A Study of the Safety and Pharmacology of MEGF0444A in Combination With Bevacizumab With or Without Paclitaxel in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01075464 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 25, 2010
Last Update Posted : November 2, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Solid Cancers | Drug: MEGF0444A Drug: bevacizumab Drug: paclitaxel | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 64 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase Ib, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of the Safety and Pharmacology of MEGF0444A, a Human IgG1 Antibody, in Combination With Bevacizumab and Paclitaxel in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors |
Study Start Date : | February 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: A |
Drug: MEGF0444A
Intravenous escalating dose Drug: bevacizumab Intravenous repeating dose |
Experimental: B |
Drug: MEGF0444A
Intravenous escalating dose Drug: bevacizumab Intravenous repeating dose Drug: paclitaxel Intravenous repeating dose |
- Incidence and nature of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) [ Time Frame: Days 1 to 28 of Cycle 1 ]
- Incidence, nature, and severity of adverse events [ Time Frame: Until 90 days after last dose of study treatment ]
- Pharmacokinetic parameters including total exposure, minimum and maximum serum concentration, clearance, and volume of distribution [ Time Frame: Following administration of study drug ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically documented, incurable, or metastatic solid malignancy that has progressed on or failed to respond to regimens or therapies known to provide clinical benefit
Specific to Arm A:
- For patients undergoing optional or mandatory exploratory MRI, at least one tumor lesion that represents a liver, fixed peritoneal, neck, extremity, or pelvic lesion measuring >/= 3 to 10 cm (for liver lesions) or >= 2 to 10 cm (for all other lesion locations) to be used for MRI
Specific to Arm B:
- Maximum of two prior chemotherapy regimens for metastatic disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- Anti-cancer therapy within 3 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
- Patients who had to discontinue prior bevacizumab therapy due to intolerable toxicity
- Leptomeningeal disease
- Active infection or autoimmune disease
- Known clinically significant liver disease, including active viral, alcoholic, or other hepatitis, or cirrhosis
- Known primary central nervous system (CNS) malignancy or untreated or active CNS metastases
- Inadequately controlled hypertension; history of hypertensive crisis or encephalopathy; congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class II or greater); history of myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to initiation of study treatment
- History of hemoptysis; evidence of bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy
- History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months prior to initiation of study treatment
- Serious, non-healing wound, active gastrointestinal ulcer, or untreated bone fracture
Specific to Arm B:
- Known significant hypersensitivity to paclitaxel or other drugs using the vehicle cremophor
- Previous intolerance to paclitaxel
- Grade >= 2 sensory neuropathy

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01075464
United States, Arizona | |
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85258 | |
United States, California | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115 | |
Santa Monica, California, United States, 90404 | |
United States, Florida | |
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612 | |
United States, Tennessee | |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203 |
Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Genentech, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Genentech, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01075464 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
MEF4797g GO01328 ( Other Identifier: Hoffmann-La Roche ) |
First Posted: | February 25, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 2, 2016 |
Last Verified: | November 2016 |
Solid Tumor |
Paclitaxel Bevacizumab Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators |
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Angiogenesis Inhibitors Angiogenesis Modulating Agents Growth Substances Physiological Effects of Drugs Growth Inhibitors |