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Duloxetine to Prevent Oxaliplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients With Stage II-III Colorectal Cancer

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04137107
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : October 23, 2019
Last Update Posted : May 12, 2023
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This phase II/III trial studies the best dose of duloxetine and how well it works in preventing pain, tingling, and numbness (peripheral neuropathy) caused by treatment with oxaliplatin in patients with stage II-III colorectal cancer. Duloxetine increases the amount of certain chemicals in the brain that help relieve depression and pain. Giving duloxetine in patients undergoing treatment with oxaliplatin for colorectal cancer may help prevent peripheral neuropathy.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Stage II Colorectal Cancer AJCC v8 Stage III Colorectal Cancer AJCC v8 Drug: Oxaliplatin Drug: Duloxetine Hydrochloride Drug: Duloxetine Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Other: Placebo Phase 2 Phase 3

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Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 327 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Sequential Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Official Title: Duloxetine to Prevent Oxaliplatin-Induced Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II to Phase III Study
Actual Study Start Date : May 1, 2020
Estimated Primary Completion Date : December 31, 2024
Estimated Study Completion Date : December 31, 2025

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Phase II, Arm I (duloxetine hydrochloride, placebo)
Patients in Phase II receive duloxetine hydrochloride 30 mg (1 duloxetine capsule) orally (PO) once daily (QD) during week 1, duloxetine hydrochloride 30 mg (1 duloxetine capsule) PO QD and placebo (1 placebo capsule) PO QD during weeks 2-16, followed by duloxetine hydrochloride 30 mg (1 duloxetine capsule) PO QD during week 17 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
 Drug: Oxaliplatin
Given standard of care oxaliplatin

Drug: Duloxetine Hydrochloride
Given PO

Drug: Duloxetine
Given PO

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies

Other: Placebo
Given PO
Experimental: Phase II, Arm II (duloxetine hydrochloride)
Patients in Phase II receive duloxetine hydrochloride 30 mg (1 duloxetine capsule) orally (PO) once daily (QD) during week 1, duloxetine hydrochloride 60 mg (2 duloxetine capsules) PO QD during weeks 2-16, followed by duloxetine hydrochloride 30 mg (1 duloxetine capsule) PO QD during week 17 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
 Drug: Oxaliplatin
Given standard of care oxaliplatin

Drug: Duloxetine Hydrochloride
Given PO

Drug: Duloxetine
Given PO

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
Placebo Comparator: Phase II, Arm III (placebo)
Patients in Phase II receive placebo (1 placebo capsule) orally (PO) once daily (QD) during week 1, placebo (2 placebo capsules) PO QD weeks 2-16, followed by placebo (1 placebo capsule) PO QD during week 17 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
 Drug: Oxaliplatin
Given standard of care oxaliplatin

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies

Other: Placebo
Given PO
Experimental: Phase III, Arm I (duloxetine hydrochloride)
Patients in Phase III receive most promising dose of duloxetine hydrochloride from Phase II PO QD in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
 Drug: Oxaliplatin
Given standard of care oxaliplatin

Drug: Duloxetine Hydrochloride
Given PO

Drug: Duloxetine
Given PO

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
Placebo Comparator: Phase III, Arm II (placebo)
Patients in Phase III receive placebo PO QD in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
 Drug: Oxaliplatin
Given standard of care oxaliplatin

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies

Other: Placebo
Given PO


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Prevention of sensory oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy (OIPN) response (Phase II) [ Time Frame: Up to 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment ]
    Will be measured using 6 individual Quality of Life Questionnaire - Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy 20 (QLQ-CIPN20) questions that quantify numbness, tingling, and pain in the fingers (or hands) and toes (or feet). For each of the 6 individual questions, patients are asked to select 1 of 4 choices regarding how each of the sensory symptoms had affected them during the preceding week: 1 = Not at all, 2 = A little, 3 = Quite a bit, and 4 = Very much. Response will be defined as a patient reporting a highest score of ≤ 2 at any time during oxaliplatin exposure, including 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment without discontinuing the study due to sensory oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy. The proportion of responders within each arm will be estimated by the number of responders divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Two-sided 90% exact confidence intervals for the true response proportion will be calculated according to the approach of Clopper and Pearson.

  2. Prevention of sensory oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy (OIPN) response (Phase III) [ Time Frame: Up to 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment ]
    Will be measured using 6 individual Quality of Life Questionnaire - Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy 20 (QLQ-CIPN20) questions that quantify numbness, tingling, and pain in the distal extremities. For each of the 6 questions, patients are asked to select 1 of 4 choices regarding how each of the sensory symptoms had affected them during the preceding week: 1=Not at all, 2=A little, 3=Quite a bit, and 4=Very much. Response will be defined as a patient reporting a highest score of ≤ 2 at any time during oxaliplatin exposure, including 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment without discontinuing the study due to sensory OIPN. The analysis population is defined as all randomized patients who received at least 1 dose of oxaliplatin and have completed the 6 QLQCIPN20 sensory symptom items on at least 1 occasion during oxaliplatin treatment, including 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment. The Fisher exact test will be used for a between-arm comparison of the proportion of responders.

  3. Chronic neuropathic pain response (Phase III) [ Time Frame: Up to 1 month after oxaliplatin treatment ]
    Response will be defined as a 7-day average of chronic neuropathic pain (on the average) ≤ 3 on a 0 (no pain) to 10 (pain as bad as you can imagine) scale 1 month after oxaliplatin treatment, which is obtained from the 7-day chronic neuropathy pain diary. The analysis population is defined as all randomized patients who received at least 1 dose of oxaliplatin and have completed the 7-day chronic neuropathy pain diary on at least 3 of the 7 days 1 month after the last oxaliplatin dose. The Fisher exact test will be used for a between-arm comparison of the proportion of responders.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Incidence of adverse events, including duloxetine side effects of nausea, dry mouth, dizziness, somnolence, fatigue, and insomnia (Phase II) [ Time Frame: Up to 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment ]
    The constellation of adverse events as scored using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 5.0 will be summarized within arms by reporting the number and percentages of patients. The proportion of each of nausea, dry mouth, dizziness, somnolence, fatigue, and insomnia using NCI CTCAE v 5.0 will be estimated within arms with the exact 90% confidence interval.

  2. Serially measured total sensory neuropathy scores (Phase III) [ Time Frame: Up to 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment ]
    The sequence of the total sensory neuropathy scores for each patient will be measured from the Quality of Life Questionnaire - Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy 20 (QLQ-CIPN20) questionnaire, measured on day 1 of each cycle of oxaliplatin treatment and at 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment. The corresponding area under the curve will be computed for each arm based on estimated parameters from a repeated-measures (means) mixed model and compared. The analysis population is defined as all randomized patients who received at least 1 dose of oxaliplatin and have a total sensory neuropathy score on at least 1 occasion during oxaliplatin treatment, including 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment.

  3. Serially measured patient reported on the average pain scores (Phase III) [ Time Frame: Up to 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment ]
    For each patient, the total sensory neuropathy score is calculated by summing the 6 individual Quality of Life Questionnaire - Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy 20 (QLQ-CIPN20) questions that quantify numbness, tingling, and pain in the fingers (or hands) and toes (or feet) and ranges from 1 to 24, where higher numbers indicate more severe symptoms. The sequence of the total sensory neuropathy scores for each patient will be measured on day 1 of each cycle of oxaliplatin treatment and at 1 month post-oxalipatin treatment. The corresponding area under the curve will be computed for each arm based on estimated parameters from a repeated-measures (means) mixed model and compared. The analysis population is defined as all randomized patients who received at least 1 dose of oxaliplatin and have a total sensory neuropathy score on at least 1 occasion during oxaliplatin treatment, including 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment.

  4. Incidence of adverse events, including duloxetine side effects of nausea, dry mouth, dizziness, somnolence, fatigue, and insomnia (Phase III) [ Time Frame: Up to 1 month post-oxaliplatin treatment ]
    The constellation of adverse events as scored using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 5.0 will be summarized within arms by reporting the number and percentages of patients. The proportion of each of nausea, dry mouth, dizziness, somnolence, fatigue, and insomnia using NCI CTCAE v5.0 will be estimated within arms with the exact 95% confidence interval.


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Ages Eligible for Study:   25 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria
  • Stage II-III colorectal cancer patients scheduled to receive oxaliplatin 510 mg/m^2 (cumulative dose) over 12 weeks as a component of adjuvant leucovorin calcium (calcium folinate), 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) treatment, in which patients are scheduled to receive oxaliplatin 85 mg/m^2 every 2 weeks for 12 weeks (i.e., 6 cycles), or adjuvant capecitabine and oxaliplatin (CAPOX) treatment, in which patients are scheduled to receive oxaliplatin 135 mg/m^2 every 3 weeks for 12 weeks (i.e., 4 cycles)
  • No prior neurotoxic chemotherapy
  • No pre-existing clinical or pre-clinical peripheral neuropathy from any cause.
  • No history of seizure disorder,
  • No history of narrow-angle glaucoma.
  • No symptoms of or history of schizophrenia, bipolar disease, suicidal thoughts and/or a major depression.
  • No serious eating disorder such as bulimia or anorexia.
  • No known diagnosis of ethanol (ETOH) addiction/dependence within the past 10 years.

  • Concomitant medications:

    • No concomitant use of other adjuvant pharmacologic interventions (e.g., gabapentin, pregabalin, venlafaxine) with known or hypothesized efficacy for peripheral neuropathy. Must be discontinued at least 7 days prior to start of protocol treatment
    • No anticipated or concurrent use of any antidepressant or serotonin-altering agent known to interact with duloxetine, due to concern regarding cumulative toxicity and potential drug interactions.
    • Use of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) or other antidepressants must be discontinued at least 14 days prior to start of protocol treatment.
    • No concomitant treatment with strong CYP1A2 and CYP2D6 inhibitors.
    • Chronic concomitant treatment with drugs that are extensively metabolized by CYP2D6 and that have a narrow therapeutic index, including certain antidepressants, phenothiazines, and Type 1C antiarrhythmics should be approached with caution. Concomitant administration of duloxetine and thioridazine should be avoided.
    • No use of warfarin or heparin products.
  • Not pregnant and not nursing, because this study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown. Therefore, for women of childbearing potential, a negative pregnancy test done =< 7 days prior to registration is required
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
  • In order to complete the mandatory patient-completed measure, patients must be able to speak and read English
  • Calculated creatinine clearance > 30 mL/min
  • Aspartate aminotransferases (AST)/serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) =< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04137107


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Contact: Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD 205-996-0093 esmith3@uab.edu

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
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Study Chair: Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
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Responsible Party: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04137107    
Other Study ID Numbers: A221805
NCI-2019-04727 ( Registry Identifier: NCI Clinical Trial Reporting Program )
First Posted: October 23, 2019    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: May 12, 2023
Last Verified: May 2023

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Colorectal Neoplasms
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Oxaliplatin
 Duloxetine Hydrochloride
Antineoplastic Agents
Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Neurotransmitter Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Analgesics
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Antidepressive Agents
Psychotropic Drugs
Dopamine Agents