ClinicalTrials.gg
CompletedNCT03562897Updated Jul 6, 2022

Evaluation of Ocoxin-Viusid® in Advanced or Metastatic Ovarian Epithelial Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Ocoxin-Viusid in Carcinoma, Ovarian Neoplasm and Endocrine Gland Neoplasm, sponsored by Catalysis SL. Completed at 1 site in Cuba. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-07-06.

Sponsored by Catalysis SL · Phase 2, Interventional, and Supportive care

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
01

Study summary

Our hypothesis is: the nutritional supplement Ocoxin-viusid improves the quality of life of patients, including a better tolerance to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Read the detailed description

General Objectives -To identify the efficacy of the nutritional supplement Ocoxin-viusid to increase the quality of life of patients with epithelial advanced or metastatic ovarian cancer. Specific Objectives - Identify the influence of the research product on the nutritional status and quality of life of patients. - Describe the toxicity of the research product. - Identify the adverse reactions to the chemotherapy scheme and quantify the interruptions to it by acute toxicity.

Quality of life. It will be measured as: - EORTC Questionnaire QLQ-C30 (Score of each item and general score). Measurement time: at the beginning and 3 weeks after the 3rd cycle of QT - EORTC Questionnaire QLQ-OV28 (Score of each item and general score). Measurement time: at the beginning and 3 weeks after the 3rd cycle of QT - Karnofsky index (Score of 0-100 points at intervals of 10). Measurement time: at the beginning, in each cycle of QT and 3 weeks after the 3rd cycle of QT

02

Conditions studied

  • Carcinoma
  • Ovarian Neoplasm
  • Endocrine Gland Neoplasm
  • Urogenital Neoplasms
  • Ovarian Diseases
  • Adnexal Diseases
  • Genital Diseases, Female
  • Female Urogenital Diseases
  • Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
  • Endocrine System Diseases
  • Gonadal Disorders
  • Genital Neoplasm, Female
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial

Keywords

  • Dietary supplements
  • Ocoxin-Viusid
  • Nutritional supplement
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Metastasis
03

In context

Carcinoma

736 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 149 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 49 across 571 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma.

Browse Carcinoma studies →

Lead sponsor

Catalysis SL is the lead sponsor of 53 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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

04

Who can participate

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

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Female patients 18 years of age or older.
  2. Patients with diagnosis of ovarian epithelial cancer in stages III (not resectable) and IV.
  3. Patients with general health status according to the Index ≥ 70 (Annex 12).
  4. equal to or greater than 3 months.
  5. Patients who give their in writing to participate in the study.
  6. Normal functioning of organs and bone marrow defined by the following parameters: - ≥ 90 g / L - Total Leukocyte count ≥ 3.0 x 109 / L = 1.5 x 109 / L - count ≥ 100 x 109 / L -Glycemia values ≤ 10 Umol / L -Values of Creatinine and total within the normal limits of the institution. -Values of / ALT ≤2.5 times the interval established in the institution.
  7. Patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, with ≥ 55%, measured by echocardiogram.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who are receiving another research product.
  2. Patients with known to with Carboplatin, Cisplatin and / or Paclitaxel.
  3. Patients in stage III tributary of surgical treatment at diagnosis.
  4. Patients with known hypersensitivity to any ingredient of the product research.
  5. Decompensated intercurrent diseases, including: active infections, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, liver diseases and psychiatric illnesses that could limit adherence to the requirements of the clinical trial or any other special condition that at the discretion of the physician put your health or life at risk during your participation in the trial.
  6. Pregnancy, breastfeeding or puerperium.
  7. Patients with and/or carcinosis.
  8. Patients' carrier of the (HIV).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(15)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

A 0–100 scale of how well someone can carry out everyday activities. 100 is no complaints and no signs of illness; 70 is able to look after yourself but not to work or keep up normal activity; 50 is needing considerable help and frequent medical care.

Studies often ask for 60 or 70 and above. Your doctor gives the score.

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.

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.

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.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

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.

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.

Leptomeningeal disease

Cancer that has spread to the leptomeninges, the thin layers covering the brain and spinal cord, and the fluid between them. It is not the same as brain metastases.

Criteria often treat it separately, and many studies leave it out even where treated brain metastases are allowed.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

05

Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Ocoxin-Viusid®

    Ocoxin-Viusid® before, during and after the Chemotherapy treatment.

    Dietary Supplement: Ocoxin-Viusid

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementOcoxin-Viusid

    Ocoxin-Viusid group (Experimental): Oral solution Ocoxin-Viusid (30 ml vials) were used at a rate of 60ml / day (1 vial every 12 hours), preferably administered after breakfast and dinner. The treatment will start a week before start Chemotheray treatment (CT) and, It will maintenance until 3 weeks after finished the last cycle of CT (3 cycles of CT of Carboplatin/Paclitaxel or Cisplatin/ Paclitaxel with neoadjuvant intent).

06

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Quality of life

    It will measured by: - EORTC QLQ-C30 (Points of every item and final points)

    Time frame: 4 months

  2. Quality of life

    Karnofsky index (Score of 0-100 points at intervals of 10)

    Time frame: 4 months

  3. Quality of life

    EORTC QLQ-OV28 (Points of every item and final points)

    Time frame: 4 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Nutritional State

    Body mass index

    Time frame: 4 months

07

Study locations

1 site
  • National Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology (INOR)
    Havana, 10400, Cuba
08

References and documents

Publications

  • Prat J. New insights into ovarian cancer pathology. Ann Oncol. 2012 Sep;23 Suppl 10:x111-7. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mds300. PubMed 22987944 ↗
  • Jelovac D, Armstrong DK. Recent progress in the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer. CA Cancer J Clin. 2011 May-Jun;61(3):183-203. doi: 10.3322/caac.20113. Epub 2011 Apr 26. PubMed 21521830 ↗
  • Siegel RL, Miller KD, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2015. CA Cancer J Clin. 2015 Jan-Feb;65(1):5-29. doi: 10.3322/caac.21254. Epub 2015 Jan 5. PubMed 25559415 ↗
  • Landen CN Jr, Birrer MJ, Sood AK. Early events in the pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Feb 20;26(6):995-1005. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.9970. Epub 2008 Jan 14. PubMed 18195328 ↗
  • Fuchs-Tarlovsky V, Alvarez-Altamirano K, Turquie-Sacal D, Alvarez-Flores C, Hernandez-Steller H. Nutritional status and body composition are already affected before oncology treatment in ovarian cancer. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2013;22(3):426-30. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.3.12. PubMed 23945413 ↗
  • Gupta D, Lis CG, Vashi PG, Lammersfeld CA. Impact of improved nutritional status on survival in ovarian cancer. Support Care Cancer. 2010 Mar;18(3):373-81. doi: 10.1007/s00520-009-0670-y. Epub 2009 May 31. PubMed 19484479 ↗
  • Kathiresan AS, Brookfield KF, Schuman SI, Lucci JA 3rd. Malnutrition as a predictor of poor postoperative outcomes in gynecologic cancer patients. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2011 Aug;284(2):445-51. doi: 10.1007/s00404-010-1659-y. Epub 2010 Aug 29. PubMed 20803205 ↗
  • Madhok BM, Yeluri S, Haigh K, Burton A, Broadhead T, Jayne DG. Parenteral nutrition for patients with advanced ovarian malignancy. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2011 Apr;24(2):187-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2010.01127.x. PubMed 21843153 ↗
  • Billson HA, Holland C, Curwell J, Davey VL, Kinsey L, Lawton LJ, Whitworth AJ, Burden S. Perioperative nutrition interventions for women with ovarian cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Sep 11;2013(9):CD009884. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009884.pub2. PubMed 24027084 ↗
  • Lohsiriwat V. The influence of preoperative nutritional status on the outcomes of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme for colorectal cancer surgery. Tech Coloproctol. 2014 Nov;18(11):1075-80. doi: 10.1007/s10151-014-1210-4. Epub 2014 Sep 13. PubMed 25216721 ↗
  • Andreyev HJ, Norman AR, Oates J, Cunningham D. Why do patients with weight loss have a worse outcome when undergoing chemotherapy for gastrointestinal malignancies? Eur J Cancer. 1998 Mar;34(4):503-9. doi: 10.1016/s0959-8049(97)10090-9. PubMed 9713300 ↗
  • Lamson DW, Brignall MS. Antioxidants in cancer therapy; their actions and interactions with oncologic therapies. Altern Med Rev. 1999 Oct;4(5):304-29. PubMed 10559547 ↗
  • Lamson DW, Brignall MS. Natural agents in the prevention of cancer, part two: preclinical data and chemoprevention for common cancers. Altern Med Rev. 2001 Apr;6(2):167-87. PubMed 11302780 ↗
  • Al-Mahtab M, Akbar SM, Khan MS, Rahman S. Increased survival of patients with end-stage hepatocellular carcinoma due to intake of ONCOXIN(R), a dietary supplement. Indian J Cancer. 2015 Jul-Sep;52(3):443-6. doi: 10.4103/0019-509X.176699. PubMed 26905163 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report

09

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

Ran from Oct 2018 to primary completion in Feb 2022, 39 months.

Of 83 phase 2 interventional studies under Carcinoma, half reached primary completion within 54 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 31 and three quarters within 88. This study's 39 months is below that.

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

Registered
May 25, 2018
First posted
Jun 20, 2018
StartActual
Oct 25, 2018
Primary completionActual
Feb 15, 2022
CompletionActual
Jun 15, 2022
Last update
Jul 6, 2022
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 Jul 6, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
10

Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03562897
Lead sponsor
Catalysis SL
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 20, 2018
Start date
Oct 25, 2018
Primary completion
Feb 15, 2022
Completion
Jun 15, 2022
Last update
Jul 6, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Not currently enrolling

This study is completed, as verified in Oct 2021. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.

Follow this study

Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.

Sign in to follow

Discussion

Questions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.

Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.

Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

Studies of the drug tested here: Ocoxin

Start the discussion