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Efficacy and Safety of Intrathecal Administration of Thiotepa in Combination With Methotrexate in Breast Cancer With Leptomeningeal Metastasis

Efficacy and Safety of Intrathecal Administration of Thiotepa in Combination With Methotrexate Via the Ommaya Reservoir in Breast Cancer With Leptomeningeal Metastasis: a Phase II Multicenter Clinical Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06543992
Enrollment
22
Registered
2024-08-09
Start date
2024-08-08
Completion date
2026-12-13
Last updated
2026-07-21

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Conditions

Leptomeningeal Metastasis of Breast Cancer

Keywords

methotrexate, thiotepa, intrathecal chemotherapy

Brief summary

Evaluate the efficacy and safety of Intrathecal Administration of Thiotepa in Combination with Methotrexate via the Ommaya Reservoir in Breast Cancer with Leptomeningeal Metastasis

Detailed description

This was a II, single-arm, prospective, multicenter study designed to estimate the efficacy and safety of intrathecal administration of thiotepa in combination with methotrexate via the Ommaya Reservoir in breast cancer with leptomeningeal metastasis. The primary end point was iORR \[complete response (CR) + partial response (PR)\] according to RANO-LM. Scoring based on radiographic assessment in leptomeningeal metastases . A composite score (total score) is calculated and compared with the baseline total score. A 25% worsening in the current score relative to baseline defines radiographic progressive disease. A 50% improvement in the current score defines a radiographic partial response. Resolution of all baseline radiographic abnormalities defines a complete response. All other situations define stable disease. The secondary end points were changes in iPFS, iDoR, ORR, PFS, OS, DoR and exploratory analysis of the relationship between molecular markers and therapeutic efficacy. This study is planned to include 22 patients with leptomeningeal metastasis from breast cancer who meet the entry criteria.

Interventions

DRUGIntrathecal Administration of Thiotepa in Combination with Methotrexate via the Ommaya Reservoir

Patients received 15 mg MTX intrathecally combined with 10 mg thiotepa twice a week for 2 weeks (4 injections), followed by a maintenance phase in which the same agents and dosages were administered every three weeks until an event meeting the termination criteria occurs.

Sponsors

The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Lead SponsorOTHER
The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient is an adult female ≥18 and ≤75 years old at the time of informed consent. 2. ECGO rating 0-3. 3. Histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer. 4. A new diagnosis of LM, established either by the presence of malignant cells in the CSF or by the combination of characteristic clinical manifestations and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings 5. Patients can be implanted or have been implanted with Ommaya reservoirs; 6. Patient must have at least one measurable lesion (according to RECIST 1.1 criteria); 7. Postmenopausal or pre/perimenopausal female patients are eligible for enrolment; pre or perimenopausal female patients must be willing to receive LHRHa during the study period. 8. All patients were required to meet the following laboratory biochemical values prior to enrolment: * Haematology: Hb ≥90 g/L, WBC ≥3.5×109/L, ANC ≥1.5×109/L, PLT ≥100×109/L; * Liver function: for those without liver metastases, AST, ALT, ALP ≤2.5 times the upper limit of normal values, and ≤1.25 x the upper limit of normal values for total bilirubin; for those with liver metastases, AST, ALT, ALP ≤ 5 times the upper limit of normal value, and total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal value.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with other malignant tumors, excluding basal cell carcinoma and carcinoma in situ 2. Patients with severe or uncontrolled systemic disease, including uncontrolled hypertension or active bleeding tendency 3. The investigator considers the patient unsuitable for entry into this study. 4. Patients with toxicity from prior therapy that has not returned to normal or NCI-CTCAE grade 5.0 5. Patients who have a drug allergy or metabolic disorder to the drugs in this regimen 6. Pregnant or lactating women (women of childbearing age must have had a negative pregnancy test within 14 days prior to the first dose; if positive, pregnancy must be ruled out by ultrasound). 7. Patients who are concurrently enrolled in other clinical studies

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Intracranial Overall Response RateFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 monthsIntracranial overall response rate (iORR) is defined as the proportion of patients whose best overall response is either complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), as per local review and according to RANO-LM.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Intracranial Progression Free SurvivalFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 monthsIntracranial progression-free survival (iPFS) is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of the first documented progression, as per local review and according to RANO-LM or death due to any cause.
Intracranial Duration of ResponseFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 monthsIntracranial duration of response (iDoR) is defined as the time from randomization to disease progression or death in patients who achieve complete or partial response, as per local review and according to RANO-LM.
Overall Response RateFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 monthsOverall response rate (ORR) is defined as the proportion of patients whose best overall response is either complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), as per local review and according to RECIST 1.1.
Progression Free SurvivalFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 monthsProgression-free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of the first documented progression as per local review and according to RECIST 1.1 or death due to any cause.
Overall SurvivalFrom date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 100 monthsOverall survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death due to any cause
Duration of ResponseFrom date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 100 monthsDuration of response (DoR) is defined as the time from randomization to disease progression or death in patients who achieve complete or partial response, as per local review and according to RECIST 1.1.
frequency/severity of adverse events, lab abnormalitiesFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 monthsNumber of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0

Countries

China

Contacts

CONTACTWei Li, Ph.D
real.lw@163.com025-68307102

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 22, 2026