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Registration number
NCT00652366
Ethics application status
Date submitted
1/04/2008
Date registered
3/04/2008
Date last updated
11/02/2015

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Dose-Escalation to Rash Study of Tarceva (Erlotinib) Plus Gemcitabine in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Scientific title
A Randomized, Open-label, Dose-escalation to Rash Study to Assess the Effect of Tarceva in Combination With Gemcitabine on Overall Survival in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2007-003751-37
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
BO21128
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Pancreatic Cancer 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Pancreatic

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Erlotinib, escalating dose
Treatment: Drugs - Erlotinib, standard dose
Treatment: Drugs - Gemcitabine

Active comparator: Gemcitabine, Erlotinib Standard Dose - Participants received erlotinib, 100 milligrams (mg), orally (PO), once daily until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Participants also received gemcitabine, 1000 mg per (/) square meter (m\^2), intravenously (IV), on Days 1, 8, and 15 of consecutive 4 week cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Experimental: Gemcitabine, Erlotinib Escalating Dose - Participants received erlotinib, beginning at 150 mg/day, PO, once daily, and increasing in increments of 50 mg every 2 weeks up to a maximum of 250 mg/day, until development of a grade 2 rash, or occurrence of other, non-rash, dose-limiting toxicity; treatment was continued until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death or withdrawal. Participants also received gemcitabine, 1000 mg/m\^2, IV, on Days 1, 8, and 15 of consecutive 4 week cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.


Treatment: Drugs: Erlotinib, escalating dose
100mg, PO, once daily, escalating to a maximum of 250mg, PO, once daily

Treatment: Drugs: Erlotinib, standard dose
100mg, PO, once daily

Treatment: Drugs: Gemcitabine
1000 mg/m2, IV, on days 1,8 and 15 of each 4 week cycle
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Who Died Assessed From Point of Randomization
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Randomization [Day 1 of Cycle 2 (4-week cycles)] and weekly thereafter for up to 46 months.
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
OS Assessed From Point of Randomization
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Randomization [Day 1 of Cycle 2 (4-week cycles)] and weekly thereafter for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Disease Progression or Death as Assessed From Point of Randomization
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Randomization [Day 1 of Cycle 2 (4-week cycles)] and weekly thereafter for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
PFS Assessed From Point of Randomization
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Randomization [Day 1 of Cycle 2 (4-week cycles)] and weekly thereafter for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Best Overall Response (BOR) of Confirmed Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) According to RECIST
Timepoint [3] 0 0
BL, Weeks 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, every 12 weeks thereafter until disease progression for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a CR, PR, Stable Disease (SD), or PD According to RECIST
Timepoint [4] 0 0
BL, Weeks 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, every 12 weeks thereafter until disease progression for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With SD (Maintained for at Least 8 Weeks) or CR or PR (Maintained for at Least 4 Weeks) According to RECIST
Timepoint [5] 0 0
BL, Weeks 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, every 12 weeks thereafter until disease progression for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Who Died as Assessed From Start of 4-Week Run-In
Timepoint [6] 0 0
BL and weekly thereafter for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
OS Assessed From Start of 4-Week Run-In
Timepoint [7] 0 0
BL and weekly thereafter for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Disease Progression or Death as Assessed From the Start of 4-Week Run-In
Timepoint [8] 0 0
BL, Weeks 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, every 12 weeks thereafter until disease progression or death for up to 46 months.
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
PFS Assessed From the Start of 4-Week Run-In
Timepoint [9] 0 0
BL, Weeks 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, every 12 weeks thereafter until disease progression or death for up to 46 months.

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* adult patients, >=18 years of age;
* histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic cancer with measurable or non-measurable metastatic disease;
* ECOG performance status of 0-1.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* local, or locally advanced, pancreatic cancer;
* prior systemic treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer;
* <=6 months since last adjuvant chemotherapy;
* other malignancies within last 5 years, except for adequately treated cancer in situ of the cervix, or basal or squamous cell skin cancer.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/05/2008
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/2012
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
467
Recruitment in Australia
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ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
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- Canberra
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- Liverpool
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- St. Leonards
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- Sydney
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- Brisbane
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- Adelaide
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- Ballarat
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- Frankston
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2606 - Canberra
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2170 - Liverpool
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2065 - St. Leonards
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2076 - Sydney
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4101 - Brisbane
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5000 - Adelaide
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03350 - Ballarat
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3199 - Frankston
Recruitment outside Australia
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Argentina
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Florencio Varela
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Hoffmann-La Roche
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study will compare the efficacy and safety of escalating versus standard doses to rash of Tarceva, in combination with gemcitabine, in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. During a 4 week run-in period, all patients will receive Tarceva 100mg/day po plus gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 iv on days 1, 8,15 and 22. After 4 weeks, patients who have not developed rash, or only develop grade 1 rash, will be randomized to one of 2 groups. Group 1 will receive a starting dose of Tarceva 150mg po daily, increased in steps of 50mg every 2 weeks up to a maximum of 250mg/day po, until development of grade 2 rash or other dose-limiting toxicity. Group 2 will continue to receive Tarceva 100mg/day po. All patients will continue to receive gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 iv on days 1, 8 and 15 of each 4 week cycle. The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression, and the target sample size is 100-500 individuals.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00652366
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Hoffmann-La Roche
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00652366