Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology
Folic acid for Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Phase II trial of Folic acid for Metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology
- Trial Disease
- Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 19-08-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 10-09-2024
Trial design
Randomised, folimet, tabletter 5 mg (folic acid) oral, max daily dose 5 mg; placebo for folinsyre 5mg tabletter medilink (placebo tablet). schedule/dosing frequency not specified in the available record.-controlled Phase II trial across 2 sites in Denmark.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Folimet, tabletter 5 mg (folic acid) oral, max daily dose 5 mg; Placebo for Folinsyre 5mg Tabletter MediLink (placebo tablet). Schedule/dosing frequency not specified in the available record.
- Target Sample Size
- 100
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 365
Eligibility
Recruits 100 The trial does not select vulnerable populations (isVulnerablePopulationSelected=false). Consent requirement: 'Signed written informed consent obtained prior to any study specific procedures.' No assent procedures or additional vulnerable-population consent provisions are described..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Females with a negative serum pregnancy test unless childbearing potential can be otherwise excluded (postmenopausal, hysterectomy or oophorectomy) and not lactating.
- Vulnerable Population
- The trial does not select vulnerable populations (isVulnerablePopulationSelected=false). Consent requirement: 'Signed written informed consent obtained prior to any study specific procedures.' No assent procedures or additional vulnerable-population consent provisions are described.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1. Patients displaying CTCAE ≥2 mucositis during TKI or mTOR inhibitor or IT treatment.\n- 2. Signed written informed consent obtained prior to any study specific procedures.\n- 3. Patient must be willing and able to comply with the protocol.\n- 4. Age ≥ 18\n- 5. Biopsy proven locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.\n- 6. Females with a negative serum pregnancy test unless childbearing potential can be otherwise excluded (postmenopausal, hysterectomy or oophorectomy) and not lactating.\n- 7. Fertile women of childbearing potential (<2 years after last menstruation) and men must use effective means of contraception (oral contraceptives, intrauterine contraceptive device, barrier method of contraception in conjunction with spermicidal jelly or surgical sterilization).\n- 8. Karnofsky Performance status ≥ 60%."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Known hypersensitivity to folic acid.\n- Use of prednisolone more than 10 mg daily."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- The primary endpoint is the degree of CTCAE mucositis (nasal, oral, pharyngeal, anal, or genital) according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v. 4.0 (CTCAE).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured as degree of mucositis according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v.4.0 (CTCAE)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- The frequency and degree of mucositis (nasal, oral, pharyngeal, anal, or genital) according to patient-reported outcomes (PRO) by self assessment questionnaire using National Comprehensive Cancer Network Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Kidney Symptom Index-19 (NCCN-FACT FKSI-19) and a modified version of the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) for RCC.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) via NCCN-FACT FKSI-19 and modified MDASI for RCC; frequency and degree assessed by these questionnaires."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The median time to effect of study drug according to CTCAE 4.0 and PRO.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time-to-effect measured per CTCAE v4.0 grading and PRO assessments."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The frequency of TKI/mTOR dose reductions in the two groups","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Frequency of dose reductions of concomitant TKI/mTOR therapies recorded and compared between groups."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The frequency of TKI/mTOR/IT treatment discontinuations in the two groups","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Frequency of discontinuations of TKI/mTOR/immune therapy treatments recorded and compared."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The frequency of TKI/mTOR/IT treatment withdrawals in the two groups","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Frequency of treatment withdrawals of TKI/mTOR/immune therapy recorded and compared."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The frequency and degree of GI adverse events in the two groups according to CTCAE v. 4.0 and PRO.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Gastrointestinal adverse events graded by CTCAE v4.0 and assessed by PRO instruments."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The frequency and degree of hand-foot syndrome in the two groups according to CTCAE v. 4.0 and PRO.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Hand-foot syndrome graded by CTCAE v4.0 and assessed by PRO."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The quality of life in the two groups according to NCCN-FACT FKSI-19 and the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory for RCC.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quality of life measured by NCCN-FACT FKSI-19 and MDASI for RCC instruments."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 100
- Recruitment Window Months
- 100
- Consent Approach
- Signed written informed consent obtained prior to any study specific procedures. A subject information and informed consent form document is listed but no further age-specific consent/assent procedures or languages are described in the available materials.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 2
- Total Number Of Participants
- 100
Denmark
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 28-08-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 10-09-2024
- Processing Time Days
- 13
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 100
Sites
- Site Name
- Region Midtjylland
- Department Name
- Department of Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Niels Fristrup
- Principal Investigator Email
- niels.fristrup@rm.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Niels Fristrup
- Contact Person Email
- niels.fristrup@rm.dk
- Site Name
- Region Hovedstaden
- Department Name
- Department of Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Jesper Palshof
- Principal Investigator Email
- XXX@XXX
- Contact Person Name
- Jesper Palshof
- Contact Person Email
- XXX@XXX
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Region Midtjylland
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Denmark
Third parties
- {"country":"Denmark","full_name":"Aarhus Universitet","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 1","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Folimet, tabletter 5 mg
- Active Substance
- Folic acid
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorised (marketing authorisation number 7152, DK)
- Starting Dose
- 5 mg
- Maximum Dose
- 5 mg daily (maxTotalDoseAmount: 420 mg total over treatment)
- Investigational Product Name
- Placebo for Folinsyre 5mg Tabletter MediLink.
- Modality
- Other
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Starting Dose
- Placebo matching 5 mg tablet
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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