AE-941 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005995 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 12, 2004
Last Update Posted : March 5, 2013
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RATIONALE: AE-941 may stop the growth of kidney cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of AE-941 in treating patients who have metastatic kidney cancer that has not responded to biological therapy.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Kidney Cancer | Drug: shark cartilage extract AE-941 | Phase 3 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Compare survival of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma refractory to immunotherapy treated with AE-941 (Neovastat) versus placebo. II. Compare the time to progression and one-year survival rate of patients treated with this regimen. III. Determine the safety of this regimen in these patients. IV. Compare the overall tumor response rate, duration of response, and quality of life of patients treated with this regimen.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to number of organs with metastases (1 vs more than 1) and ECOG performance status (0 vs 1). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Arm I: Patients receive oral AE-941 (Neovastat) twice a day. Arm II: Patients receive oral placebo twice a day. Treatment continues in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Quality of life is assessed on day 1 and then every 8 weeks thereafter. Patients are followed every 4 weeks until disease progression and then every 8 weeks thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 280 patients will be accrued for this study within 12 months.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | AE-941 (NEOVASTAT) Versus Placebo in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Who Are Refractory to Immunotherapy |
Study Start Date : | October 2000 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2007 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed renal cell adenocarcinoma Disease progression within 16 weeks after first-line therapy, which included interleukin-2 and/or interferon Metastatic disease not amenable to surgery Measurable and/or evaluable disease No more than one line of prior anticancer treatment for renal cell carcinoma No pure papillary cell tumor, mixed tumor containing predominantly sarcomatoid cells, Bellini carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, or chromophobe oncocytic tumor No brain metastases
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-1 Life expectancy: More than 3 months Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 WBC at least 2,500/mm3 Hemoglobin at least 8 g/dL (epoetin alfa allowed) Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Calcium no greater than the upper limit of normal (ULN) (bisphosphonates allowed) Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN Other: No other prior malignancy within past 5 years except basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No severe allergy to fish or seafood No medical condition that would interfere with intake and/or absorption of study medication (e.g., gastrectomy or major intestinal resection) No significant medical or psychiatric condition that would preclude study Not pregnant Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use adequate contraception
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 1 month but no longer than 8 months since prior immunotherapy Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: At least 1 week since prior systemic corticosteroids for symptomatic treatment of renal cell carcinoma At least 28 days since prior medroxyprogesterone acetate No concurrent medroxyprogesterone acetate Concurrent corticosteroids for symptomatic treatment of neurological complications caused by renal cancer allowed Radiotherapy: Concurrent radiotherapy to symptomatic lesions for symptom relief allowed Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Concurrent surgical removal of symptomatic lesions for symptom relief allowed Other: At least 28 days since other prior experimental therapeutic agents At least 28 days since other prior shark cartilage products No other concurrent therapies for metastatic renal cell carcinoma No other concurrent shark cartilage products

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00005995
Canada, Quebec | |
Aeterna Zentaris | |
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, G1P 4P5 |
Responsible Party: | AEterna Zentaris |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00005995 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000067999 AETERNA-AE-RC-99-02 CAN-CCI-ETH-00-32-17 CCF-IRB-3664 JGH-00023 UCMC-0006305 UPCC-2800 |
First Posted: | February 12, 2004 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 5, 2013 |
Last Verified: | February 2008 |
stage IV renal cell cancer recurrent renal cell cancer |
Kidney Neoplasms Carcinoma, Renal Cell Urologic Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |
Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases Adenocarcinoma Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type |