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Sunitinib Malate Schedule 4/2 vs. Sunitinib Malate Continuous Dosing As First-Line Therapy For Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer (RCC)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00267748
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 21, 2005
Results First Posted : September 5, 2011
Last Update Posted : September 5, 2011
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Pfizer

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

This trial has two parts. The purpose of the first part of the trial is to determine the doses of 2 drugs, sunitinib malate and interferon alfa-2b, that can be given safely in combination. This part is currently closed to enrollment.

The purpose of the second part of the trial is to see if sunitinib malate given on a 4/2 schedule (4 weeks on treatment, 2 weeks off treatment cycle) is any better at delaying progression of renal cell cancer than sunitinib malate given on a continuous dosing schedule. The trial will also determine the number of patients whose cancer responds to the treatments, whether life of patients can be extended, what the side effects are of the treatments, how bothersome disease or treatment-related symptoms are to patients, and whether tests can be found that will predict which patients may or may not respond to these treatments in the future.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Carcinoma, Renal Cell Drug: Sunitinib Malate Continuous Daily Dosing Drug: Sunitinib Malate Schedule 4/2 Phase 2

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 317 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Randomized Phase II Study Of The Efficacy And Safety Of Sunitinib Malate Schedule 4/2 vs. Sunitinib Malate Continuous Dosing As First-Line Therapy For Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer (Renal EFFECT Trial)
Study Start Date : December 2005
Actual Primary Completion Date : June 2010
Actual Study Completion Date : June 2010

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: C Drug: Sunitinib Malate Continuous Daily Dosing
Sunitinib malate starting dose 37.5 mg daily continuous daily regimen.
Experimental: A Drug: Sunitinib Malate Schedule 4/2
Sunitinib malate starting dose 50 mg per day for four weeks, followed by a two week off-drug period. This six week cycle is repeated.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Time to Tumor Progression (TTP) Assessed Using Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) Prognostic Factors Model [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death due to any cause, assessed up to a maximum of 2 years ]
    MSKCC Prognostic Factor Model assessed as low(0),intermediate(1-2) or high(=>3) based on number of criteria present such as Karnofsky performance status < 80 %, Lactate dehydrogenase > 1.5 * Upper limit of Normal,Hemoglobin < lower limit of normal, serum calcium > 10 mg/dL;Time from first diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma to start of systemic therapy of < 1 year.TTP was time from start of study treatment to first documentation of objective tumor progression or death due to cancer.TTP was calculated as (first event date minus date of first dose of study medication plus 1) divided by 30.44.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Percentage of Participants With Objective Response (OR) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death due to any cause, assessed up to a maximum of 2 years ]
    Percentage of participants with objective response based assessment of confirmed complete response (CR) or confirmed partial response (PR) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Confirmed responses are those that persist on repeat imaging study at least 4 weeks after initial documentation of response. CR are defined as the disappearance of all lesions (target and/or non target). PR are those with atleast 30% decrease in the sum of the longest dimensions of the target lesions taking as a reference the baseline sum longest dimensions.

  2. Duration of Response (DR) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death due to any cause, assessed up to a maximum of 2 years ]
    Time from the first documentation of objective tumor response to objective tumor progression or death due to any cause. Duration of tumor response was calculated as (the date of the first documentation of objective tumor progression or death due to cancer minus the date of the first CR or PR that was subsequently confirmed plus 1) divided by 30.44. DR was calculated for the subgroup of participants with a confirmed objective tumor response.

  3. Overall Survival (OS) Assessed Using MSKCC Prognostic Factors Model [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death due to any cause, assessed up to a maximum of 2 years ]
    MSKCC Prognostic Factor Model assessed as low (0), intermediate (1-2) or high (=>3) based upon number of criteria present. Criteria as follows: Karnofsky performance status < 80 %, Lactate dehydrogenase > 1.5 * Upper limit of Normal, Hemoglobin < lower limit of normal for local lab, Corrected serum calcium > 10 mg/dL; Time from first diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma to start of systemic therapy of < 1 year. OS was defined as time from date of start of treatment to date of death due to any cause. OS, in months, was calculated as (event date -start of treatment date + 1)/30.44.


Other Outcome Measures:
  1. Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death due to any cause, assessed up to a maximum of 2 years ]
    FACT-G is core questionnaire of Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) measurement system to evaluate quality of life (QoL) in cancer population.FACT-G consisted of 27 questions grouped in 4 domains of general Health-Related QoL(HRQoL):Physical Well-being(PWB),Social/Family Well-Being (SWB),Emotional Well-Being (EWB) and Functional Well-Being (FWB);each ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much) so that FACT-G ranged between 0-108.Since questions could be reversed coded, as appropriate, before calculating FACT-G,0 and 108 could be considered worst and best health states.

  2. FACT-Kidney Symptom Index for Disease Related Symptoms (FKSI-DRS) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death due to any cause, assessed up to a maximum of 2 years ]

    FKSI-DRS is a subset of FKSI which is a questionnaire for Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy -Kidney Symptom Index used to assess QoL/participant-reported outcomes for participants diagnosed with renal cell cancer.

    The FKSI contained 15 questions and the FKSI-DRS consisted of 9 questions each ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much) so that FKSI-DRS ranged between 0-36. Since the questions could be reversed coded, as appropriate, before calculating FKSI-DRS, 0 and 36 could be considered the worst and best health states based on the 9 questions comprising FKSI-DRS.



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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Advanced renal cell carcinoma of clear cell origin or a component of clear cell histology.
  • Measurable disease

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior systemic therapy of any kind for advanced renal cell cancer
  • History of brain metastases
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00267748


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Sponsors and Collaborators
Pfizer
Investigators
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Study Director: Pfizer CT.gov Call Center Pfizer
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Responsible Party: Director, Clinical Trial Disclosure Group, Pfizer Inc
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00267748    
Other Study ID Numbers: A6181065
First Posted: December 21, 2005    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: September 5, 2011
Last Update Posted: September 5, 2011
Last Verified: August 2011
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Adenocarcinoma
Carcinoma
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Kidney Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Female Urogenital Diseases
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
Urogenital Diseases
 Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Male Urogenital Diseases
Sunitinib
Antineoplastic Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action