E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Colorectal cancer with initially unresectable liver metastases |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Bowel cancer with initially inoperable liver metastases (spread of the disease to the liver) |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 16.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10052362 |
E.1.2 | Term | Metastatic colorectal cancer |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004864 |
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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 |
- Overall resection rate (R0 / R1 / R2) |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
- Histopathological response (assessment of viable tumour cells within the resected specimen)
- Relapse-free survival (RFS)
- Progression-free survival (PFS)
- Overall survival (OS)
- Overall response rate (ORR)
- Time to response (TTR)
- Surgical safety
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
- Histologically confirmed carcinoma of the colon and/or rectum with evidence of liver
metastases.
- Male and female patients aged greater than or equal to 18 years.
- ECOG performance score of 0 or 1.
- Written informed consent.
- General condition considered feasible for major abdominal surgery after first line treatment.
- Unresectability of hepatic metastases at randomisation (at least one of the following criteria):
- No upfront R0 / R1 resection of all hepatic lesions possible
Note: a patient with bilobar disease suitable for a two-stage
resection would still fulfil the inclusion criteria for
unresectability.
- Less than 30% estimated residual liver after resection
- Disease in contact with major vessels of the remnant live
(vessels remaining after potential hepatectomy) |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
- Evidence of extrahepatic metastatic disease (excluded by FDG-PET).
- Evidence of diffuse peritoneal carcinosis or involvement of celiac lymph nodes.
- Prior systemic or local treatment of metastatic disease.
- Prior adjuvant or neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for primary tumour completed less than 6 months prior to randomisation (Note: in case of synchronous metastatic rectal cancer, chemotherapy/radiotherapy for primary tumour is allowed within 6 months of randomisation).
- Treatment with any other investigational agent within 30 days prior to randomisation or participation in another clinical trial while participating in this clinical trial.
- Current or recent (within 10 days of randomization) chronic use of aspirin (> 325 mg/day) or clopidrogel (> 75 mg/day).
- History or evidence upon physical/neurological examination of CNS disease (unrelated to cancer) (unless adequately treated with standard medical therapy) e.g. uncontrolled seizures.
- Past or current history (within the last 2 years prior to randomization) of other malignancies except metastatic colorectal cancer (patients with curatively treated basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the cervix are eligible).
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease, for example CVA, myocardial infarction (less than or equal to 12 months before randomization), unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) greater than or equal to Class II, congestive heart failure (CHF), arrhythmia requiring medication, or uncontrolled hypertension.
- Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy.
- Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs.
- Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture.
- Major surgical procedure, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to randomization.
- Evidence of any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding or laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or puts the patient at high risk for treatment-related complications.
- Life expectancy less than 3 months.
- Inability or unwillingness to comply with the protocol.
- Inadequate haematological function: ANC < 1.5x1000000000/L; platelets <100x1000000000/L, Hemoglobin (Hb) < 9 g/dL (may be transfused prior to enrolment).
- INR >1.5 within 7 days prior to randomization. aPTT >1.5 x ULN within 7 days prior to randomization.
- Liver function: Serum bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN; alkaline phosphatase and transaminases > 5 x ULN (liver metastases).
- Serum Creatinine > 1.5 x ULN.
- Urine dipstick for proteinuria grater than or equal to 2+. If urine dipstick is greater than or equal to 2+, 24-hour urine must demonstrate less than or equal to 1 g of protein in 24 hours for patient to be eligible.
- Pregnancy or lactation.
- Positive serum pregnancy test within 7 days of randomization in pre-menopausal women and women < 2 years after the onset of menopause. Note: a negative test has to be reconfirmed by a urine test, should the 7-day window be exceeded.
- Fertile women (< 2 years after last menstruation) and men of childbearing potential unwilling or unable to use effective means of contraception (oral contraceptives, intrauterine contraceptive device, barrier method of contraception in conjunction with spermicidal jelly or surgically sterile).
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The overall incidence of achieved R0/R1/R2 resections in patients rendered resectable after/during pre-operative chemotherapy |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
Secondary study endpoints include assessment of the following parameters after pre-operative/post-operative treatment with bevacizumab and chemotherapy:
- Histopathological response
- Relapse-free survival
- Progression-free survival
- Overall survival
- Overall response rate (ORR)
- Time to response |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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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 | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
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E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
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 | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
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 | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
Only exploratory comparisons between the 2 arms (bev+mFOLFOX-6 and bev+FOLFOXIRI) are conducted |
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E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 1 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 18 |
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 | No |
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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The study will end approximately 2 years after the last patient has been enrolled. At that time, no further data will be collected for the clinical database for this study and no further study treatment will be provided. Thereafter, patient follow-up and treatment will be governed by local standard of
care. The safety reporting requirements for serious adverse events will remain as per clinical practice. |
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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 | 5 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 0 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 5 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |