A randomized phase II evaluation of weekly gemcitabine plus pazopanib versus weekly gemictabine alone in the treatment of persistent or recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma.
Duska, LR; Brown, J; Jelovac, D; Moore, KN; McGuire, WP; Darus, C; Barroilhet, LM; Secord, AA
Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology
5532 Background: Inhibition of angiogenesis is a valuable treatment strategy for ovarian cancer. Pazopanib (paz) is a potent angiogenic small molecular inhibitor of the tyrosine kinases VEGRF-1, -2, -3, PDGFR, c-kit and has shown activity as a single agent in ovarian cancer. We designed a trial to assess the benefit of adding paz to gemcitabine (gem) in patients with recurrent, advanced ovarian cancer. Methods: An open-label, randomized, multi-site, phase 2 trial was conducted (NCT01610206) including patients with platinum resistant or sensitive ovarian cancer with up to 3 prior lines of chemotherapy, and measurable or evaluable disease. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive weekly gem 1000 mg/m with or without paz 800 mg QD and stratified according to platinum sensitivity and number of prior lines (1 vs 2 or 3). The primary endpoint was PFS. Intent-to-treat was defined as all eligible patients who receive any protocol treatment with analysis based on randomized arm. Results: As of 3/2017, we randomized 148 and treated 146 patients (target sample size 148 eligible patients who receive any protocol treatment). 75 (46 platinum resistant, 61%) were randomly assigned to receive gem/paz and 71 (41 platinum resistant, 58%) to receive gem only. 110 patients (75%) had received 2 or 3 prior lines. There were no unexpected toxicities or deaths. Adverse events were more common in the gem/paz group. The most common grade 3–4 AEs (gem/paz vs gem) were: neutropenia (25 [33%] vs 15 [21%]), fatigue (7 [10%] vs 1 [2%]), hypertension (11 [15%] vs 1 [1%]), elevated alanine aminotransferase (8 [11%] vs 0), thrombocytopenia (9 [12%] vs 12[3%]) and anemia (7 [9%] vs 2 [3%]). There were 2 GI perforations in the paz arm. Median time on therapy was 12 weeks (range 1-55 weeks). Of the 138 patients off study to date, 30 (22%) were for AE’s (23 on gem/paz arm). Conclusions: The gem/paz combination is tolerable in this population, with patients tolerating multiple cycles with manageable toxicity. Median follow-up and PFS data will be presented after 122 events (progression or death) have occurred per protocol (currently 117 events). Clinical trial information: NCT01610206.
