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Trifluridine/Tipiracil (TAS-102) With or Without Thalidomide for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

TACTIC: a Phase II Study of TAS-102 Monotherapy and Thalidomide Plus TAS-102 as Third-line Therapy and Beyond in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Carcinoma

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05266820
Enrollment
120
Registered
2022-03-04
Start date
2021-10-01
Completion date
2023-12-01
Last updated
2022-03-18

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Conditions

Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Brief summary

Thalidomide has both anti-angiogenesis and antiemetic effects, and its combined use with TAS-102 may reduce the gastrointestinal reactions associated with TAS-102, while enhancing antitumor efficacy and reducing the side effects of chemotherapy, and its cost is significantly lower than that of bevacizumab, which has higher pharmacoeconomics and greater clinical research application value.

Detailed description

In the past decade, the use of targeted drugs has greatly improved the overall survival of patients with mCRC. However, there are currently few effective drugs available clinically. Trifluridine/Tipiracil (TAS-102) is a novel cytotoxic antitumor drug taken orally with minor adverse reactions, consisting of trifluridine and tipyrimidine hydrochloride. Tas-102 has been approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy; an anti-VEGF biological therapy; and if RAS wild type, an anti-EGFR therapy. Multiple studies have shown that TAS-102 prolongs median OS and PFS in mCRC patients compared with placebo. Thalidomide is a sedative that was developed in the late 1950s and eventually marketed and prescribed in several countries to pregnant women to alleviate nausea in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The drug, however, caused severe birth defects in more than 10,000 children worldwide and was forced to withdraw from the international market. Further studies found that the S-optical isomer of thalidomide can inhibit neutrophil chemotaxis, produce anti-inflammatory activity, stimulate immune system activation, regulate immunity, anti-angiogenesis, and inhibit the adhesion of cancer cells to stroma, so as to change the microenvironment of the body, and achieve anti-tumor effect. Thalidomide has both anti-angiogenesis and antiemetic effects, and its combined use with TAS-102 may reduce the gastrointestinal reactions associated with TAS-102, while enhancing antitumor efficacy and reducing the side effects of chemotherapy, and its cost is significantly lower than that of bevacizumab, which has higher pharmacoeconomics and greater clinical research application value.

Interventions

DRUGThalidomide

For the experimental group, the intervention was thalidomide(100mg PO Bid)

DRUGTAS-102

TAS-102

Sponsors

Fujian Cancer Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Have histological or cytological documentation of adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum (mCRC). 2. For patients with disease progression after conventional treatment, TAS-102 is determined as the third-line therapy or beyond according to the routine treatment practice of the researcher. 3. Aged no less than 20 years. 5.Have a measurable disease, according to RECIST version 1.1 6.Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-2. 7.Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks. 8.For women with reproductive potential, serum tests were performed within 7 days before the start of study treatment β- Human chorionic gonadotropin (β- HCG) pregnancy test, the result is negative. Women with reproductive potential must agree to take appropriate contraceptive measures with informed consent until at least 6 months after the last use of the study drug. 9.Sufficient bone marrow, liver and kidney functions and meet the following laboratory requirements: 1. Platelet count ≥75 × 109 /L 2. Hemoglobin level ≥90 g/L 3. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5× 109 /L a) Total bilirubin ≤1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) b) Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase ≤2.5 × ULN (≤5 × ULN for patients with liver metastases) d) Serum creatinine ≤1.5 × ULN e) Glomerular filtration rate ≥30 ml/min/1.73 m2, according to the modified diet in renal disease abbreviated formula 10.Able to take oral drugs. 11.Have signed written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. With arterial or venous thrombosis or embolic events such as myocardial infarction, cerebral thrombosis, intracerebral hemorrhage, deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within 6 months before the start of the study. 2. Evidence or history of any bleeding diathesis, irrespective of severity. Any hemorrhage or bleeding event ≥ grade 3 (adverse events per CTCAE v5.0) within 4 weeks prior to the start of treatment. 3. Peripheral neuropathy \> grade 1 (adverse events per CTCAE v5.0). 4. History of uncontrolled or medicated heart disease. 5. Seizure disorder requiring medication. 6. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. 7. Patients with an active infection. 8. Other uncontrolled concurrent diseases determined by the researchers as not meeting the study conditions. 9. Patients with ascites and pleural effusion with clinical symptoms requiring treatment. 10. Known allergy to any of the study drug ingredients. 11. Unable to swallow oral medication. 12. Prior exposure to TAS-102 or thalidomide. 13. Patients who have brain metastases.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-free survival (PFS)From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 monthsPFS was defined as the time from randomization until the date of first occurrence of investigator-assessed radiological disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever came first.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall survival(OS)From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 monthsOS was defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death due to any cause. For subjects who were alive or lost to follow-up by the data analysis cut-off date, survival was censored at the subject's last known survival time.
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Eventsfrom first dose to within 30 days after the last doseIncidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events were evaluated in accordance with the NCI CTC AE Version 5.0

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactZengqing Guo
gzq_005@126.com+86 13860603879

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026