A Study of Carboplatin, Pemetrexed Plus Placebo vs Carboplatin, Pemetrexed Plus 1 or 2 Truncated Courses of Demcizumab in Subjects With Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (DENALI)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02259582 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 8, 2014
Results First Posted : August 20, 2018
Last Update Posted : September 9, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Nonsquamous Nonsmall Cell Neoplasm of Lung | Drug: Pemetrexed Drug: Carboplatin Drug: demcizumab | Phase 2 |
Patients will be enrolled at centers in North America, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Up to 28 days (4 weeks) prior to treatment.
If enrolled in the study, you will receive intravenous (in the vein) infusions of demcizumab (or placebo), carboplatin, and pemetrexed administered on the same day, every 21 days for 4 cycles, or until it has been shown that your cancer has gotten worse. If your physician decides to delay treatment with one of the agents due to side effects, the other agents may still be administered as scheduled. After 4 cycles, if you have stable or improved disease, you will continue to receive pemetrexed once every 21 days as maintenance therapy. After 8 cycles, if you have stable or improved disease, you may receive demcizumab (or placebo), every 21 days for 4 more cycles.
You will undergo assessments every 6 weeks to determine the status of your disease.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 82 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A 2-Arm Phase 2 Double-Blind Randomized Study of Carboplatin, Pemetrexed Plus Placebo Versus Carboplatin, Pemetrexed Plus Truncated Demcizumab as First-Line Treatment in Subjects With Stage IV Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 7, 2017 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 7, 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Arm 1 Pem, carbo, placebo x 4 cycles
Pemetrexed (500 mg/m2),carboplatin (area under the concentration-time curve of 6 mg/mL x min) once every 21 days X 4 cycles, pemetrexed maintenance and placebo starting at Day 84
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Drug: Pemetrexed Drug: Carboplatin |
Active Comparator: Arm 2 Pem, carbo x 4 cycles, one course of dem
Pemetrexed (500 mg/m2), carboplatin (area under the concentration-time curve of 6 mg/mL x min) x 4 cycles, one course of demcizumab 5mg/kg, maintenance pemetrexed + placebo starting on Day 84
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Drug: Pemetrexed Drug: Carboplatin Drug: demcizumab |
Active Comparator: Arm 3 pem, carbo, dem x 4 cycles, dem retreatment
Pemetrexed (500 mg/m2), carboplatin (area under the concentration-time curve of 6 mg/mL x min) x 4 cycles, maintenance pemetrexed starting on Day 84. 2 courses of demcizumab 5 mg/kg
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Drug: Pemetrexed Drug: Carboplatin Drug: demcizumab |
- To Compare the Investigator-assessed (RECIST) v1.1 Response Rate in the Treatment Arms. [ Time Frame: Response assessment data was collected until the subject started alternative anti-cancer treatment or developed progressive disease, whichever occurred first, assessed up to approximately 26 months. ]Investigator-assessed Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 response rate (unconfirmed) in placebo/placebo arm to demcizumab/placebo arm and demcizumab/demcizumab arm combined in subjects with first-line stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Response rate was based on Investigator-assessed best-overall-response (BOR) and was defined as the best unconfirmed response determined by RECIST version 1.1 recorded from the start of the treatment until disease progression in the following order of importance: CR, PR , SD, progressive disease (PD), not evaluable, or missing.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Main Inclusion Criteria:
- Signed Informed Consent Form
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed Stage IV non-squamous NSCLC
- Availability of FFPE (formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded) tumor tissue, either fresh core-needle-biopsied or archived
- Age > or = to 21 years
- ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of 0 or 1
- Disease that is measurable per RECIST v1.1
- Adequate organ and marrow function
- For women of childbearing potential, agreement to use two effective forms of contraception
Main Exclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically documented, advanced, mixed non-small cell and small cell tumors or mixed adenosquamous carcinomas
- NSCLC with known EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor ) mutation or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene translocation (such as EML4 [echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4]-ALK [anaplastic lymphoma kinase])
- Prior or ongoing therapy (including chemotherapy, antibody therapy, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, or investigational therapy) for the treatment of Stage IV non-squamous NSCLC
- Evidence of tumor invading major blood vessels, cavitation of one or more pulmonary tumor mass(es) or tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Brain metastases, leptomeningeal disease, uncontrolled seizure disorder, or active neurologic disease
- Malignancies other than non-squamous NSCLC successfully treated within 3 years prior to randomization (with the exception of certain early-stage cancers)
- History of a significant allergic reaction attributed to humanized or human monoclonal antibody therapy
- Significant intercurrent illness defined as an illness that may result in the subject's death prior to their death from non-squamous NSCLC and/or significantly limit their ability to comply with the requirements of this study
- Recent hemoptysis >2.5 mL or serious bleeding from another site, known bleeding disorder or coagulopathy or therapeutic anti-coagulation
- Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to randomization, or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02259582

Documents provided by Mereo BioPharma ( OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ):
Responsible Party: | OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02259582 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
M18-007 |
First Posted: | October 8, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | August 20, 2018 |
Last Update Posted: | September 9, 2020 |
Last Verified: | September 2020 |
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