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Status unknownNCT03422445Updated Feb 5, 2018

A Study of Apatinib Combined With Temozolomide in Patients Witn Advanced Melanoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Apatinib and Temozolomide in Advanced Melanoma, sponsored by Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-02-05.

Sponsored by Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2018), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

30 patients with advanced melanoma will receive apatinib plus Temozolomide as maintenance therapy.

Read the detailed description

In this study, we plan to enroll 30 patients with advanced melanoma patients who have failed at least one systemic treatment regimen. The therapeutic regimen is temozolomide, 300mg,po, d1-5, apatinib, 500 mg, qd, po, d1-28, Every 28 days for 1 cycles, the primary end point was PFS, the secondary end point was OS, DCR, ORR etc. So we plan to investigate the safety and efficacy of apatinib combined with temozolomide in the treatment of advanced melanoma patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Advanced Melanoma

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Keywords

  • Apatinib
  • Temozolomide
  • Advanced Melanoma
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In context

Melanoma

3,370 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 578 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 40 across 2,649 interventional studies indexed under Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute is the lead sponsor of 268 studies on the registry; 128 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-70 years old;
  • performance scale 0-1;
  • of more than 3 months;
  • Histologically or cytologic confirmed melanoma;
  • Temozolomide has not been previously treated;
  • Patients who have failed at least one systemic treatment regimen: including but not limited to patients receiving immunotherapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, PDL-1 monoclonal antibodies, ipilimumab, C-kit inhibitors, Braf inhibitors, and molecular targeted drugs.
  • For results of blood routine test and biochemical tests: >100g/L, >2.0×109/L, >100×109/L, Serum Total ≤ 1.5 X UNL, and AST ≤ 2.5 x upper normal limit (UNL), and ≤ 5 x UNL(Hematogenous ), Serum Creatine ≤ 1.5 x UNL;
  • ;
  • Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hypertension and unable to be controlled within normal level following treatment of anti-hypertension agents (systolic blood pressure > 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg);
  • With ≥grade 2 coronary heart disease, arrhythmia (including prolongation male ≥450 ms, women ≥470 ms);
  • Imaging studies have shown that the tumor has been infringing on an important perivascular or when the researcher determines that the patient's tumor has a high risk of fatal hemorrhage during treatment;
  • Abnormal Coagulation (>1.5, PT>UNL+4 seconds), with tendency of bleed or receiving the therapy of thrombolysis or anticoagulation.;
  • Urine protein ≥++ or confirmed >1.0 g by the 24h quantity;
  • Pregnant and lactating women, or female patients of child-bearing age without taking measures;
  • A history of psychotropic substance abuse and can not be abstinent or mental disorders ;
  • There are serious concomitant diseases that endanger patient safety or affect the patient in completing the study;
  • Patients participating in other clinical trials simultaneously;
  • Other situations that the researchers considered unsuitable for this study;
  • Confirmed .
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(14)

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ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Brain metastases

Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).

Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Apatinib plus Temozolomide

    this trial is designed single arm. all the subjects enrolled will receive the experimental intervention,apatinib+temozolomide.

    Drug: Apatinib · Drug: Temozolomide

Interventions

  • Apatinib:500mg/d,qd,po,d1-28

    Also known as: Apatinib mesylate tablets

  • Temozolomide:300mg/d,qd,po,d1-5

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression Free Survival(PFS)

    PFS is evaluated in 12 months since the treatment began

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate(ORR)

    evaluated in the 12th month since the treatment began

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. Disease Control Rate(DCR)

    evaluated in the 12th month since the treatment began

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. Overall Survival(OS)

    evaluated in the 12th month since the treatment began

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. Safety and Tolerability as measured by adverse events

    Number of Participants with treatment related Adverse Events as Assessed by CTCAE v4.03

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Beijing Cancer Hospital
    Beijing, China
    Recruiting
    • Jun Guo · Contact
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References and documents

Publications

  • Zhou L, Yang Y, Si L, Chi Z, Sheng X, Lian B, Wang X, Tang B, Mao L, Yan X, Li S, Bai X, Guo J, Cui C. Phase II study of apatinib combined with temozolomide in patients with advanced melanoma after failure of immunotherapy. Melanoma Res. 2022 Jun 1;32(3):142-149. doi: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000809. Epub 2022 Feb 20. PubMed 35190519 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Jan 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Feb 2019, 13 months after the start.

Of 277 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Melanoma, half reached primary completion within 67 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 41 and three quarters within 94. This study's planned 13 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 383 studies reached it within 53 months; a quarter within 32 and three quarters within 88.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 30, 2018
First posted
Feb 5, 2018
StartActual
Jan 8, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Feb 2019
CompletionEst.
Feb 2019
Last update
Feb 5, 2018
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 5, 2018, 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
NCT03422445
Responsible party
Jun Guo (Director of department of renal cancer and melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 5, 2018
Start date
Jan 8, 2018
Primary completion
Feb 2019 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 5, 2018

Study contacts

Chuanliang Cui, MD
Contact
1008ccl@163.com
010-88196317
Jun Guo, MD,PHD
Contact
guoj307@126.com
010-88196317
Jun Guo, MD,PHD
principal investigator · Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute

Oversight

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