Randomized Phase II/III Study of Taxol/Paclitaxel-BEP Versus BEP in Patients With Intermediate Prognosis Germ Cell Cancer
OBJECTIVES:
Phase II
- Compare the complete response rates in men with intermediate prognosis germ cell cancer
treated with bleomycin, cisplatin, and etoposide (BEP) vs bleomycin, cisplatin,
etoposide, and paclitaxel (T-BEP).
- Define the toxicity profile of T-BEP in these patients.
Phase III
- Compare the disease-free survival of patients treated with these regimens.
- Compare the complete response rates and overall survival of patients treated with these
regimens.
- Compare symptoms and aspects of quality of life at baseline and after treatment in
patients treated with these regimens.
- Compare the acute and intermediate (1-2 years) side effects of these regimens in these
patients.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to
histology (seminoma vs non-seminoma) and hospital. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2
treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive cisplatin IV and etoposide IV on days 1-5 and bleomycin IV on
days 1, 8, and 15.
- Arm II: Patients receive cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin as in arm I and paclitaxel
IV over 3 hours on day 1. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously on
days 6-15.
In both arms, treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a total of 4 courses in the absence of
disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Quality of life is assessed before treatment randomization and at 1 and 2 years after
randomization.
Patients are followed monthly for 1 year, every 2 months for 1 year, every 3 months for 1
year, every 6 months for 1 year, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 84-164 patients (42-82 per treatment arm) will be accrued for
the phase II study. A total of 498 patients (249 per treatment arm) will be accrued for the
phase III study. Accrual will be completed within 4 years.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Failure-free survival as measured by Logrank
No
Ronald De Wit, MD, PhD
Study Chair
Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Center at Erasmus Medical Center
United States: Federal Government
EORTC-30983
NCT00003643
October 1998
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