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Registration number
NCT00667251
Ethics application status
Date submitted
25/04/2008
Date registered
28/04/2008
Date last updated
2/08/2022

Titles & IDs
Public title
Chemotherapy and Lapatinib or Trastuzumab in Treating Women With HER2/Neu-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Scientific title
A Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Study of Taxane Based Chemotherapy With Lapatinib or Trastuzumab as First-Line Therapy for Women With HER2/Neu Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CLAP016A2303
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
108919
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Breast Cancer 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Breast

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - trastuzumab
Treatment: Drugs - docetaxel
Treatment: Drugs - lapatinib ditosylate
Treatment: Drugs - paclitaxel

Active Comparator: Lapatinib - Plus taxane based chemotherapy

Active Comparator: Trastuzumab - Plus taxane based chemotherapy.


Other interventions: trastuzumab
IV q weekly (loading dose 4mg/kg; subsequent doses 2mg/kg) or IV q 3 weekly (loading dose 8mg/kg, subsequent doses 6mg/kg).

Treatment: Drugs: docetaxel
75mg/m2 IV q 3 weekly, day 1 of a 3 week cycle for 8 cycles plus G-CSF (when given together with lapatinib).

Treatment: Drugs: lapatinib ditosylate
1250 mg po daily (while given with taxane). 1500mg PO daily (when given alone after taxane completion).

Treatment: Drugs: paclitaxel
80mg/m2 IV q weekly days 1, 8 and 15 of a 4-week cycle for 6 cycles.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Other interventions
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Progression-free Survival
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From randomization to RECIST V 1.0 progression or death assessed up to 39 months.
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Overall Survival
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From randomization to death from any cause, assessed up to 44 months.
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Time to CNS Metastases at the Time of First Progression
Timepoint [2] 0 0
From randomization to CNS metastases at time of first progression, assessed up to 39 months.
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
CNS Metastases at the Time of Progression (ITT)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Incidence rate of CNS metastases at first progression assessed up to 39 months
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
CNS Metastases at the Time of Progression (HER2+)
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Incidence rate of CNS mestastes at first progression, assessed up to 39 months
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Overall Objective Response Rate (Complete or Partial) ITT
Timepoint [5] 0 0
4 years
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Overall Objective Response Rate (Complete or Partial) HER2/Neu+
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Median follow-up of 21.5 months.
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Clinical Benefit Response Rate (ITT)
Timepoint [7] 0 0
24 weeks
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Clinical Benefit Response Rate (HER2/Neu+))
Timepoint [8] 0 0
24 weeks
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Quality of Life as Measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 Global Score From Baseline to 12 Weeks
Timepoint [9] 0 0
12 weeks
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Effects of Changes in Biomarkers on Clinical Outcomes
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Not available at this time
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Economic Evaluation, Including Health Utilities, as Measured by the EQ-5D Questionnaire, and Healthcare Utilization
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Not available at this time

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast

- Metastatic (stage IV) disease at primary diagnosis or at relapse after curative intent
therapy

- Local or central laboratory confirmedHER2/neu* overexpressing and/or amplified disease
in the invasive component of the primary or metastatic lesion as defined by the
following:

- 3+ overexpression (in > 30% of invasive tumor cells) by immunohistochemistry
(IHC)

- 2+ or 3+ overexpression (in = 30% of invasive tumor cells) by IHC AND
demonstrates HER2/neu gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization
(FISH) or chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH)

- HER2/neu gene amplification by FISH/CISH (> 6 HER2/neu gene copies per nucleus,
or a FISH/CISH ratio [HER2 gene copies to chromosome 17 signals] of = 2.2) NOTE:
*Patients with a negative or equivocal overall result (FISH/CISH ratio of < 2.2,
= 6.0 HER2/neu gene copies per nucleus, or staining scores of 0, 1+, 2+, or 3+
[in = 30% of neoplastic cells] by IHC) are not eligible

- Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor specimen available

- No CNS metastases (including leptomeningeal involvement)

- Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Menopausal status not specified

- ECOG performance status 0-2

- Life expectancy > 6 months

- Absolute granulocyte count > 1,500/mm³

- Platelet count > 75,000/mm³

- Hemoglobin > 10 g/dL

- Serum creatinine = 2.0 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

- Total bilirubin = 1.5 times ULN (< 3 times ULN for patients with Gilbert's disease)

- AST and/or ALT = 2.5 times ULN (< 5 times ULN for patients planning to receive
paclitaxel-based therapy)

- LVEF = 50% by MUGA or ECHO

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception

- Must be accessible for study treatment and follow-up

- No history of other malignancies, except adequately treated ductal carcinoma in situ
or lobular carcinoma in situ, adequately treated nonmelanoma skin cancer, curatively
treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or other curatively treated solid tumor
(non-breast) with no evidence of disease for = 5 years

- No serious cardiac illness or condition including, but not limited to, any of the
following:

- History of documented congestive heart failure

- Systolic dysfunction (LVEF < 50%)

- High-risk uncontrolled arrhythmias (i.e., ventricular tachycardia, high-grade
atrioventricular block, or supraventricular arrhythmias that are not adequately
rate-controlled)

- Unstable angina pectoris requiring anti-anginal medication

- Clinically significant valvular heart disease

- Evidence of transmural infarction on ECG

- Inadequately controlled hypertension (i.e., systolic blood pressure [BP] > 180 mm
Hg or diastolic BP > 100 mm Hg)

- New York Heart Association class III-IV functional status

- No serious illness or medical condition that would not allow the patient to be managed
according to the protocol including, but not limited to, any of the following:

- History of significant neurologic or psychiatric disorder that would impair the
ability to obtain informed consent or limit compliance with study requirements

- Active uncontrolled infection

- Serious or nonhealing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture

- No peripheral neuropathy = grade 2

- No gastrointestinal (GI) tract disease resulting in an inability to take oral
medication including, but not limited to, any of the following:

- Malabsorption syndrome

- Requirement for IV alimentation

- Uncontrolled inflammatory GI disease (e.g., Crohn's disease or ulcerative
colitis)

- No history of allergic or hypersensitivity reactions to any study drug or their
excipients or to compounds with similar chemical composition to any of the study drugs

- Prior allergic reactions to taxanes are allowed provided they were adequately
treated and, according to the treating physician, would not prohibit further
treatment with taxanes

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- Recovered from all prior therapy

- No prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biological therapy, or anti-HER2/neu-targeted
therapy for recurrent or metastatic breast cancer

- At least 12 months since prior chemotherapeutic agents, including taxanes, in the
neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting

- At least 12 months since prior anti-HER2/neu-targeted therapy in the neoadjuvant or
adjuvant setting

- Prior treatment with endocrine therapy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or metastatic
setting allowed

- At least 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy in the adjuvant or metastatic setting

- Prior radiotherapy to a solitary metastatic lesion allowed provided there is
documented disease progression after completion of radiotherapy

- More than 30 days (or 5 half-lives) since prior investigational drugs

- At least 7 days since prior and no concurrent CYP3A4 inhibitors (6 months for
amiodarone)

- At least 14 days since prior and no concurrent CYP3A4 inducers

- No prior surgical procedures affecting absorption (e.g., resection of stomach or small
bowel)

- No concurrent palliative radiotherapy

- No other concurrent anticancer treatment

- No other concurrent investigational drugs for breast cancer
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
7/10/2008
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
27/07/2022
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
652
Recruitment in Australia
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Funding & Sponsors
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Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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NCIC Clinical Trials Group
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
RATIONALE: HER2/neu is a receptor (protein) which is found in unusually high amounts in
approximately 1 in 5 cancer patients. Scientific evidence suggests that having high amounts
of the HER2/neu receptor is important for breast cancer to grow and spread. Women with
previously untreated metastatic breast cancer (breast cancer that has spread to other organs)
and with high levels of the HER2/neu receptor receive as their usual treatment chemotherapy
with one of the approved chemotherapy drugs paclitaxel or docetaxel (called "taxanes")
together with another approved drug called "trastuzumab". Chemotherapy drugs, such as
paclitaxel and docetaxel, work either by killing tumour cells or by stopping them from
dividing. Trastuzumab is an antibody that is given through a vein in the arm and it works by
specifically "targeting" the HER2/neu i.e. it attaches to it and "turns it off". Although
some of the patients who receive this taxane plus trastuzumab treatment feel better for some
months, the cancer usually starts to grow again. Lapatinib is a new drug. Like trastuzumab,
it also works by specifically "targeting" the HER2/neu receptor, but it does so in a
different way. Lapatinib is not an antibody. It is a pill that is taken daily by mouth.
Because lapatinib works in a different way than trastuzumab, it may be worse, as good as or
better than trastuzumab in keeping metastatic HER/neu positive cancer from growing. However,
this is not known.

Purpose: This randomized Phase III trial is comparing chemotherapy (a taxane) given together
with lapatinib with chemotherapy (a taxane) given together with trastuzumab in women with
HER2/neu positive breast cancer.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00667251
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