The BEACON Study (Breast Cancer Outcomes With NKTR-102) (BEACON)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01492101 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: December 14, 2011
Last Update Posted
: August 4, 2016
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The study is designed as an open-label, randomized, parallel, two arm, multicenter, international Phase 3 study in patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer previously treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens.
The primary study objective is to compare overall survival of patients who receive NKTR-102 given once every 21 days to patients who receive treatment of Physician's Choice selected from a list of seven single-agent intravenous therapies.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Locally Recurrent Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer | Drug: NKTR-102 Drug: Treatment of Physician's Choice (TPC) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 852 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | The BEACON Study (Breast Cancer Outcomes With NKTR-102): A Phase 3 Open-Label, Randomized, Multicenter Study of NKTR-102 Versus Treatment of Physician's Choice (TPC) in Patients With Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer Previously Treated With an Anthracycline, a Taxane and Capecitabine |
Study Start Date : | December 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: NKTR-102 |
Drug: NKTR-102
145 mg/m2 NKTR-102 will be delivered q21day as a 90 minute intravenous (IV) infusion on day 1 of each treatment cycle.
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Active Comparator: Physician's Treatment of Choice |
Drug: Treatment of Physician's Choice (TPC)
One of the following Treatment of Physician Choice will be administered per standard of care: eribulin ixabepilone vinorelbine gemcitabine paclitaxel docetaxel or nab-paclitaxel |
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: 36 Months ]To compare overall survival (OS) of patients who received NKTR-102 given once every 21 days (q21d) to patients who received Treatment of Physicians Choice (TPC) selected from the following list of seven single agent intravenous therapies: eribulin, ixabepilone,vinorelbine, gemcitabine, paclitaxel, docetaxel or nab-paclitaxel

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria (major highlights):
- Patient is an adult female with histologically or cytologically confirmed carcinoma of the breast for whom single-agent cytotoxic chemotherapy is indicated
- Patient can have either measurable or non-measurable disease by RECIST.
- Patient has received prior therapy (administered in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant and/or metastatic setting) with an anthracycline, a taxane and capecitabine
- Patient has minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 prior cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens with the last dose administered within 6 months. A minimum of two chemotherapy regimens had to be for locally recurrent and/or metastatic disease. All therapy received prior to a diagnosis of metastatic disease (eg, neoadjuvant, adjuvant or repeated adjuvant therapy following a second resection) is counted as one regimen.
- Patient has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
- Adequate hematopoietic, liver and kidney functions.
Exclusion Criteria (major highlights):
- Patient with chemotherapy within 21 days, radiotherapy within 14 days, biological therapy with 14 days, hormonal therapy within 7 days and investigational therapy within 21 days prior to randomization.
- Patient with any major surgery within 28 days prior to randomization.
- Patient with concurrent use of biologic agents for the treatment of cancer including antibodies or any investigational agent(s).
- Patient with prior treatment for cancer with a camptothecin derivative.
- Patient with chronic or acute GI disorders resulting in diarrhea of any severity grade; patients who are using chronic anti-diarrheal supportive care to control diarrhea in the 28 days prior to randomization.
- Patient received pharmacotherapy for hepatitis B or C, tuberculosis or HIV.
- Patient with known cirrhosis diagnosed with Child-PUGH Class A or higher liver disease.
- Patient with prior malignancy (other than breast cancer) except for non-melanoma skin cancer and carcinoma in situ (of the cervix or bladder), unless diagnosed and definitively treated more than 5 years prior to randomization.
- Patient requiring daily use of oxygen supplementation in the 28 days prior to randomization.
- Patients with significant cardiovascular impairment.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01492101

United States, Arizona | |
Arizona Oncology Associates, PC - NAHOA | |
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, 86001 | |
United States, California | |
Providence Health System - Southern California d/b/a Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center | |
Burbank, California, United States, 91505 | |
University of Southern California | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033 | |
PMK Medical Group, Inc., DBA Ventura County Hematology Oncology Specialists | |
Oxnard, California, United States, 93030 | |
Wilshire Oncology Medical Group, Inc. | |
Pasadena, California, United States, 91105 | |
Desert Hematology Oncology Medical Group | |
Rancho Mirage, California, United States, 92270 | |
University of California San Francisco | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143 | |
Stanford University School of Medicine | |
Stanford, California, United States, 94305 | |
Kaiser Permanente | |
Vallejo, California, United States, 94589 | |
United States, Colorado | |
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers | |
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80220 | |
United States, District of Columbia | |
Medstar | |
Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States, 20010 | |
Pre clinical Science Bldg LR3 | |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20007 | |
United States, Florida | |
Mayo Clinic in Florida | |
Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224 | |
University of Miami School of Medicine | |
Miami, Florida, United States, 33136 | |
Advanced Medical Specialties | |
Miami, Florida, United States, 33176 | |
Florida Cancer Research Institute | |
Plantation, Florida, United States, 33324 | |
Hematology Oncology Associates of the Treasure Coast | |
Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States, 34592 | |
United States, Georgia | |
Northeast Georgia Cancer Care | |
Athens, Georgia, United States, 30607 | |
Peachtree Hematology Oncology Consultants | |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30318 | |
Emory University | |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322 | |
Central Georgia Cancer Care | |
Macon, Georgia, United States, 31201 | |
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, P.C. | |
Marietta, Georgia, United States, 30060 | |
Summit Cancer Care, P.C. | |
Savannah, Georgia, United States, 31405 | |
United States, Illinois | |
The University of Chicago Medicine | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637 | |
Oncology Specialists | |
Niles, Illinois, United States, 60714 | |
Illinois Cancer Care, P.C. | |
Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61547 | |
United States, Indiana | |
IU Health Simon Cancer Center | |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202 | |
United States, Iowa | |
Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, 3rd Floor | |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, 52403 | |
United States, Kansas | |
Kansas City Cancer Center | |
Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66210 | |
United States, Kentucky | |
Louisville Oncology Clinical Research Program | |
Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40207 | |
United States, Maryland | |
Maryland Oncology Hematology, P.A. | |
Columbia, Maryland, United States, 21044 | |
United States, Minnesota | |
Minnesota Oncology Hematology, P.A. | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55404 | |
University of Minnesota | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455 | |
Mayo Clinic | |
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905 | |
Coborn Cancer Center | |
St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States, 56303 | |
United States, Missouri | |
Missouri Cancer Associates | |
Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65201 | |
Washington University in St. Louis | |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110 | |
Missouri Baptist Medical Center | |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63131 | |
United States, Montana | |
Frontier Cancer Center and Blood Institute | |
Billings, Montana, United States, 59102 | |
United States, New Hampshire | |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | |
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756 | |
United States, New Jersey | |
Hematology-Oncology Associates of Northern NJ, PA | |
Morristown, New Jersey, United States, 07962 | |
The cancer Institute of New Jersey | |
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901 | |
Cooper University Hospital | |
Voorhees, New Jersey, United States, 08043 | |
United States, New Mexico | |
UNM Cancer Center | |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87106 | |
United States, New York | |
New York Oncology Hematology, P.C. | |
Albany, New York, United States, 12206 | |
Monte fiore | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10461 | |
Sciode Medical Associates, PLLC, d.b.a. Eastchester Center for Cancer Care | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10469 | |
Beth Israel Medical Center | |
New York City, New York, United States, 10003 | |
Cornell University | |
New York City, New York, United States, 10065 | |
SUNY Upstate Medical University | |
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Carolinas Hematology Oncology Associates | |
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28202 | |
DUMC, Duke South | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710 | |
United States, North Dakota | |
Sanford Research/USD | |
Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58122 | |
United States, Ohio | |
University of Cincinnati | |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267-0502 | |
Comprehensive Breast Cancer | |
Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43212 | |
Signal Point Clinical Research Center | |
Middletown, Ohio, United States, 45042 | |
United States, Oregon | |
Northwest Cancer Specialists, P.C. | |
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97225 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Medical Oncology Associates of Wyoming Valley, PC | |
Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States, 18704 | |
United States, South Carolina | |
Cancer Centers of the Carolinas | |
Easley, South Carolina, United States, 29640 | |
United States, South Dakota | |
Sanford Research/USD | |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57104 | |
United States, Tennessee | |
The West Clinic | |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38120 | |
Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) | |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203 | |
Sarah Cannon Research Institute | |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203 | |
United States, Texas | |
Texas Oncology-Abilene | |
Abilene, Texas, United States, 79606 | |
Texas Oncology-Austin Midtown | |
Austin, Texas, United States, 78705 | |
Texas Oncology-Beaumont, Mamie McFaddin Ward Cancer Center | |
Beaumont, Texas, United States, 77702 | |
Texas Oncology-Bedford | |
Bedford, Texas, United States, 76022 | |
Texas Oncology-Medical City Dallas | |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75230 | |
Texas Oncology-Dallas Presbyterian Hospital | |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75231 | |
Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center | |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75246 | |
Texas Oncology-Denton South | |
Denton, Texas, United States, 76210 | |
Texas Oncology-Fort Worth | |
Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104 | |
Texas Oncology-Memorial City | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77024 | |
Texas Oncology-Lewisville | |
Lewisville, Texas, United States, 75067 | |
Texas Oncology-Mesquite | |
Mesquite, Texas, United States, 75150 | |
Texas Oncology-Midland Allison Cancer Center | |
Midland, Texas, United States, 79701 | |
Texas Oncology, P.A. - Plano | |
Plano, Texas, United States, 92270 | |
Cancer Care Centers of South Texas | |
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78217 | |
Texas Oncology - Sherman | |
Sherman, Texas, United States, 75090 | |
Texas Oncology-Tyler | |
Tyler, Texas, United States, 75702 | |
United States, Virginia | |
University of Virginia | |
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908 | |
Virginia Oncology Associates | |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23502 | |
Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia, Inc., DBA Blue Ridge Cancer Care | |
Salem, Virginia, United States, 24153 | |
United States, Washington | |
Virginia Mason Medical Center | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101 | |
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109 | |
Cancer Care Northwest | |
Spokane, Washington, United States, 99202 | |
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital/North Star Lodge | |
Yakima, Washington, United States, 98902 | |
United States, Wisconsin | |
Cancer TEAM Bellin Health | |
Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, 54313 | |
Belgium | |
Institut Jules Bordet | |
Bruxelles, Belgium, 2-2-541-72-26 | |
GHdC - Site Notre Dame | |
Charleroi, Belgium, 6000 | |
Universtair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen | |
Edegem, Belgium, 2650 | |
UZ Gent Medische Oncologie | |
Gent, Belgium, 9000 | |
UZ Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, trialbureau Algemene Medische Oncologie | |
Leuven, Belgium, 3000 | |
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège- Site du Sart Tilman | |
Liège, Belgium, 4000 | |
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Paré | |
Mons,, Belgium, 7000 | |
GZA Ziekenhuizen, Campus St Augustinus, CLINICAL TRIALS ONCOLOGY | |
Wilrijk, Belgium, 2610 | |
Canada, British Columbia | |
British Columbia Cancer Agency | |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 4E6 | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Odette Cancer Centre OCC Clinical Research | |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5 | |
Princess Margaret Hospital | |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9 | |
Canada, Quebec | |
CHUM-Hopital Notre-Dame | |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2L 4M1 | |
MUHC- Montreal General Hospital | |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G1A4 | |
Canada | |
Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne - CICM | |
Québec, Canada, J4V 2H1 | |
France | |
Institut Bergonie Service Oncologie Médicale | |
Bordeaux, France, 33076 | |
Centre Oscar Lambret | |
Cedex, France, 95020 | |
Sorecoh | |
Le Mans, France, 72000 | |
Institut Paoli Calmettes, Service Pharmacie | |
Marseille, France, 13273 | |
Centra Regional de Lutte contre le Cancer | |
Montpellier, France, 34298 | |
Institut Curie, UGEC | |
Paris, France, 75005 | |
Hopital Tenon Service oncologie médicale | |
Paris, France, 75020 | |
Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer Nantes Atlantique René Gauducheau | |
Saint Herblain, France, 44805 | |
Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy | |
Villejuif, France, 94805 | |
Germany | |
Klinikum St. Marien Amberg | |
Amberg, Germany | |
Onkoplus | |
Berlin, Germany, 14195 | |
Oncoresearch | |
Dortmund, Germany | |
Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen | |
Erlangen, Germany, 91054 | |
Wilhelm-Anton-Hospital gGmbH | |
Goch, Germany, 47574 | |
Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg | |
Heidelberg, Germany, 69120 | |
Universitaetsklinikum Ulm, Frauenklinik | |
Ulm, Germany, 89075 | |
Italy | |
Istituto tumori Giovanni Paolo II-ospedale oncologico, Oncologia Medica e Sperimentale | |
Bari, Italy, 700124 | |
Via Olgettina | |
Milano, Italy, 20132 | |
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, U.O. Oncologia Medica | |
Pisa, Italy, 56126 | |
Oncologia Ospedale Infermi- Viale | |
Rimini, Italy, 47923 | |
Istituto Nazionale tumori Regina Elena IRCCS | |
Roma, Italy, 144 | |
Korea, Republic of | |
Chungbuk National University Hospital | |
Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, Republic of, 361-711 | |
Samsung Medical Center | |
Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 135-710 | |
Asan Medical Center | |
Songpagu, Soeul, Korea, Republic of, 138-736 | |
Hematology-oncology Department, Ajou University Hospital | |
Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, Korea, Republic of, 443-721 | |
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital | |
Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, 463-707 | |
Hematology-oncology Department, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital | |
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 120-750 | |
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System | |
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 120-752 | |
Seoul National University Hospital, | |
Soeul, Korea, Republic of, 110-744 | |
Netherlands | |
VUmc | |
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1081 | |
MUMC | |
Maastricht, Netherlands, 6229 | |
Tweesteden Ziekenhuis | |
Tilburg, Netherlands | |
Russian Federation | |
Leningrad Regional Oncology Dispensary | |
Leningrad, Russian Federation, 188663 | |
State Institution "Russian Oncology Research Centre named after N.N. Blokhin RAMS" | |
Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478 | |
Scientific Research Oncology Institute named after N.N. Petrov | |
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197758 | |
Non-state Health Institution "Dorozhnaya Clinical Hospital of OAO "Russian Railways" | |
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 195271 | |
St. Petersburg State Budget Healthcare Institution "City Clinical Oncology Dispensary" | |
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022 | |
Spain | |
Hospital Vall d'Hebron | |
Barcelona, Spain, 08035 | |
ICO l´Hospitalet - Hospital Duran i Reynals | |
Barcelona, Spain, 08908 | |
Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova | |
Lleida, Spain, 25198 | |
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon | |
Madrid, Spain, 28007 | |
MD Anderson Cancer Center Arturo | |
Madrid, Spain, 28033 | |
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal | |
Madrid, Spain, 28034 | |
Hospital Sant Joan de Reus | |
Tarragona, Spain, 43204 | |
United Kingdom | |
Clinical Trials Unit, Velindre Cancer Centre | |
Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF14 2TL | |
Beaston Oncology Center | |
Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 ONY | |
St James University Hospital | |
Leed, United Kingdom, LS97TF | |
NCRN | |
London, United Kingdom, EC1A 7BE | |
The Christie Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
Manchester, United Kingdom, M20 4BX | |
Nottingham City Hospital | |
Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG5 1PB | |
Cancer Clinical Trials Centre, Weston Park Hospital | |
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, S10 2SJ |
Study Director: | Ivan Gergel, MD | Nektar Therapeutics |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Nektar Therapeutics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01492101 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
11-PIR-11 |
First Posted: | December 14, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 4, 2016 |
Last Verified: | August 2016 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |