Standard Therapy With or Without Dalteparin in Treating Patients With Advanced Breast, Lung, Colorectal, or Prostate Cancer

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Phase III Double-Blind Trial Comparing Low-Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH) Versus Placebo in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00003674
• Other study ID #: NCCTG-979251
• Secondary ID: CDR0000066775NCI
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: November 1, 1999
• Last updated: July 12, 2016
• Start date: December 1998
• Est. completion date: April 2004

Study information

• Verified date: July 2016
• Source: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Dalteparin may be effective in inhibiting the growth of blood vessels in tumors, decreasing the risk of metastatic cancer, preventing the formation of blood clots, and improving quality of life in treating patients with advanced cancer that has not responded to previous treatment. It is not yet known if standard therapy is more effective with or without dalteparin in treating advanced breast, lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized double blinded phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of standard therapy with or without dalteparin in treating patients who have advanced breast, lung, colorectal, or prostate cancer that has not responded to previous chemotherapy or hormone therapy.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the effect of low molecular weight heparin (dalteparin) plus standard therapy versus standard therapy alone on the overall survival rate of patients with advanced cancers. II. Compare the toxic effects of these regimens and the effect on the quality of life of these patients. III. Assess the incidence of symptomatic thrombotic events such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolus (PE), and clotted catheters in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to prognostic index (good vs bad vs unsure), current therapy (systemic vs radiation vs both vs none), age (50 or under vs over 50), disease site (breast vs colon vs small cell lung vs nonsmall cell lung vs prostate), history of prior thrombotic event over 1 year ago (yes vs no), and gender. Patients are randomized to receive low molecular weight heparin (dalteparin) plus standard therapy or standard therapy alone.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 141
• Est. completion date: April 2004
• Est. primary completion date: April 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven breast, lung, colorectal, or prostate cancer that has failed prior chemotherapy or hormone therapy No active CNS metastases Hormone receptor status: Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3500/mm3 Platelet count at least 150,000/mm3 Fibrinogen above lower limits of normal Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT no greater than 3 times ULN Prothrombin time no greater than 1.5 times ULN Active partial thromboplastin time no greater than 1.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN Other: No history of heparin associated thrombocytopenia At least 1 year since prior thromboembolic phenomenon such as deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolus, or clotted catheter No prior intolerance of unfractionated or low molecular weight heparin

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No concurrent anticoagulation therapy No concurrent enrollment on systemic or radiation therapy study (therapy off study allowed)

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms
• Colorectal Cancer
• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms
• Prostate Cancer
• Prostatic Neoplasms
• Veno-occlusive Disease

Intervention

Drug:
• dalteparin

• standard therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Allan Blair Cancer Centre	Regina	Saskatchewan
United States	CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	Medcenter One Health System	Bismarck	North Dakota
United States	CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project	Cedar Rapids	Iowa
United States	CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center	Danville	Pennsylvania
United States	CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	CCOP - Duluth	Duluth	Minnesota
United States	CCOP - Merit Care Hospital	Fargo	North Dakota
United States	Altru Health Systems	Grand Forks	North Dakota
United States	CCOP - Ochsner	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium	Omaha	Nebraska
United States	Rapid City Regional Hospital	Rapid City	South Dakota
United States	Mayo Clinic Cancer Center	Rochester	Minnesota
United States	CentraCare Clinic	Saint Cloud	Minnesota
United States	CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program	Scottsdale	Arizona
United States	Siouxland Hematology-Oncology	Sioux City	Iowa
United States	CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium	Sioux Falls	South Dakota
United States	CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program	Toledo	Ohio
United States	CCOP - Carle Cancer Center	Urbana	Illinois
United States	CCOP - Wichita	Wichita	Kansas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Overall survival rate		Up to 5 years	No
Secondary	Overall quality of life		Up to 5 years	No
Secondary	Assess the incidence of symptomatic thrombotic events such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolus (PE), and clotted catheters		Up to 5 years	Yes