Status:

COMPLETED

Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tarceva and Capecitabine in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Grupo Gallego de Investigaciones Oncologicas

Conditions:

Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine efficacy of the treatment with erlotinib in combination with capecitabine in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

Detailed Description

This efficacy will be determined by objective response rate following RECIST criteria.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent
  • Informed consent signed by the patient
  • Age \> 18 years old
  • Able to fulfill all criteria from the protocol
  • Performance status Karnofsky ≥ 60% (ECOG 0-2)
  • Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks
  • Histologically or cytological (excluding endocrine pancreatic tumour), with metastatic (stage IV), following 6th edition of TNM classification
  • Measurable disease following RECIST criteria
  • Adequate bone marrow function as determined by:
  • Absolute Neutrophil account (ANC) ≥ 1,5 x 109/L
  • Platelets: ≥ 100 x 109/L
  • Hemoglobin: ≥ 9 g/dL.
  • Adequate liver function, as determined by:
  • Serum bilirubin (total): ≤ 1,5 x LSN
  • AST, ALT ≤ 2,5 x LSN in patients without liver metastasis. In patients with liver metastasis ≤ 5 x LSN
  • Adequate renal function, as determined by:
  • Clearance creatinine \> 60.0 ml/min
  • Men or women potentially fertile (including postmenopausal women amenorrheic at least 24 months before the study) should use adequate contraceptive methods (oral contraceptives, intrauterine disposal, barrier methods together with spermicide or surgery sterilization)

Exclusion

  • Local pancreatic cancer (stage IA-IIB) or locally advance cancer (stage III), following the TNM 6th edition classification. Patients with metastatic disease that relapse after the initial diagnosis of local or advance disease could be included in this study.
  • Evidence of medullary compression, carcinomatosis meningitis or brain metastasis. In case of clinical suspicious of brain metastasis is mandatory to perform a brain TAC/MR 4 weeks prior inclusion.
  • Previous systemic treatment for metastasis pancreas cancer. Adjuvant chemotherapy is permitted ≥ 4 weeks prior de inclusion. All toxicities from the adjuvant treatment must been solve before the inclusion and should be confirmed the diseases progression (metastatic disease) alter adjuvant treatment
  • Primary tumours Developer 5 years previous to the inclusion, except in situ cérvix carcinoma or skin basocellular cancer properly treated
  • Non-controlled hypertension or cardiovascular disease clinically significant (active):
  • Cerebrovascular accident/ictus (≤ 6 weeks prior to inclusion)
  • Heart attack (≤ 6 months prior to inclusion)
  • Instable angina
  • Congestive cardiac insufficiency (grade II or superior following to New York Heart Association (NYHA)
  • Severe cardiac arrhythmia that require medication
  • Significant ophthalmology anomalies
  • Deficit in dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD)
  • Unable to take oral drug. Previous surgical process that affect the absorption or make the needed to have intravenous feeding or parenteral nutrition with lipids.
  • Pregnancy women or in latency period. Negative pregnancy test needed 7 days prior to initiation drug study
  • Actual or 30 days previous to study treatment with other investigational drug or participation in other trial
  • Previous treatment with Capecitabine or EGFR inhibitor.
  • Any other disease, metabolic disease
  • Known hypersensibility to any study drug or any of their component, or to 5-fluorouracile

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

32 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00873353

Start Date

March 1 2008

End Date

August 1 2010

Last Update

August 18 2010

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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de La Coruña

A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, 15006

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Centro Oncológico de Galicia

A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, 15009

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Hospital Arquitecto Marcide

Ferrol, La Coruña, Spain, 15405

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Complejo Hospitalario Xeral Calde

Lugo, Lugo, Spain, 27004