Nexavar® Versus Placebo in Locally Advanced/Metastatic RAI-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00984282 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 25, 2009
Results First Posted : December 10, 2013
Last Update Posted : September 13, 2018
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Sponsor:
Bayer
Collaborator:
Amgen
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Bayer
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Study Type | Interventional |
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Study Design | Allocation: Randomized; Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment; Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor); Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Condition |
Thyroid Neoplasms |
Interventions |
Drug: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006) Drug: Placebo |
Enrollment | 417 |
Participant Flow
Recruitment Details | |
Pre-assignment Details | Of 556 screened participants, 137 failed screening, 207 were randomized to receive sorafenib, 210 were randomized to placebo. |
Arm/Group Title | DB Sorafenib First, Then Option of OL Sorafenib Treatment | DB Placebo First, Then Option of OL Sorafenib Treatment |
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Double-blind period: Participants received 2 tablets of Sorafenib (2×200 mg) orally twice daily (12 hours apart without food), 28 days comprise a cycle. Open-label (OL) period: Participants received 2 tablets of Sorafenib (2×200 mg) orally twice daily (12 hours apart without food), 28 days comprise a cycle. | Double-blind period: participants received matching placebo tablets orally twice daily, 28 days comprised a cycle. Open-label (OL) period: participants on placebo who switched to sorafenib, received sorafenib 400 mg (2 x 200 mg) orally twice daily, 28 days comprise a cycle. |
Period Title: Double Blind Treatment | ||
Started | 207 | 210 |
Received Treatment | 207 [1] | 209 [2] |
Completed | 103 | 172 |
Not Completed | 104 | 38 |
Reason Not Completed | ||
Adverse Event | 40 | 6 |
Progression, recurrence or relapse | 25 | 3 |
Physician Decision | 1 | 2 |
Noncompliance with study medication | 3 | 0 |
Progression by clinical judgment | 2 | 0 |
Withdrawal by Subject | 13 | 18 |
Lost to Follow-up | 3 | 0 |
Death | 8 | 4 |
Not treated | 0 | 1 |
Switched to commercial drug | 6 | 1 |
protocol driven decision point | 1 | 1 |
Radiological and clinical progression | 0 | 1 |
Transferred to treat. continuation study | 2 | 1 |
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Subjects at Risk/Safety Population - in RG1 (RG= Reporting Group for Safety Data)
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Subjects at Risk/Safety Population - in RG2 (RG= Reporting Group for Safety Data)
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Period Title: Open-label Treatment | ||
Started | 86 | 161 |
Received Treatment | 86 [1] | 161 [2] |
Completed | 0 | 0 |
Not Completed | 86 | 161 |
Reason Not Completed | ||
Adverse Event | 20 | 30 |
Withdrawal by Subject | 6 | 21 |
Death | 7 | 15 |
Progression, recurrence or relapse | 40 | 82 |
Lost to Follow-up | 1 | 1 |
Patient convenience | 1 | 0 |
Non-compliant with study medication | 1 | 0 |
Target lesion removed | 0 | 1 |
Protocol driven decision point | 1 | 1 |
Transferred to treat. continuation study | 2 | 3 |
Switched to commercial drug | 6 | 7 |
Physician Decision | 1 | 0 |
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Subjects at Risk/Safety Population - in RG3 (RG= Reporting Group for Safety Data)
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Subjects at Risk/Safety Population - in RG4 (RG= Reporting Group for Safety Data)
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Period Title: Long Term Follow-up | ||
Started | 72 [1] | 124 [1] |
Completed | 3 | 4 |
Not Completed | 69 | 120 |
Reason Not Completed | ||
Withdrawal by Subject | 8 | 14 |
Death | 27 | 68 |
Lost to Follow-up | 3 | 6 |
Protocol driven decision point | 25 | 26 |
Transferred to treat. continuation study | 2 | 3 |
Switched to commercial drug | 4 | 2 |
Disease prog., recurrence or relapse | 0 | 1 |
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Participants entered long-term follow-up if terminated double-blind or open-label periods
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Baseline Characteristics
Arm/Group Title | Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006) | Placebo | Total | |
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Participants received 2 tablets of Sorafenib (2×200 mg) orally twice daily (12 hours apart without food), 28 days comprise a cycle. | Participants received 2 tablets of Sorafenib-matching placebo orally twice daily (12 hours apart without food), 28 days comprise a cycle. | Total of all reporting groups | |
Overall Number of Baseline Participants | 207 | 210 | 417 | |
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Age, Continuous
Mean (Standard Deviation) Unit of measure: Years |
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Number Analyzed | 207 participants | 210 participants | 417 participants | |
61.5 (11.2) | 62.0 (11.7) | 61.8 (11.4) | ||
Age, Customized
Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants |
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Number Analyzed | 207 participants | 210 participants | 417 participants | |
< 60 years |
80 38.6%
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81 38.6%
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161 38.6%
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>= 60 years |
127 61.4%
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129 61.4%
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256 61.4%
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Sex: Female, Male
Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants |
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Number Analyzed | 207 participants | 210 participants | 417 participants | |
Female |
103 49.8%
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115 54.8%
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218 52.3%
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Male |
104 50.2%
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95 45.2%
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199 47.7%
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Geographic region
Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants |
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Number Analyzed | 207 participants | 210 participants | 417 participants | |
Europe |
124 59.9%
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125 59.5%
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249 59.7%
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North America |
36 17.4%
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36 17.1%
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72 17.3%
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Asia |
47 22.7%
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49 23.3%
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96 23.0%
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ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status
[1] Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants |
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Number Analyzed | 207 participants | 210 participants | 417 participants | |
Missing |
1 0.5%
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1 0.5%
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2 0.5%
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0 |
130 62.8%
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129 61.4%
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259 62.1%
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1 |
69 33.3%
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74 35.2%
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143 34.3%
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2 |
7 3.4%
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6 2.9%
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13 3.1%
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Measure Description: The ECOG PS required for the study was 0 (fully active), 1 (restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature), or 2 (ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work activities. Up and about more than 50% of waking hours)
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Site of target/nontarget lesions at baseline - organ class
[1] Measure Type: Number Unit of measure: Participants |
Number Analyzed | 207 participants | 210 participants | 417 participants |
Lung | 178 | 181 | 359 | |
Lymph node | 113 | 101 | 214 | |
Bone | 57 | 56 | 113 | |
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Measure Description: Participants could have had more than one site.
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Outcome Measures
Adverse Events
Limitations and Caveats
[Not Specified]
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Results Point of Contact
Name/Title: | Therapeutic Area Head |
Organization: | BAYER |
EMail: | clinical-trials-contact@bayer.com |
Publications of Results:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Bayer |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00984282 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
14295 2009-012007-25 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Submitted: | September 24, 2009 |
First Posted: | September 25, 2009 |
Results First Submitted: | August 19, 2013 |
Results First Posted: | December 10, 2013 |
Last Update Posted: | September 13, 2018 |