Status:

COMPLETED

Combining Erlotinib Plus Bevacizumab and Gemcitabine Plus Capecitabine to Treat Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

Professor Cunningham's Clinical Research Fund

Hoffmann-La Roche

Conditions:

Pancreatic Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive, largely chemo-resistant disease with a poor prognosis. EGFR and VEGF are both overexpressed in pancreatic cancers and thought to contribute to tumour development an...

Detailed Description

To establish the safety and efficacy of a combination of four drugs (capecitabine, gemcitabine, erlotinib and bevacizumab) in the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
  • Locally advanced or metastatic disease
  • Not amenable to curative resection
  • No invasion of adjacent organs (e.g., duodenum or stomach) by CT scan
  • Unidimensionally measurable disease as assessed by CT in accordance with the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) guidelines.
  • No evidence of brain metastasis
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age:
  • 18 and over
  • Performance status:
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2
  • Life expectancy:
  • Greater than 3 months
  • Hematopoietic:
  • Granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hepatic:
  • Bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal
  • Serum albumin \> 26 g/litre
  • Renal:
  • Creatinine ≤ 180 micromoles/litre OR
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
  • Cardiovascular:
  • No clinically significant cardiovascular disease
  • No uncontrolled hypertension (i.e., blood pressure \> 150/90 mm Hg on medication)
  • No arterial thromboembolic event within the past 6 months, including any of the following:
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Unstable angina pectoris
  • Cerebrovascular accident
  • Transient ischemic attack
  • No New York Heart Association grade II-IV congestive heart failure
  • No serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication
  • OTHER:
  • Not pregnant or breast feeding
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during study participation
  • No serious or non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
  • No infection requiring parenteral antibiotics
  • No major bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy
  • No significant traumatic injury within the past 28 days
  • No surgery within the last 28 days or anticipation for the need for major surgery during the course of study treatment
  • No other active malignancy except non-melanoma skin cancer and cervical cancer in-situ
  • No history of known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency
  • No lack of physical integrity of the upper gastro-intestinal tract, malabsorption syndrome, or inability to take oral medication
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • No previous chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other investigational drug treatment for metastatic disease (including VEGF or EGFR antagonists)
  • No previous preoperative or adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other investigational drug treatment.
  • No full dose anti-coagulation (i.e. warfarin or full dose low molecular weight heparin) prior to starting study treatment.
  • No ongoing treatment with aspirin (\>325 mg/day) or other medications known to predispose to gastrointestinal ulceration

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 1 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    44 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00260364

    Start Date

    November 1 2005

    End Date

    August 1 2011

    Last Update

    October 14 2016

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    The Royal Marsden Foundation Hospital NHS Trust

    London and Surrey, London, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT