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A Prospective Phase I and Consecutive Phase II, Two-arm, Randomized Multi-center Trial of Temsirolimus in Combination With Pioglitazone, Etoricoxib and Metronomic Low-dose Trofosfamide Versus Dacarbazine (DTIC) in Patients With Advanced Melanoma


Phase 1/Phase 2
18 Years
N/A
Open (Enrolling)
Both
Advanced Melanoma

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Trial Information

A Prospective Phase I and Consecutive Phase II, Two-arm, Randomized Multi-center Trial of Temsirolimus in Combination With Pioglitazone, Etoricoxib and Metronomic Low-dose Trofosfamide Versus Dacarbazine (DTIC) in Patients With Advanced Melanoma


Inclusion Criteria:



- At least 18 years of age

- Must be able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.

- Must be histologically diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and LDH level > 0.8 ULN

- Measurable lesions

- Subjects must receive study medication as first-line therapy. Preceeding adjuvant
therapies are allowed.

- BRAF V600 mutation analysis

- Sufficient bone marrow function: neutrophils ≥ 2x109/l, hemoglobin ≥10 g/dl,
platelets ≥ 100x109/l

- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0, 1, or 2 (see
Post Text Supplement 3).

- Required laboratory results:

1. Liver function: Total bilirubin < 1.5 times of upper limit of local institution
(ULN), SGPT, SGOT ≤ 2.5 times of upper limit of local institution

2. Renal function: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN

3. PT-INR/PT <1.5 ULN

- Normal cardiac function

- Patients with prior thrombembolic event with adequate anticoagulation

- Life expectancy at least 3 months

- Written informed consent of the patient prior to screening procedures

- Patient must be available for treatment and follow-up

- Adequate contraception in women capable of bearing children and men with partner
capable of bearing children (combined oral contraceptives, hormonereleasing
intrauterine contraceptive device, hormonal contraceptive implants, hormonal
contraceptive injectables, surgical sterilization)

- Any previous surgery must have taken place more than 4 weeks prior to inclusion

- Previous radiation therapy must have involved less than 25% of bone marrow, and must
have been completed more than 4 weeks prior to inclusion.

- For patients with controlled diabetes mellitus glucose levels have to be monitored
continuously and the treating diabetologist has to be informed about the study
participation of the patient.

- Patients with wild-type BRAF

Exclusion Criteria:

- Documented brain metastases unless the patient has completed successful local therapy
for central nervous system metastases and has been off of corticosteroids for at
least 4 weeks before enrollment.

- Patients who require vitamin K antagonists except for low dose

- Patients with bladder cancer or bladder cancer in their medical history, patients
with risk factors for bladder cancer (such as exposure to aromatic amines or heavy
tobacco smokers), or macrohematuria of unknown origin

- Prior history of stroke

- Known hypersensitivity to study drugs or to any of the excipients

- Active infection > grade 2 NCI-CTC version 4.0

- Known diagnosis of HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C infection.

- Severe, unstable, or uncontrolled medical disease which would confound diagnoses or
evaluations required by the protocol, including cardiac insufficiency (NYHA I -IV)
uncontrolled diabetes including diabetic ketoacidosis, chronic hepatic or renal
disease, active uncontrolled infection and chronic inflammatory intestinal disease,
autoimmune diseases, peripheral arterial disease, verified coronary heart disease,
cerebrovascular disease, acute peptic ulcer or acute gastro-intestinal bleeding.

- Prior radiation therapy > 25% of bone marrow

- Regular blood transfusions

- Treatment with other experimental substances within 30 days before study start

- Prior immunotherapy with ipilimumab, vaccination, B-raf inhibitor

- Participation in another clinical trial within 30 days before study start or during
the trial

- Unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol

- Pregnant or breastfeeding patients. Women of childbearing potential must have a
negative pregnancy test performed 7 days prior start of treatment.

- Patients with seizure disorders requiring medication (such as steroids or
antiepileptics)

- Patients with evidence or history of bleeding diathesis

- Patients undergoing renal dialysis

- Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to start of study or incomplete wound healing

- Drug or alcohol abuse

- Psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the patients participation
in the study or evaluation of the study results.

- Known (at time of entry) gastrointestinal disorder, including malabsorbtion or active
gastric ulcer, present to the extent that it might interfere with oral intake and
absorption of study medication

- Patients undergoing dialysis or creatinine clearance <30 mL per minute, defined
according to MDRD

- Patients with medically uncontrolled hypertension (RR continuously > 140/90 mm Hg)

- Any previous or concurrent malignancy or any cancer unless curatively treated > 3
years prior to study entry except cervical carcinoma in situ or adequate basal cell
carcinoma

- Any urothelial cell carcinoma in the medical history

- Patients who have experienced bronchospasm, acute rhinitis, nasal polyps,
angioneurotic oedema, urticaria, or allergic type reactions after acetylsalicylic
acid or NSAIDs including COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2) inhibitors

- Patients with BRAF V600 mutant metastatic melanoma

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Outcome Measure:

response rate

Outcome Time Frame:

2014

Safety Issue:

No

Principal Investigator

Albrecht Reichle, Professor

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Authority:

Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

Study ID:

MEL001

NCT ID:

NCT01614301

Start Date:

May 2012

Completion Date:

May 2016

Related Keywords:

  • Advanced Melanoma
  • advanced Melanoma
  • Melanoma

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