E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Long-term thromboprophylaxis with tinzaparin in high-risk prostate or breast cancer patients. |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Prevention of blood clot formation |
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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 | 20.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10049909 |
E.1.2 | Term | Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004865 |
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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 objective of the PRONIA-CAT trial is to investigate the efficacy and safety of long-term VTE prevention with administration of tinzaparin (4500 anti-Xa IU s.c. o.d. for 6 months) in patients scheduled to start anticancer treatment or receiving standard care anticancer for a maximum period of 1 month, for breast or prostate cancer and who are identified at high thromboembolic risk according to the COMPASS-CAT RAM stratification. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
•Histologically confirmed breast or prostate cancer, including previously untreated patients and patients with recurrent disease after previous local and/or systemic therapy
•Age ≥18 years
•Planned endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, or targeted anticancer therapy within 1 month from study enrolment; patients may also have started such therapy less than 1 month before study enrolment
•High risk for VTE according to the COMPASS-CAT RAM (score ≥7)
•ECOG 0-2
•Life expectancy >6 months
•Written informed consent
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
•Hypersensitivity to heparin
•History of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
•Ongoing anticoagulant treatment (patients receiving antiplatelet agents are not excluded)
•Objectively confirmed VTE at inclusion before treatment group assignment or incidental VTE found when imaging methods for disease staging are performed
•Creatinine clearance <20 mL/min according to Cockcroft-Gault formula
•Active bleeding
•Platelet count <50 G/L at inclusion
•Hepatic dysfunction defined as at least 1 of the following: Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >5 × ULN, bilirubin >2 × ULN
•Cancer treated exclusively with supportive care
•Patient enrolled in another trial at the time of screening
•Recent (<1 month) oncological surgery, major abdominal or thoracic surgery, major orthopaedic surgery, vascular surgery
•Recent (<1 month) acute coronary syndrome or any other arterial thrombosis, thrombotic or haemorrhagic stroke
•Pregnancy
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The composite of all objectively confirmed VTE events during the 6-month treatment period including: symptomatic or incidental distal DVT; symptomatic or incidental proximal DVT (including iliac and cava thrombosis); symptomatic or incidental PE, or both (DVT and PE); symptomatic or incidental CVC thrombosis or upper limb vein thrombosis (not related to the CVC); vein thrombosis of rare localisation (i.e., splanchnic vein or cerebral vein thrombosis); or death due to PE. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
Primary efficacy and safety endpoints will be assessed at 180 days after randomisation. Total observation period will be 360 days. |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
•Objectively confirmed symptomatic VTE and death due to PE during the 6-month treatment period
•Objectively confirmed symptomatic or incidental VTE during the 12-month study period
•Objectively confirmed symptomatic or incidental VTE during the 6-month treatment period in the predefined subgroup of patients with breast cancer
•Objectively confirmed symptomatic or incidental VTE during the 6-month treatment period in the predefined subgroup of patients with prostate cancer
•Overall mortality and causes of death during the 6-month treatment period and during the overall 12-month study period
•Progression-free survival in patients in each studied group
•Progression-free survival in patients with antiangiogenic treatments
•Evaluation of the burden of VTE (using data of the control group) and estimation of the cost of VTE treatment as well as of the socioeconomic benefit from the application of thromboprophylaxis with tinzaparin
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
During each visit, the search for VTE events, bleeding, and other study endpoints will be done systematically using a structured questionnaire. All CT reports will be checked for VTE and bleeding events. All suspected outcomes will be centrally adjudicated by a clinical events committee unaware of treatment allocation. |
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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 | Yes |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
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) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
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 | No |
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.8.2.4 | 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 | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 5 |
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 | Yes |
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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A pre-planned end-of-study follow-up visit will be conducted at the same time as the Day 360 visit. This refers only for all patients still enrolled as of the Day 360 visit ± 20 . The patient will be taken off the study early in case of death or at the request of the patient, at the request of the treating physician, or if the patient is lost to follow-up. |
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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 | 3 |
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 | 3 |
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 |