Clinical Trial Results:
A multicentre, randomised, phase III trial of platinum-based chemotherapy versus non-platinum chemotherapy, after ERCC1 stratification, in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Summary
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EudraCT number |
2007-007639-17 |
Trial protocol |
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Global end of trial date |
18 Dec 2014
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Results information
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Results version number |
v1(current) |
This version publication date |
02 Sep 2016
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First version publication date |
02 Sep 2016
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Trial Information
Subject Disposition
Baseline Characteristics
End Points
Adverse Events
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Subject Disposition
Baseline Characteristics
End Points
Adverse Events
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Trial identification
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Sponsor protocol code |
UCL/07/158
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Additional study identifiers
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ISRCTN number |
ISRCTN02370070 | ||
US NCT number |
NCT00801736 | ||
WHO universal trial number (UTN) |
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Sponsors
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Sponsor organisation name |
University College London
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Sponsor organisation address |
Gower Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1E 6BT
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Public contact |
CR UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre, University College London, ctc.et@ucl.ac.uk
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Scientific contact |
CR UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre, University College London, ctc.et@ucl.ac.uk
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Paediatric regulatory details
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Is trial part of an agreed paediatric investigation plan (PIP) |
No
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Does article 45 of REGULATION (EC) No 1901/2006 apply to this trial? |
No
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Does article 46 of REGULATION (EC) No 1901/2006 apply to this trial? |
No
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Results analysis stage
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Analysis stage |
Final
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Date of interim/final analysis |
18 Dec 2014
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Is this the analysis of the primary completion data? |
Yes
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Primary completion date |
18 Dec 2014
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Global end of trial reached? |
Yes
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Global end of trial date |
18 Dec 2014
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Was the trial ended prematurely? |
Yes
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General information about the trial
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Main objective of the trial |
The trial will have two main objectives:
1) To detect an improvement in survival for ERCC1+ve patients treated with a non-platinum chemotherapy compared to platinum-based treatment.
2) To establish non-inferiority or improvement in survival for ERCC1-ve patients treated with a platinum-based chemotherapy compared to non-platinum treatment.
Squamous cell patients will receive gemcitabine with either cisplatin or paclitaxel. Non-squamous cell patients will receive pemetrexed with either cisplatin or paclitaxel.
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Protection of trial subjects |
Patient safety was monitored using regular patient assessments, dose modifications for regular review of safety data by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) and Trial Management Group (TMG) and through strict eligibility criteria.
Patient data is stored in a secure manner and UCL CTC trials are registered in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Data Protection Officer at UCL.
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Background therapy |
All patients receiving the pemetrexed-containing regimens received 350-1000 micrograms oral folic acid throughout treatment and 1000 micrograms of intramuscular vitamin B12 every 9 weeks. It was recommended that patients receiving cisplatin were given a 3-drug anti-emetic combination of a 5-HT3 seratonin receptor antagonist, dexamethasone and aprepitant. it was recommended that patients receiving paclitaxel were given a 2-drug anti-emetic combination of a 5-HC3 seratonin receptor antagonist and dexamethasone. | ||
Evidence for comparator |
For squamous patients the comparator was cisplatin/gemcitabine. For non-squamous patients the comparator was cisplatin/pemetrexed. A meta-analysis of two large randomised trials demonstrated that patients with squamous histology have a lower survival than non-squamous patients. One trial randomised patients to cisplatin/pemetrexed or cisplatin/gemcitabine. Non-squamous patients receiving pemetrexed-based therapy had an improved outcome however squamous histology patient had a worse outcome. Based on these findings, together with the licensing indication of cisplatin/pemetrexed being restricted to non-squamous patients only, the ET trial used gemcitabine in the platinum/non-platinum doublets for squamous patients instead of pemetrexed. Cisplatin/pemetrexed was chosen as the comparator for non-squamous patients as previous studies of pemetrexed have shown it to be well tolerated as a treatment for NSCLC when given alongside platinum chemotherapy. In the largest randomised study conducted for advanced NSCLC, cisplatin/pemetrexed was found to be non-inferior to cisplatin/gemcitabine, an effective widely-used reference regimen for the front-line treatment of advanced NSCLC. However patients treated with cisplatin/pemetrexed developed significantly less toxicity and those with non-squamous histology had a statistically superior overall survival. | ||
Actual start date of recruitment |
06 Oct 2009
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Long term follow-up planned |
No
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Independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) involvement? |
Yes
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Population of trial subjects
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Number of subjects enrolled per country |
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Country: Number of subjects enrolled |
United Kingdom: 637
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Worldwide total number of subjects |
637
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EEA total number of subjects |
637
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Number of subjects enrolled per age group |
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In utero |
0
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Preterm newborn - gestational age < 37 wk |
0
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Newborns (0-27 days) |
0
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Infants and toddlers (28 days-23 months) |
0
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Children (2-11 years) |
0
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Adolescents (12-17 years) |
0
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Adults (18-64 years) |
326
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From 65 to 84 years |
311
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85 years and over |
0
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Recruitment
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Recruitment details |
Patients were randomised into the trial between 07/10/09 and 24/07/13. 648 patients were randomised from NHS hospitals across the UK. | |||||||||
Pre-assignment
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Screening details |
- Staging scans performed no more than 28 days prior to registration or randomisation - Adequate bone marrow, liver and renal function assessed within 14 days of registration - Other pre-registration assessments to be performed within 21 days of registration (inc physical examination, assessment of adverse events, quality of life questionnaires) | |||||||||
Period 1
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Period 1 title |
Overall trial (overall period)
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Is this the baseline period? |
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Allocation method |
Randomised - controlled
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Blinding used |
Not blinded | |||||||||
Arms
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Are arms mutually exclusive |
Yes
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Arm title
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Control Arm | |||||||||
Arm description |
Squamous patients: cisplatin/gemcitabine Non-squamous patients: cisplatin/pemetrexed | |||||||||
Arm type |
Active comparator | |||||||||
Investigational medicinal product name |
Cisplatin
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Investigational medicinal product code |
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Other name |
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Pharmaceutical forms |
Concentrate and solvent for solution for infusion
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Routes of administration |
Intravenous use
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Dosage and administration details |
75mg/m2 on Day 1 of 21 day cycles. Up to 6 cycles given in total.
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Investigational medicinal product name |
Gemcitabine
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Investigational medicinal product code |
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Other name |
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Pharmaceutical forms |
Concentrate and solvent for solution for infusion
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Routes of administration |
Intravenous use
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Dosage and administration details |
1250mg/m2 on Day 1 and Day 8 of 21 day cycles. Up to 6 cycles in total.
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Investigational medicinal product name |
Pemetrexed
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Investigational medicinal product code |
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Other name |
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Pharmaceutical forms |
Concentrate and solvent for solution for infusion
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Routes of administration |
Intravenous use
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Dosage and administration details |
500mg/m2 on Day 1 of 21 day cycles. Up to 6 cycles in total.
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Arm title
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Investigational Arm | |||||||||
Arm description |
Squamous patients: paclitaxel/gemcitabine Non-squamous patients: paclitaxel/pemetrexed | |||||||||
Arm type |
Experimental | |||||||||
Investigational medicinal product name |
Pemetrexed
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Investigational medicinal product code |
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Other name |
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Pharmaceutical forms |
Concentrate and solvent for solution for infusion
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Routes of administration |
Intravenous use
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Dosage and administration details |
500mg/m2 on Day 1 of 21 day cycles. Up to 6 cycles in total.
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Investigational medicinal product name |
Paclitaxel
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Investigational medicinal product code |
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Other name |
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Pharmaceutical forms |
Concentrate and solvent for solution for infusion
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Routes of administration |
Intravenous use
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Dosage and administration details |
175mg/m2 on Day 1 of 21 day cycle. Up to 6 cycles in total.
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Investigational medicinal product name |
Gemcitabine
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Investigational medicinal product code |
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Other name |
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Pharmaceutical forms |
Concentrate and solvent for solution for infusion
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Routes of administration |
Intravenous use
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Dosage and administration details |
1250mg/m2 on Day 1 and Day 8 of 21 day cycles. Up to 6 cycles in total.
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Baseline characteristics reporting groups
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Reporting group title |
Overall trial
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Reporting group description |
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End points reporting groups
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Reporting group title |
Control Arm
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Reporting group description |
Squamous patients: cisplatin/gemcitabine Non-squamous patients: cisplatin/pemetrexed | ||
Reporting group title |
Investigational Arm
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Reporting group description |
Squamous patients: paclitaxel/gemcitabine Non-squamous patients: paclitaxel/pemetrexed |
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End point title |
Overall survival [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
End point description |
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End point type |
Primary
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End point timeframe |
From start of randomisation until primary completion date.
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Notes [1] - No statistical analyses have been specified for this primary end point. It is expected there is at least one statistical analysis for each primary end point. Justification: Overall survival HR (95% CI) Nonsquamous ERCC1 negative 0.98 (0.72-1.34) ERCC1 positive 1.15 (0.88-1.51) Squamous ERCC1 negative 1.56 (0.79-3.08) ERCC1 positive 1.40 (0.97-2.03) |
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No statistical analyses for this end point |
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End point title |
Progression Free Survival | ||||||||||||||||||
End point description |
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End point type |
Secondary
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End point timeframe |
From randomisation to primary completion date
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No statistical analyses for this end point |
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Adverse events information
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Timeframe for reporting adverse events |
From informed consent until 24 months post randomisation
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Dictionary used for adverse event reporting
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Dictionary version |
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Reporting groups
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Reporting group title |
All Patients
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Substantial protocol amendments (globally) |
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Were there any global substantial amendments to the protocol? Yes | |||
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Amendment |
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08 Oct 2008 |
Changes to protocol:
- Changes to members of the TMG
- Clarification that assessments should be made in relation to trial registration not trial randomisation
- Pre-chemotherapy blood requirements modified in line with drug modification guidelines
- List of trial CRFs modified to include Adverse Event Form |
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29 Apr 2009 |
Changes to protocol, patient information sheet, consent form, gp letter and patient cards:
- Addition of two new treatment arms for squamous patients (gemcitabine/cisplatin and gemcitabine/paclitaxel)
- Amendments to the rationale of the trial as well as inclusion of rationale for including new treatment arms for squamous group
- Gemcitabine/Cisplatin and Gemcitabine/Paclitaxel chemotherapy regimens added
- All dose modification tables amended according to guidelines on SmPC for Pemetrexed and new dose modification tables added for Gemcitabine doublets
- Statistical considerations section updated to include data on Gemcitabine/Cisplatin and Gemcitabine/Paclitaxel in squamous patients
- Inclusion of 4 new references
Addition of uncommon adverse events listed in Appendix 7 from the updated SmPC for Pemetrexed and the SmPC for Gemcitabine
- Biological trial summary updated to include testing for resistance to gemcitabine
- Addition of excluding patients who have recently received a yellow fever vaccination
- Changes to patient information sheet, consent form, gp letter and patient cards to reflect new trial design
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19 Aug 2009 |
Changes to the protocol, patient information sheet and consent form:
- Platelet count for inclusion in the trial changed to >100x 109/L
- Changes to the stratification factors for randomisation
- Dose modification tables have been amended according to guidelines in the SmPC for Pemetrexed and Gemcitabine
- The number of x-rays required for the trial has been reduced, i.e. at chemotherapy cycles 1, 3 and 5, as is standard practice in several centres. Having x-rays at cycles 2, 4 and 6 is now optional.
- Adequate renal function is now defined as >60ml/min by EDTA or C&G.
- Common toxicology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) version 3.0 is now replaced by CTCAE version 4.0
- Clarification in the patient information sheet on what treatment non-squamous patients will receive inc. administration of vitamin B12 injections.
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09 Mar 2010 |
Amendment to protocol, patient information sheet and consent form:
• Addition of 24 hour urine collection as a method of determining patient GFR value
• Clarification of two exclusion criteria’s which apply to non-squamous patients only
• Clarification that all trial drugs can be dose banded
• Clarification that vitamin b12 and folic acid should be started 7 days before trial treatment
• Addition of dose modifications for Gemcitabine arms of the trial in the presence of febrile neutropenia
• Pharmacovigilance section of the protocol updated to reflect the CTC template protocol
• Removal of choice to do PET-CT scanning rather than CT scanning
• Maximum number of hours for fixation of patient tissue samples amended from 48 to 72
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28 Oct 2010 |
Amendment to labels for all IMPs and NIMPs. |
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06 Apr 2011 |
Amendment to protocol, patient information sheet, pregnancy monitoring information sheet and consent form:
• Further clarification of the end of trial timepoint
• Section added clarifying trial activation process for sponsor
• Guidance added to inclusion criteria regarding contraception and to exclusion criteria regarding renal function
• Documents to be given to randomised patients added
• Terminology revised in Pharmacovigilance section
• Updated information in relation to SAE processing at the UCL CTC and clinical reviewing
• Addition of a section covering incident reporting and serious breaches
• Addition of a section covering trial monitoring and oversight
• Addition of a section covering withdrawal of patients
• Addition of a section covering trial closure
• Clarifying which patient identifiable information will be collected by the UCL CTC
• Patient information sheet updated with advice on pregnancy and contraception
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26 Jul 2011 |
Amendment to protocol:
• Inclusion criteria amendment: Previous palliative radiotherapy to non-target lesions is allowed for pain relief prior to starting chemotherapy (in version 8.0 and previous protocol versions it could not be given in the 28 days prior to starting chemotherapy)
• Addition that tumour samples obtained by EBUS cores and EBUS FNA cell blocks are allowed provided that the tumour cells are well preserved
• Clarifications to wording to section 5.0 – Pharmacovigilance
• Section 5.6 rewritten to refer to DSURs instead of ASRs
• Update to pemetrexed secondary label and addition of a primary label |
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03 Oct 2012 |
Amendment to protocol, PIS, consent form, GP letter and patient card in line with Urgent Safety Measure undertaken 07/09/2012:
• Protocol: clarification EBUS FNA and FNA are examples of cytology; the following amended for consistency across protocol: provision of prescription to CTC prior to site activation and use of ALT or AST in incl/excl; procedure for reporting temp excursions added; update to DM section; insurance section clarified to reflect it is insurers decision to compensate and not UCL; list of expected AEs added for pem/cis and pem/pac.
• PIS: ERCC1 amended to provide clarity and easier understanding for patients; duration of treatment corrected from 3 months to 4.5months; removal of AEs associated with gemcitabine; number of CTs corrected in section entitled ‘Risk associated with the CT scan’. The risk factor is correct for 4 scans; wording updated to reflect pem/cisp is now licensed for first line treatment; insurance section updated in line with above protocol change.
• Consent form: updated to reflect the change in version of the PIS
• GP letter: correction to GP letter to indicate a new biopsy is not required for participation in the trial
• Label Change for Pemetrexed: removal of primary label. Commercial stock to be over labelled for the outer packaging only. The outer and inner package will stay together at all times.
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16 Oct 2014 |
Submission of results summary for patients and results summary cover letter for PI's. |
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Interruptions (globally) |
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Were there any global interruptions to the trial? No | |||
Limitations and caveats |
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Limitations of the trial such as small numbers of subjects analysed or technical problems leading to unreliable data. | |||
Trial stopped early in July 2013. Patients with squamous histology were excluded from September 2012. Only grade 3, 4 and 5 adverse events recorded. Relatedness of adverse events refers to number of patients not number of occurrences. |