Status:

COMPLETED

CASIMAS: Catumaxomab Safety Phase IIIb Study With Intraperitoneal Infusion in Patients With Malignant Ascites Due to Epithelial Cancers

Lead Sponsor:

Neovii Biotech

Conditions:

Cancer

Neoplasms

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This is a randomized phase IIIb study investigating the treatment of malignant ascites due to epithelial cancer (carcinomas) with the trifunctional antibody catumaxomab. In order to make the catumaxom...

Detailed Description

Safety data of the completed pivotal phase II/III trial, IP-REM-AC-01, in which catumaxomab was administered as 6 hour i.p. infusion showed that most reported AEs were cytokine release-related symptom...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Key
  • Patients with malignant ascites requiring therapeutic ascites puncture
  • Histological confirmed diagnosis of epithelial cancer
  • Patients where standard therapy is not available or no longer feasible
  • Karnofsky index ≥60 %
  • Life expectancy \>12 weeks
  • Key

Exclusion

  • Concomitant treatment with other investigational product, chemo-, or radiotherapy
  • Recent exposure to an investigational product
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to catumaxomab or similar antibodies
  • Inadequate respiratory, renal or hepatic function
  • Inadequate blood count (platelets, neutrophils)
  • Required entirely parenteral nutrition
  • Patients with ileus or subileus within the last 30 days
  • Liver metastases with volume \>70 % of liver tissue
  • Known portal vein obstruction
  • Known Brain metastases
  • Acute or chronic infection
  • Not sufficiently recovered from previous treatment (toxicity present) based on laboratory values and general status
  • Albumin lower than 3 g/dL or total protein \< 6g/dL

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

230 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00822809

Start Date

December 1 2008

End Date

April 1 2011

Last Update

October 3 2012

Active Locations (4)

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1

Study Site

Several, France

2

Study site

Several, Germany

3

Study Site

Several, Italy

4

Study Site

Several, Spain