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For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01813721




Registration number
NCT01813721
Ethics application status
Date submitted
8/01/2013
Date registered
19/03/2013
Date last updated
15/03/2017

Titles & IDs
Public title
Study Investigating How Physicians Assess the Risk of Patients Developing Febrile Neutropenia During Chemotherapy.
Scientific title
Study to Investigate Which Clinical Risk Factors Are Considered by Physicians When Conducting Overall Febrile Neutropenia Risk Assessments for Patients Receiving Chemotherapy With an Intermediate (10% - 20%) Febrile Neutropenia Risk.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
20110146
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Chemotherapy-induced Febrile Neutropenia 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Blood 0 0 0 0
Other blood disorders
Injuries and Accidents 0 0 0 0
Other injuries and accidents

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Group 1 - All patients enrolled
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Age and Chemotherapy Regimen as a Risk Factor for Febrile Neutropenia
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline (prior to participant enrolment)
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Each Factor as a Risk Factor for Febrile Neutropenia (FN)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Assessed at Baseline, prior to participant enrolment.
Primary outcome [3] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Age and Chemotherapy Regimen Were Ranked as an Important Risk Factor
Timepoint [3] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation
Primary outcome [4] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each FN Risk Factor Was Ranked as Important
Timepoint [4] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Each Factor in the Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) Primary Prophylaxis (PP) Decision as Important
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Assessed at baseline, prior to participant enrolment.
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Each Factor in the G-CSF PP Decision as Important by Clinical Specialty
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Assessed at baseline, prior to participant enrolment.
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Each Factor in the G-CSF PP Decision as Important by Number of Years in Clinical Practice in Oncology / Hematology
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Assessed at baseline, prior to participant enrolment.
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Each Factor in the G-CSF PP Decision as Important by Institution Type
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Assessed at baseline, prior to participant enrolment.
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each Factor Was Ranked in the Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) Primary Prophylaxis (PP) Decision as Important
Timepoint [5] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each Factor Was Ranked in the G-CSF PP Decision as Important by Country
Timepoint [6] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each Factor Was Ranked in the G-CSF PP Decision as Important by Clinical Specialty
Timepoint [7] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each Factor Was Ranked in the G-CSF PP Decision as Important by Number of Years in Clinical Practice in Oncology / Hematology
Timepoint [8] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each Factor Was Ranked in the G-CSF PP Decision as Important by Institution Type
Timepoint [9] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each Factor Was Ranked in the G-CSF PP Decision as Important by Tumor Type
Timepoint [10] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Each Factor as a Risk Factor for Febrile Neutropenia by Clinical Specialty
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Assessed at Baseline, prior to participant enrolment.
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Each Factor as a Risk Factor for Febrile Neutropenia by Number of Years in Clinical Practice in Oncology / Hematology
Timepoint [12] 0 0
Assessed at Baseline, prior to participant enrolment.
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Percentage of Investigators Who Ranked Each Factor as a Risk Factor for Febrile Neutropenia by Institution Type
Timepoint [13] 0 0
Assessed at Baseline, prior to participant enrolment.
Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each FN Risk Factor Was Ranked as Important by Country
Timepoint [14] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [15] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each FN Risk Factor Was Ranked as Important by Clinical Specialty
Timepoint [15] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [16] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each FN Risk Factor Was Ranked as Important by Number of Years in Clinical Practice in Oncology / Hematology
Timepoint [16] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [17] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each FN Risk Factor Was Ranked as Important by Institution Type
Timepoint [17] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [18] 0 0
Percentage of Participants for Whom Each FN Risk Factor Was Ranked as Important by Tumor Type
Timepoint [18] 0 0
At enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.
Secondary outcome [19] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an Investigator-assessed FN Risk at or Above the Investigator Self-reported FN-risk Intervention Threshold Who Were Planned to Receive G-CSF PP
Timepoint [19] 0 0
At Baseline and at enrolment, prior to chemotherapy initiation.

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Age = 18 years old

- Any stage NHL, small cell lung cancer (SCLC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), or
breast cancer initiating a new chemotherapy course

- Scheduled to receive one of the permitted standard dose chemotherapy regimens with an
estimated intermediate (10%-20%) FN risk according to published data or guidelines
(planned dose modifications +/-10% are allowable).

- Before any study-specific procedure, the appropriate written informed consent must be
obtained where this is required by local regulations
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Ongoing or planned concurrent participation in any clinical study involving
Investigational Product that has not been approved by the European Medicines Agency
(EMA) or competent authority for any indication,

- Ongoing or planned concurrent participation in any clinical study where the
administration of Colony Stimulating Factor (CSF) is determined by the protocol
(clinical trials on an approved drug and observational trials are permitted as long as
these do not mandate how neutropenia should be treated)

- Prior stem-cell transplantation (includes bone marrow transplantation)

Study design
Purpose
Duration
Selection
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/12/2012
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/12/2013
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
1007
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,VIC
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Research Site - Tweed Heads
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Research Site - Bendigo
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Research Site - Shepparton
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Research Site - Wodonga
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2485 - Tweed Heads
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
3550 - Bendigo
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
3630 - Shepparton
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
3690 - Wodonga
Recruitment outside Australia
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Austria
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Eggenburg
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Austria
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Graz
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Austria
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Leoben
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Austria
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Vöcklabruck
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Austria
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Wien
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Canada
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New Brunswick
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Canada
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Ontario
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Canada
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Quebec
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France
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Alès Cédex
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France
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Arras
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France
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Besançon Cedex
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France
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Brest Cedex 2
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France
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Créteil
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France
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Grenoble Cedex 9
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France
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Marseille
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France
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Montluçon
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France
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Neuilly sur Seine
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France
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Nimes Cedex 2
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France
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Pierre Benite Cedex
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Saint Quentin
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France
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Toulon Cedex
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France
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Villefranche Sur Saone Cedex
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Germany
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Berlin
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Germany
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Bonn
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Fulda
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Mainz
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Rostock
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Germany
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Stralsund
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Germany
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Twistringen
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Greece
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Chania
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Larissa
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Catania
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Italy
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Firenze
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Italy
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Foggia
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Italy
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Gdynia
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Brasov
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Navarra

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Amgen
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This is a prospective observational study investigating how physicians assess the risk of
febrile neutropenia (FN) developing in patients who will receive chemotherapy.

Approximately 150-200 investigators will take part in about 100 sites in Europe, Canada and
Australia. Approximately 1000 subjects will be studied, all of whom will have non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) or breast
cancer and will be due to receive one of the specific chemotherapy regimens of interest.

Investigators' approach to FN risk assessment will be studied using lists of possible risk
factors they may consider during their assessment. Investigators will be asked to select and
rank the factors they consider the most important when assessing the overall FN risk of a
subject and when making the decision whether to treat with granulocyte-colony stimulating
factor (G-CSF) primary prophylaxis (PP). They will be asked to make these selections based
initially on their own routine clinical practise and subsequently relating specifically to
each subject recruited.

This is a non-interventional study that involves no procedures outside normal care for the
subjects; all data collection will be completed prior to chemotherapy administration.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01813721
Trial related presentations / publications
Freyer G, Kalinka-Warzocha E, Syrigos K, Marinca M, Tonini G, Ng SL, Wong ZW, Salar A, Steger G, Abdelsalam M, DeCosta L, Szabo Z. Attitudes of physicians toward assessing risk and using granulocyte colony-stimulating factor as primary prophylaxis in patients receiving chemotherapy associated with an intermediate risk of febrile neutropenia. Med Oncol. 2015 Oct;32(10):236. doi: 10.1007/s12032-015-0682-z. Epub 2015 Aug 28.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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MD
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Amgen
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Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries