E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Advanced (stage IIIB or IV) Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 9.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10029521 |
E.1.2 | Term | Non-small cell lung cancer stage IIIB |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate an improvement in Progression-Free Survival (PFS) for the combination of vandetanib plus gemcitabine (Gemzar) compared with gemcitabine plus placebo in chemonaïve (not including an adjuvant regimen) patients aged ≥ 70 years with advanced NSCLC |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
The secondary objectives of the study are: 1. To evaluate the overall survival (OS) for vandetanib in combination with gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine plus placebo 2. To evaluate the proportion of patients alive at 1-year for vandetanib in combination with gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine plus placebo. 3. To evaluate the overall objective response rate (ORR) (complete response [CR] + partial response [PR]), disease control rate (DCR) (CR + PR + stable disease [SD] > 6 weeks) and duration of response (DOR) for vandetanib in combination with gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine plus placebo 4. To study the tolerability and safety of vandetanib in combination with gemcitabine in chemonaïve (not including an adjuvant regimen) patients aged ≥ 70 years with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Provision of informed consent 2. Female or male aged 70 years or above 3. Histologic or cytologic confirmation of advanced NSCLC (stage IIIB with supraclavicular lymph node metastases or pleural effusion or stage IV) on entry into study 4. No prior anti-cancer therapies except in the adjuvant setting 5. WHO Performance status 0 - 2 6. One or more measurable lesions at least 10 mm in the longest diameter (LD) by spiral CT scan or 20 mm with conventional techniques according to RECIST criteria 7. Life expectancy of 12 weeks or longer |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Mixed small cell and non-small cell lung cancer histology 2. Patients have received prior anti-cancer therapy except in the adjuvant setting 3. Prior treatment with gemcitabine 4. Prior treatment with VEGFR TKIs (previous treatment with bevacizumab [Avastin] in the adjuvant setting is permitted) 5. Brain metastases or spinal cord compression, unless treated at least 4 weeks before entry, and stable without steroid treatment for 10 days 6. The last radiation therapy within 4 weeks before the start of study therapy, not including local palliative radiation 7. The last dose of prior chemotherapy or other anti-cancer therapy is discontinued less than 3 weeks before the start of study therapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas, mitomycin, and suramin) 8. Major surgery within 4 weeks before entry, or incompletely healed surgical incision
Others are specificied in the protocol |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary outcome variable of this study is progression free survival PFS, which is defined as the number of days from randomisation to objective disease progression. Further detail is given in the Protocol |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| No |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 16 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 0 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 2 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 0 |