A Study of Nab-paclitaxel-based Doublet as First Line Therapy in Patients With Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) (AGNOSTOS)

Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Unknown Primary Tumors

Treatments: Drug: Gemcitabine; Drug: Carboplatin; Drug: nab-paclitaxel

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02607202

008-IRCC-10IIS-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

Agnostos Trial is a multicentric phase 2 randomized trial with a 'pick-the-winner design' in chemonaive patients with cancer of unknown primary. It will assess the efficacy of the two best active single agent - carboplatin or gemcitabine - added to an innovative taxane back bone (nab-Paclitaxel). Agnostos trial is a part of a larger clinical and translational initiative to improve the outlook of patients with cancer of unknown primary through evaluation of novel chemotherapeutic regimens.

Full description

Treatment-naïve patients with CUP diagnosis confirmed according to CUP Diagnostic Guidelines, will be enrolled into AGNOSTOS trial. Patients will be randomized upfront to receive a nab-paclitaxel-based duplet adding either carboplatin or gemcitabine until progression or unacceptable toxicity (randomization 1:1, n= 120; 60 per arm).

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Provision of written informed consent.
• Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age.
• Diagnosis of CUP according to CUP Diagnostic Guidelines derived from ESMO 2011 and NCCN 2015 guidelines.
• Sufficient archived biopsy tissue from a surgical or core needle biopsy required to perform the CUP multiplex assay.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 2.
• No previous systemic therapy.
• At least one measurable lesion by RECIST Criteria.
• Good liver, cardiac, lung and marrow bone function.
• Evidence of non-childbearing status for female patients: negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 21 days of study treatment for women of childbearing potential, or postmenopausal status.
• Patients of child bearing potential and their partners, who are sexually active, must agree to the use of highly effective forms of contraception throughout their participation in the study.
• Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study, including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with second primary cancer, except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ cancer of the cervix, breast Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS), stage 1 grade 1 endometrial carcinoma.
• Specific treatable CUP syndromes including: extragonadal germ cell syndrome; neuroendocrine carcinoma; adenocarcinoma isolated to axillary lymph nodes (women cancer); peritoneal carcinomatosis (women - ovarian cancer); squamous carcinoma limited to cervical, supraclavicular, or inguinal lymph nodes; single resectable metastasis.
• Patients receiving any radiotherapy (except for palliative reasons), within 2 weeks from the last dose prior to study entry.
• Patients with symptomatic uncontrolled brain metastases.
• Major surgery within 2 weeks of starting the study and patients must have recovered from any effects of any major surgery.
• Patients considered a poor medical risk due to a serious, uncontrolled medical disorder, non-malignant systemic disease or active, uncontrolled infection. Examples include, but are not limited to, uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia, recent (within 6 months) myocardial infarction, uncontrolled major seizure disorder, unstable spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome, or any psychiatric disorder that prohibits obtaining informed consent.
• Pregnant or breast feeding women.
• Immunocompromised patients, eg, patients who are known to be serologically positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
• Patients with known hepatic disease (eg, Hepatitis B or C).
• Previous cancer treatment.
• Patients currently enrolled in another clinical tria, except AGNOSTOS PROFILING.
• Patients that are receiving chemotherapy, hormonal therapy (HRT is acceptable) or other novel agents.
• Patients receiving live virus and bacterial vaccines.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

57 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm A

Experimental group

Description:

nab-paclitaxel 125 mg/m2 on Days 1 and 8 by IV administration over 30 minutes without premedication, followed by gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 on Days 1 and 8 by IV administration over 30 minutes. Treatment to be repeated Q21 days.

Treatment:

Drug: nab-paclitaxel

Drug: Gemcitabine

Arm B

Experimental group

Description:

nab-paclitaxel 125 mg/m2 on Days 1 and 8 by IV administration over 30 minutes without premedication, followed by carboplatin AUC 2 on Day 1 and 8 by IV administration over 60 minutes. Treatment to be repeated Q21 days.

Treatment:

Drug: nab-paclitaxel

Drug: Carboplatin