Clinical trial • Phase IV • Oncology

BEVACIZUMAB for Ovarian cancer | Fallopian tube cancer | Peritoneal carcinoma

Phase IV trial of BEVACIZUMAB for Ovarian cancer | Fallopian tube cancer | Peritoneal carcinoma.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Ovarian cancer | Fallopian tube cancer | Peritoneal carcinoma
Trial Stage
Phase IV
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
19-03-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
15-07-2024

Trial design

Randomised, bevacizumab 15 mg (standard) versus bevacizumab 7.5 mg (low) as part of first-line therapy for ovarian cancer; administered alongside standard chemotherapy agents (carboplatin and paclitaxel) per standard of care. exact dosing schedule details not fully specified in the provided data.-controlled Phase IV trial across 11 sites in Poland.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Bevacizumab 15 mg (standard) versus Bevacizumab 7.5 mg (low) as part of first-line therapy for ovarian cancer; administered alongside standard chemotherapy agents (carboplatin and paclitaxel) per standard of care. Exact dosing schedule details not fully specified in the provided data.
Target Sample Size
332

Eligibility

Recruits 332 No vulnerable populations selected; only adults (Age ≥ 18 years). Obtaining an informed, voluntary consent form from the patient is required. No assent or proxy consent procedures are described..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable populations selected; only adults (Age ≥ 18 years). Obtaining an informed, voluntary consent form from the patient is required. No assent or proxy consent procedures are described.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18 years."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Cytoreductive surgery performed within 8 weeks before study inclusion."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Availability of the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) primary tumor sample."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Liver and kidney function indicators: g. Total bilirubin concentration not exceeding 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (except for patients with Gilbert's syndrome); h. Serum transaminase activity (alanine and aspartate) not exceeding 2.5 times the upper limit of normal (5 times in patients with liver metastases); i. Creatinine concentration not exceeding 1.5 times the upper limit of normal."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Commitment from reproductive-capable individuals to abstain from heterosexual intercourse or use two effective methods of contraception starting 4 weeks before the beginning of treatment, during therapy, during dose interruptions, and for 6 months after the last dose of the drug."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Normal blood pressure or controlled hypertension (systolic BP ≤ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ≤ 90 mmHg)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Postmenopausal status or exclusion of pregnancy in reproductive-age women before the first dose of the investigational drug."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- No contraindications to the use of bevacizumab, carboplatin, paclitaxel according to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- No contraindications to the use of olaparib according to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) (applies to patients with BRCA1/2 mutations and/or HRD presence)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Obtaining an informed, voluntary consent form from the patient to participate in the study."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Capability and willingness to comply with the study protocol requirements."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Performance of a test assessing the presence of pathogenic mutations in BRCA1/2 genes using Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technique in tissue, and conducting a test assessing Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD) status."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Histological diagnosis of advanced (stage III-IV according to FIGO) high-grade ovarian cancer (high-grade, G2 or G3), fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Refraining from ova donation and cryopreservation for an appropriate period during study treatment and for 6 months after the study, according to the study results classes on contraception CTFG 1.1."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Previous disqualification from primary cytoreductive surgery and qualification for neoadjuvant chemotherapy due to ovarian cancer."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- General performance status at levels 0-1 according to ECOG classification."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Blood morphology results with smear: a. Platelet count greater than or equal to 1.5 x 10^5/mm^3, b. Leukocyte count greater than or equal to 3.0 x 10^9/L, c. Absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1.5 x 10^9/L, d. Hemoglobin concentration greater than or equal to 10.0 g/dL."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Coagulation indicators: e. Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) below 1.5 times the upper limit of normal; f. Prothrombin Time (PT) or International Normalized Ratio (INR) below 1.5 times the upper limit of normal."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Complete or partial response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Previous delayed cytoreductive surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, regardless of the presence and size of residual disease."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Receiving 3 cycles of platinum and paclitaxel-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy with bevacizumab at a dose of 7.5 mg/kg b.w."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Another malignant tumor occurring synchronously or treated within the last 3 years. Exceptions include low-potential metastasis-prone tumors such as in situ breast, cervical, or skin cancers."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Current signs of clinically significant bowel obstruction, including sub-occlusive disease, related to the underlying disease."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Inability to swallow orally administrated drug and patients with gastrointestinal disorders that may interfere with the absorption of the investigational drug."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Use of anticoagulant or antiplatelet medications (excluding use in prophylactic doses)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Known hypersensitivity to bevacizumab, olaparib, carboplatin, paclitaxel, or any excipient."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Hypersensitivity to products derived from Chinese hamster ovary cells or other recombinant human or humanized antibodies."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Evidence of any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical or laboratory examination result giving reasonable suspicion of a condition or disease that constitutes a contraindication to the use of the investigational drug or exposes the patient to a high risk of complications associated with treatment in the investigator's opinion."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Pregnancy or breastfeeding."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Concurrent participation in another clinical trial (patients previously participating in clinical trials may be included, provided that three times the half-life of the investigational drug has elapsed from the last dose to randomization)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Clinically active, uncontrolled infection such as HBV, HCV, HIV."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Any situation that, in the investigator's opinion, may prevent the conduct of the study according to the protocol or to provide of written consent, e.g., alcohol, drug or substance abuse, addiction."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Occurrence of a neoadjuvant therapy-related adverse event grade ≥ 3 according to CTCAE v.5.0, which has not been resolved or reduced to grade 1 before randomization."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of a clinically significant cardiovascular disease, including: a. Hypertension or hypertensive encephalopathy, defined according to ESH 2023 guidelines; b. Previous acute coronary syndrome within ≤ 6 months of randomization; under 2023 ESC guidelines; c. Congestive heart failure (CHF) degree ≥ 3 NYHA (New York Heart Association); d. Poorly controlled heart rhythm despite treatment (patients with well-controlled, persistent atrial fibrillation are eligible) or any clinically significant abnormalities in resting ECG (including QTc interval >450 ms) as assessed by the investigator; e. Peripheral vascular disease degree ≥ 3, according to Rutherford classification; f. Previous cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, or subarachnoid hemorrhage within 6 months before randomization; g. History or evidence of existing bleeding disorders within 6 months before randomization; h. Evidence of bleeding disorder or significant coagulopathy in the investigator's opinion preventing participation in the study."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History or clinical suspicion of brain metastases or spinal cord compression."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Central nervous system (CNS) disease unless adequately treated with standard medical therapy (e.g., uncontrolled seizures)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Significant injury or major surgery within 4 weeks before randomization (excluding cytoreductive surgery in the treatment of ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer);"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Non-healing wound, active ulcer, or bone fracture. Patients with granulating wounds healing secondarily without signs of infection may be included in the study."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of abdominal fistula or gastrointestinal perforation related to VEGF inhibitors or active gastrointestinal bleeding within 6 months before the first investigational treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Active gastric or duodenal ulcer in the investigator's assessment."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Objective Response Rate (ORR) to treatment, defined as the proportion of patients with a complete or partial response to treatment according to response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST v.1.1) within 4 weeks after the completion of the adjuvant treatment phase.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients with complete or partial response assessed by RECIST v1.1 within 4 weeks after completion of adjuvant treatment phase."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Progression-free survival (PFS), defined as the time from randomization to disease progression/recurrence according to response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST v.1.1) or all-cause death, whichever comes first.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to disease progression/recurrence per RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Frequency of adverse events (AE).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence and frequency of AEs as recorded during the study (no further measurement detail provided)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Frequency of serious adverse events (SAE).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence and frequency of SAEs as recorded during the study (no further measurement detail provided)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Frequency of adverse events of special interest (AESI).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence and frequency of AESIs as recorded during the study (no further measurement detail provided)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Death from any cause","definition_or_measurement_approach":"All-cause mortality recorded during study follow-up."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- ORR based on best overall response (BOR) over the entire treatment period according to RECIST v.1.1","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR determined by best overall response across treatment period per RECIST v1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time from start of first-line chemotherapy to start of first subsequent therapy (TFST)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time interval from initiation of first-line chemotherapy to initiation of first subsequent therapy."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- An analysis of the study participant's quality of life will be made on the basis of: - the standardised quality of life questionnaires QLQ-C30 and QLQ-OV28 of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quality of life assessed using EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-OV28 questionnaires."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
332
Recruitment Window Months
60
Consent Approach
Informed, voluntary consent must be obtained from the patient prior to participation. All participants are adults (Age ≥ 18 years). No details on age-specific consent documents, assent, proxy consent, or languages of consent forms are provided.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
11
Total Number Of Participants
332

Poland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
17-06-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
15-07-2024
Processing Time Days
28
Number Of Sites
11
Number Of Participants
332

Sites

Site Name
Dolnoslaskie Centrum Onkologii Pulmonologii I Hematologii
Department Name
Oddział Onkologii/ Chemioterapii
Contact Person Name
Bożena Cybulska-Stopa
Contact Person Email
bozena.cybulska@dcopih.pl
Site Name
Mazowiecki Szpital Brodnowski Sp. z o.o.
Department Name
Katedra I Klinika Położnictwa, Chorób Kobiecych i Ginekologii Onkologicznej
Contact Person Name
Aleksandra Zielińska
Contact Person Email
klingin@wum.edu.pl
Site Name
Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny Nr 1 W Lublinie
Department Name
I Klinika Ginekologii Onkologicznej i Ginekologii
Contact Person Name
Marcin Bobiński
Contact Person Email
ginekologia@usk1.pl
Site Name
Bialostockie Centrum Onkologii Im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie W Bialymstoku
Department Name
Oddział Onkologii Ginekologicznej
Contact Person Name
Beata Maćkowiak-Matejczyk
Site Name
Szpitale Pomorskie Sp. z o.o.
Department Name
Odział Onkologii i Radioterapii, Odziału Onkologii Klinicznej - Leczenie "Jednego Dnia"
Contact Person Name
Joanna Pikiel
Contact Person Email
joanna.pikiel@post.pl
Site Name
Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny W Poznaniu
Department Name
Oddział Ginekologii Onkologicznej
Contact Person Name
Radosław Mądry
Contact Person Email
radoslaw.madry@skpp.edu.pl
Site Name
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii Im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy (Warsaw)
Department Name
Klinika Ginekologii Onkologicznej
Contact Person Name
Mariusz Bidziński
Contact Person Email
bidzinski.m@gmail.com
Site Name
Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny Nr 2 Pum W Szczecinie
Department Name
Klinika Ginekologii Operacyjnej i Onkologii Ginekologicznej Dorosłych i Dziewcząt PUM
Contact Person Name
Anita Chudecka-Głaz
Contact Person Email
anitagl@poczta.onet.pl
Site Name
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii Im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy (Cracow)
Department Name
Klinika Onkologii Klinicznej
Contact Person Name
Paweł Blecharz
Contact Person Email
pawel.blecharz@interia.pl
Site Name
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne (Gdansk)
Department Name
Klinika Położnictwa i Ginekologii, Ginekologii Onkologicznej i Endokrynologii Ginekologicznej
Contact Person Name
Dagmara Klasa-Mazurkiewicz
Contact Person Email
dklasa@gumed.edu.pl
Site Name
Szpital Kliniczny Im. Ks. Anny Mazowieckiej samodzielny publiczny zakład opieki zdrowotnej
Department Name
Odział Onkologii Ginekologicznej
Contact Person Name
Anna Dańska-Bidzińska
Contact Person Email
sekretariat@szpitalkarowa.pl

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Uniwersytet Medyczny W Lublinie
Organisation Type
Educational Institution
Country Of Registered Address
Poland

Contract research organisations

Name
Scientia CRO Sp. z o.o.
Responsibilities
Sponsor-related duties indicated by sponsorDuties codes: 11, 12; contact email: beata.maciejewska@scientiacro.com; phone: +48602146500

Third parties

  • {"country":"Poland","full_name":"Scientia CRO Sp. z o.o.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 11, 12","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
BEVACIZUMAB
Active Substance
BEVACIZUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
Intravenous infusion
Starting Dose
15 mg/kg (standard) and 7.5 mg/kg (low)
Dose Levels
15 mg/kg; 7.5 mg/kg
Maximum Dose
15 mg/kg
Investigational Product Name
OLAPARIB
Active Substance
OLAPARIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
Oral
Maximum Dose
Up to 600 mg (as listed)
Investigational Product Name
CARBOPLATIN
Active Substance
CARBOPLATIN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
Intravenous infusion
Maximum Dose
6 (mg/ml reported in dataset)
Investigational Product Name
PACLITAXEL
Active Substance
PACLITAXEL
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
Intravenous infusion
Maximum Dose
175 mg/m2
Combination Treatment
Yes

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