Capecitabine With or Without Sunitinib Malate as First-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Cancer of the Esophagus or Gastroesophageal Junction

Esophageal Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Phase II Trial of Sunitinib Plus Capecitabine Versus Capecitabine Alone (With the Potential for Crossover) for Elderly and/or Poor Performance Status Patients With Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus or Gastroesophageal Junction

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00891878
• Other study ID #: NCCTG-N0747
• Secondary ID: NCI-2011-01920CD
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: August 2009
• Est. completion date: January 2013

Study information

• Verified date: June 2018
• Source: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Sunitinib malate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. It is not yet known whether capecitabine is more effective when given alone or together with sunitinib malate in treating patients with metastatic esophageal cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well capecitabine works compared with capecitabine given together with sunitinib malate as first-line therapy in treating patients with metastatic cancer of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction.

Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

• Compare the progression-free survival of elderly (age ≥ 65 years) and/or poor performance status patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction treated with capecitabine with verus without sunitinib malate.

• Report other indicators of efficacy with these regimens, including the confirmed response rate, overall survival, time to tumor progression, duration of response, and time to treatment failure.

• Compare the adverse event profiles of these regimens in these patients.

Secondary

• Explore whether certain key proteins associated with anti-VEGF therapy are able to predict tumor response.

• Bank paraffin-embedded tissue blocks or slides, and blood products for future studies.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to gender (male vs female), ECOG performance status (0 vs 1 vs 2), and age (≥ 65 years vs < 65 years). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

• Arm I: Patients receive oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-14. Patients experiencing disease progression may crossover to arm II at the physician's discretion.

• Arm II: Patients receive oral capecitabine as in arm 1 and oral sunitinib malate once daily on days 1-21.

In both arms, courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Tumor tissue samples are collected at baseline for evaluation of protein markers as possible predictors of tumor response to this regimen. Samples are analyzed by IHC for expression levels of markers

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically for 3 years.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 12
• Est. completion date: January 2013
• Est. primary completion date: January 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction

• Metastatic disease

• Unresectable disease with no curative options

• Measurable disease with = 1 lesion whose longest diameter can be accurately measured as = 2.0 cm by conventional techniques or = 1.0 cm by spiral CT

• Not a candidate for a conventional multi-drug chemotherapy regimen with fairly standard dosing (i.e., patient is able to tolerate at least 80% of standard dosing)

• Patients who have been offered and declined conventional multi-drug chemotherapy are eligible

• No known CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• ECOG performance status (PS) 0-2 and age = 65 years OR PS 2 and age = 18 years but < 65 years

• Absolute neutrophil count = 1,500/mm^3

• Platelet count = 100,000/mm^3

• Total bilirubin normal

• Alkaline phosphatase = 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

• Creatinine = 1.5 times ULN

• Creatinine clearance = 60mL/min

• AST and ALT = 2.5 times ULN (= 5 times ULN in the presence of liver metastases)

• Not pregnant or nursing

• Negative pregnancy test

• Fertile patients must use effective contraception

• Willing to provide tissue samples for central review and research purposes

• Able to swallow pills

• No immunocompromised patients (other than related to the use of corticosteroids), including patients known to be HIV-positive

• No co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease that, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens

• No uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, any of the following:

• Ongoing or active infection

• Symptomatic congestive heart failure

• Unstable angina pectoris

• Cardiac arrhythmia

• Psychiatric illness or social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

• No NYHA class III or IV heart failure

• No uncontrolled hypertension except at the discretion of treating oncologist

• No other active malignancy except for nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

• No known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency (DPD)

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• No prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, or biological therapy for recurrent or metastatic cancer

• Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy are allowed if they had been administered as adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy and a complete surgical resection of the original cancer had been achieved

• No prior sunitinib malate

• No prior radiotherapy to > 30% of the marrow cavity at any time

• More then 4 weeks since prior major surgery

• At least 12 days since prior and no concurrent CYP3A4 inducers, including rifampin, rifabutin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, St. John's wort, efavirenz, and tipranavir

• At least 7 days since prior and no concurrent CYP3A4 inhibitors, including azole antifungals (ketoconazole, itraconazole), clarithromycin, erythromycin, diltiazem, verapamil, HIV protease inhibitors (indinavir, saquinavir, ritonavir, atazanavir, nelfinavir), and delavirdine

• No other concurrent specific treatment (other than hormonal therapy) in patients with a history of prior malignancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adenocarcinoma
• Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• capecitabine
Given orally
• sunitinib malate
Given orally

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Hickman Cancer Center at Bixby Medical Center	Adrian	Michigan
United States	AnMed Cancer Center	Anderson	South Carolina
United States	CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	Saint Joseph Mercy Cancer Center	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers - Beech Grove Campus	Beech Grove	Indiana
United States	Billings Clinic - Downtown	Billings	Montana
United States	CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium	Billings	Montana
United States	Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies - Billings	Billings	Montana
United States	Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center	Billings	Montana
United States	St. Vincent Healthcare Cancer Care Services	Billings	Montana
United States	Bismarck Cancer Center	Bismarck	North Dakota
United States	Medcenter One Hospital Cancer Care Center	Bismarck	North Dakota
United States	Mid Dakota Clinic, PC	Bismarck	North Dakota
United States	St. Alexius Medical Center Cancer Center	Bismarck	North Dakota
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Bloomington	Bloomington	Illinois
United States	St. Joseph Medical Center	Bloomington	Illinois
United States	Wood County Oncology Center	Bowling Green	Ohio
United States	Bozeman Deaconess Cancer Center	Bozeman	Montana
United States	Fairview Ridges Hospital	Burnsville	Minnesota
United States	St. James Healthcare Cancer Care	Butte	Montana
United States	Graham Hospital	Canton	Illinois
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Canton	Canton	Illinois
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Carthage	Carthage	Illinois
United States	Memorial Hospital	Carthage	Illinois
United States	Rocky Mountain Oncology	Casper	Wyoming
United States	Cedar Rapids Oncology Associates	Cedar Rapids	Iowa
United States	Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center	Cedar Rapids	Iowa
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Chanute	Chanute	Kansas
United States	Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates - West Des Moines	Clive	Iowa
United States	North Coast Cancer Care - Clyde	Clyde	Ohio
United States	Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital	Coon Rapids	Minnesota
United States	Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health	Danville	Pennsylvania
United States	CCOP - Dayton	Dayton	Ohio
United States	David L. Rike Cancer Center at Miami Valley Hospital	Dayton	Ohio
United States	Good Samaritan Hospital	Dayton	Ohio
United States	Grandview Hospital	Dayton	Ohio
United States	Samaritan North Cancer Care Center	Dayton	Ohio
United States	Oakwood Cancer Center at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center	Dearborn	Michigan
United States	CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Lutheran Hospital	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates at John Stoddard Cancer Center	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates at Mercy Cancer Center	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Dodge City	Dodge City	Kansas
United States	CCOP - Duluth	Duluth	Minnesota
United States	Duluth Clinic Cancer Center - Duluth	Duluth	Minnesota
United States	Miller - Dwan Medical Center	Duluth	Minnesota
United States	Fairview Southdale Hospital	Edina	Minnesota
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - El Dorado	El Dorado	Kansas
United States	Community Cancer Center	Elyria	Ohio
United States	Hematology Oncology Center	Elyria	Ohio
United States	Eureka Community Hospital	Eureka	Illinois
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Eureka	Eureka	Illinois
United States	Blanchard Valley Medical Associates	Findlay	Ohio
United States	Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute	Flint	Michigan
United States	Hurley Medical Center	Flint	Michigan
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas - Fort Scott	Fort Scott	Kansas
United States	Middletown Regional Hospital	Franklin	Ohio
United States	Fredericksburg Oncology, Incorporated	Fredericksburg	Virginia
United States	Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital	Fridley	Minnesota
United States	Galesburg Clinic, PC	Galesburg	Illinois
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Galesburg	Galesburg	Illinois
United States	Altru Cancer Center at Altru Hospital	Grand Forks	North Dakota
United States	Great Falls Clinic - Main Facility	Great Falls	Montana
United States	Sletten Cancer Institute at Benefis Healthcare	Great Falls	Montana
United States	Wayne Hospital	Greenville	Ohio
United States	Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center	Grosse Pointe Woods	Michigan
United States	Saint Francis/Mount Sinai Regional Cancer Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center	Hartford	Connecticut
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Havana	Havana	Illinois
United States	Mason District Hospital	Havana	Illinois
United States	Northern Montana Hospital	Havre	Montana
United States	Geisinger Hazleton Cancer Center	Hazleton	Pennsylvania
United States	St. Peter's Hospital	Helena	Montana
United States	Hutchinson Area Health Care	Hutchinson	Minnesota
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence	Independence	Kansas
United States	Foote Memorial Hospital	Jackson	Michigan
United States	Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville	Jacksonville	Florida
United States	Glacier Oncology, PLLC	Kalispell	Montana
United States	Kalispell Medical Oncology at KRMC	Kalispell	Montana
United States	Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital	Kettering	Ohio
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Kewanee Clinic	Kewanee	Illinois
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman	Kingman	Kansas
United States	Haematology-Oncology Associates of Ohio and Michigan, PC	Lambertville	Michigan
United States	Sparrow Regional Cancer Center	Lansing	Michigan
United States	Lawrence Memorial Hospital	Lawrence	Kansas
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Liberal	Liberal	Kansas
United States	Lima Memorial Hospital	Lima	Ohio
United States	Cancer Resource Center - Lincoln	Lincoln	Nebraska
United States	St. Mary Mercy Hospital	Livonia	Michigan
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Macomb	Macomb	Illinois
United States	McDonough District Hospital	Macomb	Illinois
United States	HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital	Maplewood	Minnesota
United States	Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Maplewood	Maplewood	Minnesota
United States	Northwest Ohio Oncology Center	Maumee	Ohio
United States	St. Luke's Hospital	Maumee	Ohio
United States	Hennepin County Medical Center - Minneapolis	Minneapolis	Minnesota
United States	Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott - Northwestern Hospital	Minneapolis	Minnesota
United States	Montana Cancer Center at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center	Missoula	Montana
United States	Montana Cancer Specialists at Montana Cancer Center	Missoula	Montana
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Monmouth	Monmouth	Illinois
United States	OSF Holy Family Medical Center	Monmouth	Illinois
United States	Community Cancer Center of Monroe	Monroe	Michigan
United States	Mercy Memorial Hospital - Monroe	Monroe	Michigan
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Newton	Newton	Kansas
United States	BroMenn Regional Medical Center	Normal	Illinois
United States	Community Cancer Center	Normal	Illinois
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Community Cancer Center	Normal	Illinois
United States	Fisher-Titus Medical Center	Norwalk	Ohio
United States	Alegant Health Cancer Center at Bergan Mercy Medical Center	Omaha	Nebraska
United States	CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium	Omaha	Nebraska
United States	Creighton University Medical Center	Omaha	Nebraska
United States	Immanuel Medical Center	Omaha	Nebraska
United States	St. Charles Mercy Hospital	Oregon	Ohio
United States	Toledo Clinic - Oregon	Oregon	Ohio
United States	Community Hospital of Ottawa	Ottawa	Illinois
United States	Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Ottawa	Ottawa	Illinois
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Parsons	Parsons	Kansas
United States	Cancer Treatment Center at Pekin Hospital	Pekin	Illinois
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Pekin	Pekin	Illinois
United States	CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association	Peoria	Illinois
United States	Methodist Medical Center of Illinois	Peoria	Illinois
United States	Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Peoria	Peoria	Illinois
United States	OSF St. Francis Medical Center	Peoria	Illinois
United States	Proctor Hospital	Peoria	Illinois
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Peru	Peru	Illinois
United States	Illinois Valley Community Hospital	Peru	Illinois
United States	St. Joseph Mercy Oakland	Pontiac	Michigan
United States	Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital	Port Huron	Michigan
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Pratt	Pratt	Kansas
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Princeton	Princeton	Illinois
United States	Perry Memorial Hospital	Princeton	Illinois
United States	Rapid City Regional Hospital	Rapid City	South Dakota
United States	Reid Hospital & Health Care Services	Richmond	Indiana
United States	Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center at North Memorial Outpatient Center	Robbinsdale	Minnesota
United States	Mayo Clinic Cancer Center	Rochester	Minnesota
United States	Rutherford Hospital	Rutherfordton	North Carolina
United States	Seton Cancer Institute at Saint Mary's - Saginaw	Saginaw	Michigan
United States	Arch Medical Services, Incorporated at Center for Cancer Care and Research	Saint Louis	Missouri
United States	Missouri Baptist Cancer Center	Saint Louis	Missouri
United States	CCOP - Metro-Minnesota	Saint Louis Park	Minnesota
United States	Park Nicollet Cancer Center	Saint Louis Park	Minnesota
United States	Regions Hospital Cancer Care Center	Saint Paul	Minnesota
United States	United Hospital	Saint Paul	Minnesota
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Salina	Salina	Kansas
United States	North Coast Cancer Care, Incorporated	Sandusky	Ohio
United States	Mayo Clinic Scottsdale	Scottsdale	Arizona
United States	St. Francis Cancer Center at St. Francis Medical Center	Shakopee	Minnesota
United States	Welch Cancer Center at Sheridan Memorial Hospital	Sheridan	Wyoming
United States	Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City	Sioux City	Iowa
United States	Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP	Sioux City	Iowa
United States	St. Luke's Regional Medical Center	Sioux City	Iowa
United States	Avera Cancer Institute	Sioux Falls	South Dakota
United States	Medical X-Ray Center, PC	Sioux Falls	South Dakota
United States	Sanford Cancer Center at Sanford USD Medical Center	Sioux Falls	South Dakota
United States	CCOP - Upstate Carolina	Spartanburg	South Carolina
United States	Gibbs Regional Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center	Spartanburg	South Carolina
United States	Illinois CancerCare - Spring Valley	Spring Valley	Illinois
United States	Geisinger Medical Group - Scenery Park	State College	Pennsylvania
United States	Flower Hospital Cancer Center	Sylvania	Ohio
United States	Mercy Hospital of Tiffin	Tiffin	Ohio
United States	CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital	Toledo	Ohio
United States	Medical University of Ohio Cancer Center	Toledo	Ohio
United States	St. Anne Mercy Hospital	Toledo	Ohio
United States	St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center	Toledo	Ohio
United States	Toledo Clinic, Incorporated - Main Clinic	Toledo	Ohio
United States	Toledo Hospital	Toledo	Ohio
United States	UVMC Cancer Care Center at Upper Valley Medical Center	Troy	Ohio
United States	Ridgeview Medical Center	Waconia	Minnesota
United States	St. John Macomb Hospital	Warren	Michigan
United States	Fulton County Health Center	Wauseon	Ohio
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wellington	Wellington	Kansas
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower	Wichita	Kansas
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita	Wichita	Kansas
United States	CCOP - Wichita	Wichita	Kansas
United States	Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center	Wichita	Kansas
United States	Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center	Wilkes-Barre	Pennsylvania
United States	Willmar Cancer Center at Rice Memorial Hospital	Willmar	Minnesota
United States	Clinton Memorial Hospital	Wilmington	Ohio
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield	Winfield	Kansas
United States	Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Woodbury	Woodbury	Minnesota
United States	Ruth G. McMillan Cancer Center at Greene Memorial Hospital	Xenia	Ohio

Sponsors (2)

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

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Comparison of Progression-free Survival	The primary analysis will be a comparison of Arm A to Arm B using a one-sided log-rank test between the 2 Kaplan-Meier curves. All patients meeting the eligibility criteria, who started treatment will be considered evaluable for the primary endpoint. If a patient is still alive 3 years after registration, no further follow-up is required. Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions	Up to 3 years
Secondary	Response Rate (Complete Response or Partial Response)	A confirmed tumor response is defined to be a CR or PR noted as the objective status on 2 consecutive evaluations =4 weeks apart. Confirmed tumor response will be evaluated using the first 6 cycles of treatment. All patients meeting the eligibility criteria who have signed a consent form and have begun treatment will be evaluable for response. The confirmed response rates between the 2 arms will be compared using a Chi-Square or Fisher's Exact test. Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the LD of target lesions taking as reference the baseline sum LD.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	Overall Survival	Overall survival is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. The distribution of overall survival will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	Time to Disease Progression	Time to disease progression is defined as the time from randomization to the earliest date documentation of disease progression occurs. If a patient dies without a documentation of disease progression, the patient will be considered to have had tumor progression at the time of their death unless there is sufficient documented evidence to conclude no progression occurred prior to death. The distribution of time-to-progression will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	Time to Treatment Failure	Time to treatment failure is defined to be the time from the date of randomization to the date at which the patient is removed from treatment due to progression, adverse events, or refusal.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	Duration of Response	Duration of response is defined for all evaluable patients who have achieved an objective response as the date at which the patient's earliest best objective status is first noted to be either a CR or PR to the earliest date progression is documented.	Up to 3 years