Irinotecan, Capecitabine and Avastin for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer as Salvage Treatment

University Hospital of Crete

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 2

Conditions: Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Drug: Capecitabine; Drug: Bevacizumab; Drug: Irinotecan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00717990

CT/05.35

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate the efficacy of Irinotecan,Capecitabine and Avastin combination in patients with no response to previous treatment with 5-Fluorouracil,Leucovorin,Eloxatin and Avastin.

Full description

The aim of this phase II study is to evaluate the efficacy of the combination XELIRI/AVASTIN in patients with mCRC, who have progressed in first line treatment with FOLFOX/AVASTIN. For AVASTIN was selected the dosing schedule of the trials TREE 1 and 2 [17], where Avastin was combined with capecitabine and oxaliplatin in a three weeks schedule and with adaptation of the dose in the 7,5 mg/kg

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 72 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Histologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer
• Measurable or evaluable disease according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors
• ECOG performance status ≤ 2
• Age 18 - 72 years
• Patients who progress after 1st line therapy with FOLFOX/AVASTIN
• Adequate liver (Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 upper normal limit, SGOT/SGPT ≤ 4 upper normal limit, ALP ≤ 2.5 upper normal limit) renal (Creatinine ≤ 1.5 upper normal limit) and bone marrow (ANC ≥ 1,500/mm3, PLT ≥100,000/mm3) function
• Patients must be able to understand the nature of this study
• Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• History of serious cardiac disease (unstable angina, congestive heart failure,uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias)
• History of myocardial infarction or stroke within 6 months
• Clinically significant peripheral vascular disease
• History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intraabdominal abscess within 28 days prior to Day 0
• Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 30 days prior to Day 1
• Presence of central nervous system or brain metastasis
• Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy
• Blood pressure > 150/100 mmHg
• Pregnant or lactating woman
• Life expectancy < 3 months
• Previous radiotherapy within the last 4 weeks or > 25% of bone marrow
• Metastatic infiltration of the liver > 50%
• Patients with chronic diarrhea (at least for 3 months) or partial bowel obstruction or total colectomy
• Active infection requiring antibiotics on Day 1
• Second primary malignancy, except for non-melanoma skin cancer and in situ cervical cancer
• Psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

1

Experimental group

Description:

XELIRI/Avastin

Treatment:

Drug: Irinotecan

Drug: Bevacizumab

Drug: Capecitabine