy >= Grade 2
- Any other medical condition, including mental illness or substance abuse
- History of allogeneic transplant
- Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or Hepatitis B or C (active, previously treated, or both)
- Inability to stop nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) for a period of 2 days before, the day of, and 2 days following administration of Alimta; 5 days before, the day of, and 2 days following administration of Alimta for long-acting NSAIDS

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01338792
United States, California | |
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033 |
Principal Investigator: | Jacek Pinski | University of Southern California |
Responsible Party: | University of Southern California |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01338792 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
4P-05-7 NCI-2011-00500 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) |
First Posted: | April 20, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | December 11, 2013 |
Last Update Posted: | March 10, 2014 |
Last Verified: | February 2014 |
Prostatic Neoplasms Genital Neoplasms, Male Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Prostatic Diseases Oxaliplatin |
Pemetrexed Antineoplastic Agents Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Folic Acid Antagonists Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors |