Sorafenib as Adjuvant to Radioiodine Therapy in Non-Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Background of the study:
Therapy with radioiodine (RaI) is the only curative therapy in non-medullary thyroid
carcinoma. RaI uptake is frequently lost in this disease. Therapy with tyrosine kinase
inhibitors may restore the susceptibility to RaI.
Objective of the study:
To investigate whether therapy with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Sorafenib will increase
the accumulation of radioiodine (RaI) and decrease tumor progression in patients with
recurrences or metastases of non-medullary thyroid carcinoma with absent or insufficient
accumulation of RaI.
Study design:
Prospective, open study with patients with recurrences or metastases of differentiated
thyroid carcinoma who will undergo 6 months therapy with Sorafenib 800 mg/day. Patients in
whom RaI uptake will be restored will be offered high dose (6000 MBq) RaI together with an
additional 6 months treatment with Sorafenib. Patients in whom RaI is not be restored but in
whom Sorafenib had a favorable effect on tumor growth will be offered continued treatment
with Sorafenib.
Study population:
Thirty patients will be included with recurrences or metastases of differentiated thyroid
carcinoma that are unresponsive to RaI therapy.
Intervention (if applicable):
After inclusion, patients will undergo 131I scintigraphy as well as a CT scan. Thereafter,
therapy with Sorafenib 800 mg/day will be initiated, and continued during 6 months. After 6
months, 131I scintigraphy and CT scans will be repeated. Serum levels of thyroglobulin will
be used as tumormarker.
Primary study parameters/outcome of the study:
The endpoint of the study is the proportion of patients with a favorable response to
Sorafenib defined as ONE OR MORE of the following criteria:
1. Reinduction of RaI uptake by RaI scintigraphy: The appearance of one or more RaI
accumulating lesions at RaI scintigraphy, planar images and/or SPECT (see below)
2. Serum thyroglobulin levels:
The absence of progression: no statistically significant positive slope at linear
regression of the log-transformed serum Tg levels, measured at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
and 28 weeks after start of Sorafenib:
- Stable disease: The slope at linear regression of the log-transformed serum Tg
levels, measured at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 and 28 weeks after start of Sorafenib
is not significantly different from 0 ln ug/L*time OR
- Response: The slope at linear regression of the log-transformed serum Tg levels is
negative (statistically significantly below 0 ln ug/L*time).
3. CT Imaging:
The absence of progression according to RECIST criteria:
- Stable disease—neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for partial response nor
sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease, taking as reference the
smallest sum longest diameter since the treatment started.
- Partial response—at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target
lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum longest diameter;
- Complete response: the disappearance of all target lesions
Interventional
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Proportion of patients with a favorable response to Sorafenib defined as ONE OR MORE of the following criteria: 1. Reinduction of RaI uptake by RaI scintigraphy. 2. Serum thyroglobulin levels. 3. RECIST criteria
6 months
No
Johannes W Smit, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Leiden Universty Medical Center
Netherlands: The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO)
NL17727.058.07
NCT00887107
October 2007
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