BI 2536 Second Line Monotherapy in SCLC

Boehringer Ingelheim

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

Carcinoma, Small Cell

Treatments

Drug: BI 2536

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00412880

1216.11

Details and patient eligibility

About

Open label, uncontrolled Phase II trial to assess the efficacy and safety of BI 2536 in second line treatment in sensitive-relapse SCLC patients.

Enrollment

23 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed, -sensitive-relapse- SCLC defined by a relapse 60 days or more after cessation of prior first-line chemotherapy.
Patients with at least one measurable lesion, with longest diameter to be recorded as 20 mm or greater.
Life expectancy of at least three months and ECOG performance score of 2 or less and written informed consent that must be consistent with ICH-GCP Guidelines.

Exclusion criteria

More than one prior regimen of chemotherapy, mixed small cell/large cell or combined small cell histology.
Symptomatic brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease
Patients with ascites, patients who have any other life-threatening illness or organ system dysfunction, or other malignancies diagnosed within the past five (5) years (other than non melanomatous skin cancer)
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <1,500/µl, platelet count <100,000/µl, or hemoglobin <9 mg/dl
Total bilirubin >1.5 x ULN, aspartame amino transferase (AST) and/or alanine amino transferase (ALT) >2.5 x ULN, or aspartate amino transferase (AST) and/or alanine amino transferase (ALT) >5 x ULN in case of known liver metastases, serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dl (>176 µmol/L, SI Unit equivalent)
Chemo-, hormone- (other than Megace®) or immunotherapy within the past 4 weeks or within less than 4 half-life times of the previous drug prior to treatment with the trial drug
Radiation therapy within the past 2 weeks prior to or during treatment with the trial drug
Patients with any serious active infection (i.e., requiring an IV antibiotic, antifungal, or antiviral agents), patients with known HIV, hepatitis-B or -C infection
Known or suspected active drug or alcohol abuse
Treatment with any other investigational drug within the past 4 weeks or within less than 4 half-life times of the investigational drug
Patients with a known pre-existing coagulopathy or requiring therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin (Coumadin ®)
Patients with neuropathy (sensory or motor) CTCAE 3