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Best Approach in Recurrent-Ovarian-Cancer-with Cediranib-Olaparib

A Phase 2 interventional study of Paclitaxel and Cediranib in Ovarian Neoplasms, sponsored by Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research. Completed at 6 sites in Italy. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-01-10.

Sponsored by Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
123
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

This is a Phase II, randomized, multi-centre study aiming at comparing the efficacy of Olaparib and Cediranib vs. weekly Paclitaxel in terms of progression free survival (PFS) in platinum refractory or resistant recurrent ovarian cancer.

Patients will be randomised in a 1:1:1 ratio to three treatment arms:

  • Arm A: Paclitaxel 80 mg/mq every week
  • Arm B: Cediranib 20 mg/day + Olaparib 600 mg / day (i.e. 300 mg BD) given every day
  • Arm C: Cediranib 20 mg/day given 5 days per weeks + Olaparib 600 mg / day (i.e. 300 mg BD) given 7 days per weeks
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Both the experimental arms (Arm B and C) will be compared with Arm A in terms of PFS.

If both superior to the control (Arm A), they will be compared in terms of gastrointestinal safety.

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Conditions studied

  • Ovarian Neoplasms

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients affected by pathologically confirmed high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.
  2. Relapsed/progressive disease within 6 months from last platinum-based chemotherapy (platinum resistant/refractory disease).
  3. Any line of treatment (after the first).
  4. Any "last" chemotherapy line, including Paclitaxel, that should have been administered at least 6 months before the study beginning.
  5. Patients must be women > 18 years of age.
  6. Patients must have normal organ and bone marrow function measured within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment as defined below:

    • Haemoglobin ≥ 10.0 g/dL and no blood transfusions in the 28 days prior to entry/randomization - Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L
    • White blood cells (WBC) > 3x109/L
    • Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L
    • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)
    • AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x institutional Upper Limit of Normal, unless liver metastases are present in which case it must be ≤ 5x ULN
    • Creatinine clearance estimated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation ≥51 mL/min,.
  7. ECOG performance status 0-1.
  8. Patients must have a life expectancy ≥ 16 weeks.
  9. Evidence of non-childbearing status for women of childbearing potential (negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 28 days of study treatment, confirmed prior to treatment on day 1 or postmenopausal women. Postmenopausal status is defined as:

    • Amenorrheic for 1 year or more following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments
    • LH and FSH levels in the post-menopausal range for women under 50
    • Radiation-induced oophorectomy with last menses >1 year ago,
    • Chemotherapy-induced menopause with >1 year interval since last menses
    • Surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy)
  10. Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment, scheduled visits and examinations including follow up.
  11. At least one lesion (measurable as defined by RECIST 1.1) that can be accurately assessed by CT scan or MRI with Chest X-ray at baseline and follow up visits.
  12. BRCA1-2 mutation status known. In case of BRCA status unknown, the BRCA test must be performed before the randomization or, if not feasible, within the end-of the study treatment.
  13. Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures. In case of patients unable to give written informed consent, is necessary to have the subject or legal representative sign, but in any case a witness must be present and sign and date with the person providing informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any previous treatment with a PARP inhibitor, including Olaparib.
  2. Prior treatment with Cediranib (previous bevacizumab or other antiangiogenic drugs are allowed)
  3. Previous progression to weekly Paclitaxel
  4. Patients with second primary cancer, except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ cancer of the cervix, or other solid tumours curatively treated with no evidence of disease for ≥ 5 years
  5. Patients receiving any systemic chemotherapy, radiotherapy (except for palliative reasons), within 2 weeks from the last dose prior to study treatment (or a longer period depending on the defined characteristics of the agents used). The patient can receive bisphosphonates for bone metastases, before and during the study as long as these were started at least 4 weeks prior to treatment with study drug.
  6. Concomitant use of known strong CYP3A inhibitors (eg. itraconazole, telithromycin, clarithromycin, protease inhibitors boosted with ritonavir or cobicistat, indinavir, saquinavir, nelfinavir, boceprevir, telaprevir) or moderate CYP3A inhibitors (eg. ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, diltiazem, fluconazole, verapamil). The required washout period prior to starting Olaparib is 2 weeks.
  7. Concomitant use of known strong (eg. phenobarbital, enzalutamide, phenytoin, rifampicin, rifabutin, rifapentine, carbamazepine, nevirapine and St John's Wort ) or moderate CYP3A inducers (eg. bosentan, efavirenz, modafinil). The required washout period prior to starting Olaparib is 5 weeks for enzalutamide or phenobarbital and 3 weeks for other agents.
  8. Persistent toxicities (>=CTCAE grade 2) with the exception of alopecia, caused by previous cancer therapy.
  9. Resting ECG with QTc > 470msec on 2 or more time points within a 24 hour period or family history of long QT syndrome.
  10. Greater than +1 proteinuria on two consecutive dipsticks taken no less than 1 week apart unless urinary protein \< 1.5g in a 24 hr period or urine protein/creatinine ratio \< 1.5.
  11. A history of poorly controlled hypertension or resting blood pressure >150/100 mmHg in the presence or absence of a stable regimen of anti-hypertensive therapy (measurements will be made after the patient has been resting supine for a minimum of 5 minutes. Two or more readings should be taken at 2-minute intervals and averaged. If the first two diastolic readings differ by more than 5 mmHg, then an additional reading should be obtained and averaged).
  12. Blood transfusions within 28 days prior to study start.
  13. Features suggestive of Myelodysplastic syndrome or Acute myeloid leukemia (MDS/AML) on peripheral blood smear.
  14. Patients with symptomatic uncontrolled brain metastases. A scan to confirm the absence of brain metastases is not required. The patient can receive a stable dose of corticosteroids before and during the study as long as these were started at least 28 days prior to treatment.
  15. Major surgery within 4 weeks of starting study treatment and patients must have recovered from any effects of any major surgery.
  16. Patients considered at poor medical risk due to a serious, uncontrolled medical disorder, non-malignant systemic disease or active, uncontrolled infection. Examples include, but are not limited to, uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia, recent (within 3 months) myocardial infarction, unstable spinal cord compression (untreated and unstable for at least 28 days prior to study entry), superior vena cava syndrome, extensive bilateral lung disease on HRCT scan or any psychiatric disorder that prohibits obtaining informed consent.
  17. Patients unable to swallow medications and patients with gastrointestinal disorders likely to interfere with absorption of the study medication.
  18. Breast feeding women.
  19. Immunocompromised patients, e.g., patients who are known to be serologically positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and are receiving antiviral therapy.
  20. Patients with known active hepatic disease (i.e., Hepatitis B or C).
  21. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to Olaparib, Cediranib or any of the excipients of the products.
  22. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to Paclitaxel.
  23. Patients with uncontrolled seizures.
  24. History of abdominal fistula or gastrointestinal perforation.
  25. Prior gastrectomy.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Arm A

    Intravenous administration of weekly Paclitaxel (dosage: 80 mg/mq) for a maximum of 6 cycles. Cycle is defined as 4 weeks.

    Drug: Paclitaxel

  • Experimental
    Arm B

    Oral administration of two experimental drugs: * Cediranib 20 mg/day given 7 days per week * Olaparib 600 mg / day (i.e. 300 mg twice a day) 7 days per week until progression, unacceptable toxicity, patient or physician decision to discontinue or death.

    Drug: Cediranib · Drug: Olaparib

  • Experimental
    Arm C

    Oral administration of two experimental drugs: * Cediranib 20 mg/day given 5 days per week * Olaparib 600 mg / day (i.e. 300 mg twice a day) 7 days per week until progression, unacceptable toxicity, patient or physician decision to discontinue or death.

    Drug: Cediranib · Drug: Olaparib

Interventions

  • DrugPaclitaxel

    Comparator active compound

    Also known as: chemotherapy

  • DrugCediranib

    Experimental compound

    Also known as: tyrosine kinase inhibitor

  • DrugOlaparib

    Experimental compound

    Also known as: Parp inihibitor

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Efficacy: Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS is defined as time from randomization to the date of first progression or death for any cause, whichever comes first. Progression was established as the radiological disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 (as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions") or to clinical assessment in case radiological evaluation is not feasible due to clinical condition.

    Time frame: An average of 30 months for each participant

  2. Safety: Number of Evacuations Per Day

    Number of evacuations per day used as an index of gastro-intestinal toxicity profile of experimental drugs

    Time frame: Evacuation were collected daily for the first four weeks of treatment of experimental drugs

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy: Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    Percentage of patients with an objective response as determined by RECIST 1.1

    Time frame: Disease assessments were scheduled every 8 weeks (+/- 1 week) from randomization for all treatment duration (an average of 3.5 months).

  2. Efficacy: PFS2

    PFS2 is defined as time from first progression to the date of second progression or death for any cause, whichever comes first.

    Time frame: Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

  3. Efficacy: Overall Survival (OS)

    OS is defined as time from randomization to the date of death for any cause

    Time frame: Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

  4. Efficacy: Quality of Life

    Quality of Life evaluated by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Ovarian (FACT-O) questionnaire

    Time frame: Up to sixth month of study treatment

  5. Safety: Maximum Toxicity Grade

    Maximum toxicity grade experienced by each patient, for each toxicity, according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

    Time frame: Up to 30 days after the end of treatment

  6. Safety: Number of Patients Experiencing Grade 3-4 Toxicity for Each Toxicity

    Number of patients experiencing grade 3-4 toxicity for each toxicity according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

    Time frame: Adverse events were collected at the end of each cycle for the duration of treatment for each participant (an average of 3.5 months) and following 30 days after the end of treatment.

  7. Safety: Type, Frequency and Nature of SAEs

    Type, frequency and nature of SAEs, according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

    Time frame: Up to 30 days after the end of treatment

  8. Safety: Number of Patients With at Least a SAE; Patients With at Least a SADR

    Number of patients with at least a SAE; patients with at least a SADR, according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

    Time frame: Up to 30 days after the end of treatment

  9. Safety: Number of Patients With at Least a SUSAR

    Number of patients with at least a SUSAR, according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

    Time frame: Up to 30 days after the end of treatment

  10. Compliance: Number of Administered Cycles

    The endpoint for compliance is the number of administered cycles.

    Time frame: Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

  11. Compliance: Reasons for Discontinuation and Treatment Modification

    The endpoints for compliance are the reasons for discontinuation and treatment modification.

    Time frame: Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

  12. Compliance: Dose Intensity

    Entire dose administered during treatment

    Time frame: Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

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Results

Posted Jan 10, 2025

Participant flow

The study was approved and activated in 7 experimental sites. The enrolment was closed on 18th October 2018 with the inclusion of 123 patients.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneArm AArm BArm C
Started414141
Completed414141
Not completed000

Outcome measures

PrimaryEfficacy: Progression Free Survival (PFS)

PFS is defined as time from randomization to the date of first progression or death for any cause, whichever comes first. Progression was established as the radiological disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 (as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions") or to clinical assessment in case radiological evaluation is not feasible due to clinical condition.

Time frame:
An average of 30 months for each participant
Reported as:
Median · months
Efficacy: Progression Free Survival (PFS)
monthsArm AArm BArm C
Efficacy: Progression Free Survival (PFS)3.1 (1.9 to 6.3)5.6 (3.2 to 7.4)3.8 (2.0 to 5.8)
Statistical analysis
  • Arm A vs Arm B · cox model · p = 0.265 · Hazard ratio (hr): 0.76 · 90% CI 0.5 to 1.14
  • Arm A vs Arm C · cox- model · p = 0.904 · Hazard ratio (hr): 1.03 · 90% CI 0.68 to 1.55
PrimarySafety: Number of Evacuations Per Day

Number of evacuations per day used as an index of gastro-intestinal toxicity profile of experimental drugs

Time frame:
Evacuation were collected daily for the first four weeks of treatment of experimental drugs

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryEfficacy: Objective Response Rate (ORR)

Percentage of patients with an objective response as determined by RECIST 1.1

Time frame:
Disease assessments were scheduled every 8 weeks (+/- 1 week) from randomization for all treatment duration (an average of 3.5 months).
Reported as:
Number · participants
Efficacy: Objective Response Rate (ORR)
participantsArm AArm BArm C
Efficacy: Objective Response Rate (ORR)964
SecondaryEfficacy: PFS2

PFS2 is defined as time from first progression to the date of second progression or death for any cause, whichever comes first.

Time frame:
Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondaryEfficacy: Overall Survival (OS)

OS is defined as time from randomization to the date of death for any cause

Time frame:
Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondaryEfficacy: Quality of Life

Quality of Life evaluated by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Ovarian (FACT-O) questionnaire

Time frame:
Up to sixth month of study treatment

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondarySafety: Maximum Toxicity Grade

Maximum toxicity grade experienced by each patient, for each toxicity, according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

Time frame:
Up to 30 days after the end of treatment

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondarySafety: Number of Patients Experiencing Grade 3-4 Toxicity for Each Toxicity

Number of patients experiencing grade 3-4 toxicity for each toxicity according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

Time frame:
Adverse events were collected at the end of each cycle for the duration of treatment for each participant (an average of 3.5 months) and following 30 days after the end of treatment.
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Safety: Number of Patients Experiencing Grade 3-4 Toxicity for Each Toxicity
ParticipantsArm AArm BArm C
Anemia grade≥3046
Bone marrow hypocellular grade≥3010
Febrile neutropenia grade≥3001
Diarrhea grade≥3021
Mucositis oral grade≥3010
Nausea grade≥3013
Vomiting grade≥3002
Fatigue grade≥3045
Sepsis grade 5100
Neutrophil count decreased grade≥3211
Platelet count decreased grade≥3010
White blood cells decreased grade≥3100
Anorexia grade≥3010
Myelodysplastic syndrome grade 5010
Peripheral motor neuropathy grade≥3100
Pneumonitis grade≥3010
Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome grade≥3010
Hypertension grade≥3056
Thromboembolic event grade≥3001
SecondarySafety: Type, Frequency and Nature of SAEs

Type, frequency and nature of SAEs, according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

Time frame:
Up to 30 days after the end of treatment

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondarySafety: Number of Patients With at Least a SAE; Patients With at Least a SADR

Number of patients with at least a SAE; patients with at least a SADR, according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

Time frame:
Up to 30 days after the end of treatment

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondarySafety: Number of Patients With at Least a SUSAR

Number of patients with at least a SUSAR, according to NCI-CTCAE v. 4.03

Time frame:
Up to 30 days after the end of treatment

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondaryCompliance: Number of Administered Cycles

The endpoint for compliance is the number of administered cycles.

Time frame:
Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondaryCompliance: Reasons for Discontinuation and Treatment Modification

The endpoints for compliance are the reasons for discontinuation and treatment modification.

Time frame:
Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondaryCompliance: Dose Intensity

Entire dose administered during treatment

Time frame:
Up to one year after the last patient enrolled

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events were collected at the end of each cycle for the duration of treatment for each participant (an average of 3.5 months) and following 30 days after the end of treatment.. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Arm A24/28 (85.7%)3/28 (10.7%)16/28 (57.1%)
Arm B31/41 (75.6%)11/41 (26.8%)36/41 (87.8%)
Arm C34/41 (82.9%)9/41 (22%)34/41 (82.9%)
Most frequent serious events
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Most frequent serious events
EventArm AArm BArm C
Intestinal obstructionGastrointestinal disorders0/283/415/41
AscitesGastrointestinal disorders2/280/410/41
Thromboembolic eventVascular disorders1/280/411/41
SepsisInfections and infestations1/280/410/41
abdomina painGastrointestinal disorders0/280/411/41
Acute respiratory distress syndromeRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders0/280/411/41
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders0/280/411/41
AstheniaGeneral disorders0/280/411/41
Atrial fibrillationCardiac disorders0/281/410/41
Biliary obstructionHepatobiliary disorders0/281/410/41
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventArm AArm BArm C
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders6/2824/4122/41
FatigueGeneral disorders9/2821/4117/41
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders1/2818/4117/41
AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders9/286/419/41
HypertensionVascular disorders1/2813/419/41
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders2/286/413/41
Neutrophil count decreasedInvestigations3/283/412/41

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Arm AArm BArm CTotal
Mean62.6 ± 8.161.0 ± 11.461.4 ± 9.461.7 ± 9.7
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Arm AArm BArm CTotal
Female414141123
Male0000
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Arm AArm BArm CTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native0000
Asian0112
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0000
Black or African American1001
White363840114
More than one race0000
Unknown or Not Reported4206
Previous Chemotherapy lines
Previous Chemotherapy lines(lines)Arm AArm BArm CTotal
Mean2.6 ± 1.23.1 ± 1.52.9 ± 1.22.9 ± 1.3
BRCA mutated
BRCA mutated(Participants)Arm AArm BArm CTotal
Count of participants47415
Last Platinum Free interval
Last Platinum Free interval(months)Arm AArm BArm CTotal
Mean3.0 ± 2.32.5 ± 1.92.3 ± 2.42.6 ± 2.2
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Study locations

6 sites
  • Spedali Civili di Brescia
    Brescia, BS 25123, Italy
  • Ospedale San Gerardo - ASST Monza
    Monza, MB 20900, Italy
  • Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)
    Padova, PD 35128, Italy
  • Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova
    Reggio Emilia, RE 42123, Italy
  • Policlinico Umberto I - Università La Sapienza
    Rome, RM 00161, Italy
  • Istituto Eurpeo di Oncologia (IEO)
    Milano, 20141, Italy
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References and documents

Publications

  • Tattersall A, Ryan N, Wiggans AJ, Rogozinska E, Morrison J. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Feb 16;2(2):CD007929. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007929.pub4. PubMed 35170751 ↗
  • Colombo N, Tomao F, Benedetti Panici P, Nicoletto MO, Tognon G, Bologna A, Lissoni AA, DeCensi A, Lapresa M, Mancari R, Palaia I, Tasca G, Tettamanzi F, Alvisi MF, Rulli E, Poli D, Carlucci L, Torri V, Fossati R, Biagioli E; BAROCCO study group. Randomized phase II trial of weekly paclitaxel vs. cediranib-olaparib (continuous or intermittent schedule) in platinum-resistant high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2022 Mar;164(3):505-513. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.01.015. Epub 2022 Jan 19. PubMed 35063281 ↗

Study documents

  • Study protocol · Oct 11, 2016
  • Statistical analysis plan · Dec 11, 2017

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03314740
Lead sponsor
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Collaborators
AstraZeneca
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 19, 2017
Start date
Jun 12, 2017
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2021
Completion
Apr 1, 2021
Results posted
Jan 10, 2025
Last update
Jan 10, 2025

Study contacts

Roldano Fossati, MD
study director · Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Nicoletta Colombo, MD
principal investigator · European Institute of Oncology

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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