E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Non-small cell lung cancer |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 14.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10061873 |
E.1.2 | Term | Non-small cell lung cancer |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) |
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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 |
To obtain a preliminary estimate of efficacy as defined by progression-free survival for patients with advanced NSCLC who receive four to six cycles of induction chemotherapy and are randomized to receive treatment with either:
- Imetelstat maintenance therapy in addition to standard of care (bevacizumab or
observation);
− Standard of care alone (bevacizumab or observation) |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
To assess the safety and tolerability of imetelstat as part of maintenance therapy
following initial induction chemotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC.
To obtain a preliminary estimate of the response rate when imetelstat is used as part of maintenance therapy in patients with advanced NSCLC. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
• Signed informed consent.
• Ability and willingness to comply with requirements of the study protocol.
• Male or female, age 18 or over.
• Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of NSCLC
• Stage IV (using the 7th edition of AJCC, or wet IIIb / IV using the 6th edition), or
recurrent locally advanced disease not amenable to radiation or surgery with curative
intent, or are not amenable to concurrent chemoradiation.
• Patients have completed four to six cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy doublet
for first line, advanced NSCLC, with no evidence of disease progression according to
RECIST version 1.1. Adjuvant chemotherapy greater than one year prior to
progression is allowed.
• Patients are willing and able to continue treatment with bevacizumab, if they received
it with their platinum based chemotherapy.
• ECOG performance status 0-1
• Adequate bone marrow reserve as measured by ANC ≥ 1500/mm3, hemoglobin
≥ 9 g/dL, platelet count ≥ 75,000 μL. Must be measured ≥ 1 week after last
transfusion of blood products and/or last dose of hematopoietic growth factor.
• Prothrombin Time (PT) or INR or aPTT ≤ 1.5 x ULN.
• Serum creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL or creatinine clearance > 45 mL/min.
• Urinalysis with < 2+ protein or urinary excretion of < 2 g of protein/day (for patients
to receive bevacizumab).
• AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) < 2.5 x the ULN, (AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT)
< 5 x the ULN if documented liver metastases).
• Serum bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL (patients with Gilbert's syndrome: serum bilirubin < 3 x
ULN).
• Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 x ULN (patients with documented liver or bone
metastases, alkaline phosphatase ≤ 5 x ULN).
• No other obvious related major organ toxicities which would compromise the
patient’s ability to participate in a clinical trial of a novel agent.
• Patients may have received prior radiation therapy for local or locally advanced
disease providing that any clinically significant adverse effects associated with prior
therapy have recovered to Grade 1 or less.
• Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test and
agree to use effective birth control during and for 12 weeks after the last treatment
with imetelstat.
• Males must agree to use effective birth control for themselves or their partner during and for 12 weeks after the last treatment with imetelstat. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from screening and study entry:
• Patients who are not eligible for induction therapy with a platinum based
chemotherapy doublet
• Patients who are scheduled to receive, or have received, pemetrexed or erlotinib as maintenance therapy.
• Patients receiving bevacizumab must not have a recent history of hemoptysis ≥ ½
teaspoon of red blood, or ≥ 2 g/24 hr urinary protein while receiving prior
bevacizumab, or squamous cell histology.
Patients will be excluded from being randomized if any of the following criteria apply:
• Last dose of induction chemotherapy < 21 days prior to randomization or > 42 days prior to randomization
• History of pulmonary hemorrhage (> 1 teaspoon) within the previous 4 weeks
• Anti-platelet therapy within 2 weeks prior to first study drug administration, other
than low dose aspirin prophylaxis therapy (baby aspirin).
• Therapeutic anticoagulation therapy except for low dose warfarin (e.g., 1 mg by
mouth per day).
• Radiation therapy within 3 weeks prior to first study drug administration (palliative
radiation therapy is allowed, provided that sites of bone marrow production, i.e. iliac
crests are not in the radiation field).
• Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to first study drug administration (central line
placement is allowed)
• Active central nervous system (CNS) metastatic disease. Patients with stable CNS
disease following completion of radiation therapy and/or surgery are eligible.
• Any other active malignancy
• Active or chronically recurrent bleeding (e.g., active peptic ulcer disease)
• Clinically significant infection
• Active autoimmune disease requiring immunosuppressive therapy
• Clinically significant cardiovascular disease or condition (listed in protocol).
• Any other severe, acute, or chronic medical or psychiatric condition, laboratory
abnormality, or difficulty complying with protocol requirements that may increase the
risk associated with study participation or study drug administration or may interfere
with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the Investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for the study |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Progression-free survival, defined as the time from randomization to documented disease progression, as determined by the Investigator’s assessment according to RECIST criteria (version 1.1) or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. |
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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 | 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) | Yes |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
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 | 5 |
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 | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned |
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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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In addition to last visit of the last subject, Geron may terminate the study 1) if the incidence of severity of adverse events indicates a potential health hazard to patients, 2) patient enrollment is unsatisfactory, 3) data recording is inaccurate or incomplete. |
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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 | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
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 | 2 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |