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CompletedNCT01969578Updated Nov 5, 2024

Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Advanced Salivary Gland Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of bicalutamide + triptorelin and Cisplatin + Doxorubicin in Salivary Gland Cancer, sponsored by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC. Completed at 26 sites in 8 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-05.

Sponsored by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
149
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Salivary Gland (SG) Cancers are a rare and heterogeneous group of tumors, usually approached by multidisciplinary teams in high specialized centers. Until today no standard of care exists to treat these cancers. The identification of a target, the androgen receptor, in SG tumors has allowed for new treatment strategies options for this rare group of diseases. As a matter of fact, strong positivity for androgen expression has been found in salivary duct carcinoma and adenocarcinomas. The purpose of this study is therefore to evaluate the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy versus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic AR expressing SGCs.

The study will include two cohorts of patients: Cohort A, which comprises chemo-naïve patients, and Cohort B, which comprises pretreated patients.

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Patients in Cohort A will be randomized 1:1 at the study entry to receive ADT (triptorelin + bicalutamide 50 mg) or standard chemotherapy. Patients of Cohort A randomized to the control arm (chemotherapy arm) will be given the option to enter Cohort B at the time of disease progression. As long as Cohort A is open to recruitment, patients who will be treated by chemotherapy will be simultaneously enrolled in Cohort B. Accrual in Cohort B will be stopped when recruitment of 76 eligible patients in Cohort A is reached.

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Conditions studied

  • Salivary Gland Cancer

Keywords

  • salivary duct cancer
  • adenocarcinoma, NOS
  • androgen deprivation
  • androgen receptor
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In context

Salivary Gland Neoplasms

156 studies on the registry are indexed under Salivary Gland Neoplasms; 29 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 149 is above the median of 36 across 133 interventional studies indexed under Salivary Gland Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC is the lead sponsor of 342 studies on the registry; 23 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Histologically proven diagnosis of recurrent and/or metastatic salivary duct cancer; adenocarcinoma, NOS; and AR expression in at least 70% of nuclei of neoplastic cells based on central review
  • Sufficient tissue must be available either historically or a biopsy must be done as a part of this study and sent to central review for patients enrolled in both cohorts
  • Presence of at least one uni-dimensional measurable lesion by CT-scan or MRI according to RECIST criteria version 1.1 (target lesion).
  • Patients older than 18 years old;
  • Performance Status ECOG 0-1;
  • Adequate bone marrow function:
  • WBC ≥ 3.5/10exp9L
  • absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,5x10exp9/L
  • hemoglobin > 9 g/dL
  • platelet count ≥ 100x10exp9/L
  • Adequate liver function:
  • AST \< 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • ALT \< 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • bilirubin \< 1.5 times upper limit of normal
  • the concomitant evidence of AST \< 2.5 times upper limit of normal, ALT \< 2.5 times upper limit of normal and bilirubin > 1.5 times upper limit of normal is not allowed
  • Adequate renal function:
  • serum creatinine level (≤ 1.3 mg/dL)
  • calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min based on the standard Cockcroft and Gault formula
  • Adequate cardiac function as demonstrated by a clinically normal 12 lead ECG; additionally for patients who will receive Cisplatin and Doxorubicin adequate cardiac function should be demonstrated by a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% (within 2 weeks prior to treatment start)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Actively bleeding tumor if the patient is intended to be treated with carboplatin
  • Patients with bone disease or brain disease as the sole disease site; brain metastases are allowed in case of systemic disease, but must have been treated at least 4 weeks before enrollment and must be stable after that;
  • recent history of congestive heart failure, unstable angina within the past 3 months, cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, congenital long QTc prolongation, stroke, TIA within the past 6 months;
  • previous cardiac toxicity induced by another anthracycline or previous exposure to maximum cumulative dose of another anthracycline if the patient is intended to be treated with doxorubicin
  • history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to cis/carboplatin, paclitaxel, doxorubicin, bicalutamide or triptorelin;
  • concomitant medications with terfenadine, astemizole, cisaprid
  • use of phenytoin
  • Patients who received vaccine for yellow fever
  • active second malignancy during the last five years except non melanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix;
  • positive serum pregnancy test within 1 week prior to the first dose of study treatment for Women of child bearing potential (WOCBP);
  • no adequate birth control measures, as defined by the investigator, during the study treatment period and for at least 6 months after the last study treatment for patients of childbearing / reproductive potential.
  • psychological, familiar, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial;
  • written informed consent not given according to ICH/GCP, and national/local regulations, before patient registration
  • participation in another interventional clinical trial in the preceding 4 weeks prior to randomization
  • for cohort A patients: previous chemotherapy for recurrent/metastatic disease (previous chemotherapy given concomitantly with RT in the past is allowed, including cisplatin but it should be completed at least 6 months before enrollment).
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
149 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Chemotherapy

    Chemotherapy = either Cisplatin + Doxorubicin or Carboplatin + Paclitaxel Patients from cohort A (chemonaïve) may be randomized in this arm to receive chemotherapy

    Drug: Cisplatin + Doxorubicin · Drug: Carboplatin + Paclitaxel

  • Experimental
    Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT)

    ADT = bicalutamide + triptorelin Patients from cohort A (chemonaive) may be randomized to receive ADT, and patients from cohort B (pre-treated) will receive ADT without having been randomized.

    Drug: bicalutamide + triptorelin

Interventions

  • Drugbicalutamide + triptorelin
  • DrugCisplatin + Doxorubicin
  • DrugCarboplatin + Paclitaxel
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS is a primary outcome for cohort A

    Time frame: 37 months after First Patient In

  2. Response rate (RR)

    RR is a primary outcome for cohort B

    Time frame: 37 months after First Patient In

Secondary outcomes

  1. Response Rate (RR)

    RR is a secondary outcome for cohort A

    Time frame: 37 months after First Patient In

  2. Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS is a secondary outcome for cohort B

    Time frame: 37 months after First Patient In

Other outcomes

  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: 37 months after First Patient In

  2. Adverse Events according to CTCAE v4.0

    adverse events will be recorded using International Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 4.0, the investigator will assess whether those events are drug related (reasonable possibility, no reasonable possibility) and this assessment will be recorded in the database for all adverse events

    Time frame: 37 months after First Patient In

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Study locations

26 sites
  • Medical University Vienna - General Hospital AKH
    Vienna, 1090, Austria
  • ZNA Middelheim
    Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
  • Hopitaux Universitaires Bordet-Erasme - Institut Jules Bordet
    Brussels, 1000, Belgium
  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
    Brussels, 1200, Belgium
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
    Edegem, 2650, Belgium
  • U.Z. Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
    Leuven, Belgium
  • CHU de Bordeaux - Groupe Hospitalier Saint-André - Hopital Saint-Andre
    Bordeaux, 33075, France
  • Institut régional du Cancer Montpellier
    Montpellier, France
  • Institut de Cancerologie de l'Ouest (ICO) - Centre Rene Gauducheau
    Nantes, 44805, France
  • CHU de Nantes - Hotel Dieu
    Nantes, France
  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne
    Nice, 06189, France
  • Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris - Hopital Tenon
    Paris, 75020, France
  • Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse (IUCT) Oncopole - Institut Claudius Regaud
    Toulouse, 31059, France
  • Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine
    Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, 54519, France
  • Gustave Roussy
    Villejuif, France
  • Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin - Campus Benjamin Franklin
    Berlin, 12200, Germany
  • Universitaetsklinikum Jena-Radiation Therapy and Radiooncology Clinic
    Jena, 07747, Germany
  • Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig-Ambulanzen/Sprechstunden
    Leipzig, Germany
  • Athens University - Attikon University General Hospital
    Athens, 12462, Greece
  • National Institute Of Oncology
    Budapest, 1122, Hungary
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII
    Bergamo, 24127, Italy
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
    Milan, Italy
  • Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari - Ospedale Santa Chiara
    Trento, 38100, Italy
  • Spaarne Gasthuis - Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
    Amsterdam, 1007MB, Netherlands
  • University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
    Groningen, 9713 GZ, Netherlands
  • Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen
    Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 5, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01969578
Lead sponsor
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 25, 2013
Start date
Sep 24, 2015
Primary completion
Aug 23, 2023
Completion
Feb 16, 2024
Last update
Nov 5, 2024

Study contacts

Lisa Licitra
principal investigator · Fondazione IRCCS ISTITUTO NAZIONALE TUMORI
Kevin Harrington
study chair · The Royal Marsden

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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