Status:

COMPLETED

EP-100 Plus Paclitaxel Versus Paclitaxel Alone in Patients With Ovarian Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Esperance Pharmaceuticals Inc

Conditions:

Ovarian Cancer Recurrent

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Primary Objectives: o Run-in Phase: Determine a dose of EP-100 at which the initial benefit/risk of paclitaxel combined with EP-100 can be studied. o Randomized Phase: Compare the anti-tumor effects o...

Detailed Description

Total duration of the study for each participant is 9 to 10 months, consisting of a 1 month screening period, a 6 to 7 months treatment period, and a 30 day follow-up. All patients with stable disease...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Adult patients with histologically confirmed epithelial ovarian carcinomas; these will include primary peritoneal and fallopian tube carcinomas. Patient's tumor shown to be positive for the LHRH-receptors by standardized immunocytochemistry performed at the study's central laboratory.
  • Reliable cancer treatment history documenting advanced disease in patients who have progressed during or recurred after treatment with a paclitaxel and/or platinum regimen for advanced disease.
  • Evaluable disease based on criteria of the Gynecologic Intergroup Response Evaluation Criteria in in Solid Tumors.
  • Karnofsky performance status \>/= 70%.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Significant cardiac disease.
  • Active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infections requiring systemic therapy.
  • Pregnant or nursing women.
  • Treatment with radiation therapy or investigational therapy within 4 weeks prior to Day 1. Had received chemotherapy prior to study entry equivalent to 3 to 5 half-lives of that chemotherapy agent or 4 weeks prior to study entry (whichever is shorter) with resolution of any side effects from that previous therapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or Mitomycin C.)
  • Subjects with known central nervous system (CNS) metastases, either previously treated or current.
  • Disease-free and off therapy for any other cancer within 5 years, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).
  • Had major surgery, other than diagnostic surgery, within 4 weeks prior to Day 1. o Had minor surgery (superficial incisions unlikely to obscure bleeding or infections) within 2 weeks prior to Day 1.
  • Potentially life-threatening disease (hypercalcemia, spinal cord compression) whose disease may progress acutely during therapy.
  • Unwilling or unable to comply with procedures required in this protocol.
  • Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, or hepatitis C.
  • Susceptibility to histamine release.
  • Chronic treatment with corticosteroids.
  • Baseline QTc exceeding 450 msec (by Bazett's formula) and/or patients receiving class 1A or class III antiarrythmic agents.
  • Serious nonmalignant disease.
  • Subjects who are currently receiving any other investigational agent.
  • Inadequate renal and liver functions and bone marrow reserve.
  • The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    February 1 2012

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    May 1 2014

    Estimated Enrollment :

    49 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT01485848

    Start Date

    February 1 2012

    End Date

    May 1 2014

    Last Update

    June 10 2014

    Active Locations (15)

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    Investigational Site Number 840001

    Greenbrae, California, United States, 94904-2011

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    Investigational Site Number 840005

    San Francisco, California, United States, 94115

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    Investigational Site Number 840007

    Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

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    Investigational Site Number 840010

    Covington, Louisiana, United States, 70433