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A Prospective Randomized Phase III Trial of Maintenance Pemetrexed versus Observation in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma who completed first line platinum-based chemotherapy without disease progression

A Prospective Randomized Phase III Trial of Maintenance Pemetrexed versus Observation in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma who completed first line platinum-based chemotherapy without disease progression

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0004751
Enrollment
156
Registered
2020-02-20
Start date
2016-10-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-02-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : pemetrexed arm_pemetrexed, 500mg/m2, Q3weeks, up to 16cycle, Intravenous observation arm_ observation without chemotherapy.

Sponsors

Asan Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically or cytologically confirmation urothelial cancer of bladder, ureter/urethra, or renal pelvis. 2. Patients must present with locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic disease not amenable to surgery, radiotherapy, or combined modality therapy with curative intent. 3. Patients who were administered 4-6 cycles of cisplatin-based or carboplatin-based first line chemotherapy [GP (gemcitabine/cisplatin), GC (gemcitabine/carboplatin), classic MVAC (methotrexate/vinblastine/doxorubicin/cisplatin), or dose-dense MVAC] and were planned to undergo regular surveillance after confirmation of absence of disease progression on CT taken within 3 week after the administration of the last cycle of 1st line chemotherapy. 4. For patients with recurrent disease who received prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin-containing regimen, the last administration of previous treatment should be administered at least 6 months before start date of 1st line chemotherapy. 5. Measurable disease according RECIST criteria v 1.1 (when 1st line cisplatin-based chemotherapy was administered) 6. Age 20 years or older 7. ECOG performance status 2 or better 8. Adequate bone marrow, hepatic, and renal function 9. Signed and dated informed consent of document indicating that the patient (or legally acceptable representative) has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the trial prior to enrollment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Prior systemic chemotherapy for palliative aim before or after 1st line cisplatin-based or carboplatin-based chemotherapy. However, prior intravesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy is allowed. 2. Disease progression during or after 1st line cisplatin-based chemotherapy 3. Previous exposure to pemetrexed as systemic anticancer treatment 4. Known CNS metastasis 5. Diagnosis of any serious secondary malignancy within the last 2 years, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of skin, early gastric carcinoma, early stage thyroid carcinoma, insignificant prostate carcinoma, or in situ carcinoma of cervix uteri 6. Pregnancy or breast feeding. 7. Serious hypersensitivity reaction to pemetrexed or to any of the excipients (mannitol, hydrochloric acid, or sodium hydroxide). 8. Serious hypersensitivity reaction to pemetrexed. 9. Severe renal function impairment with creatinine clearance <45 mL/min by standard Cockcroft-Gault formula or GFR measured by Tc99m-DPTA serum clearance method. 10. Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
PFS according to maintenance therapy

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Response rate for pemetrexed,Safety and tolerability of maintenance pemetrexed, Overall survival

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public Contactjaelyun lee

Asan Medical Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026