Chemotherapy vs Hormonal Treatment in Platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer Resistant or Refractory to Platinum and Taxane
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02728622 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 5, 2016
Last Update Posted : April 5, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Ovarian Cancer Peritoneal Cancer Cancer of the Fallopian Tube | Drug: Tamoxifen Drug: Chemotherapy | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 241 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized Study of Chemotherapy Versus Hormonal Treatment in Patients With Ovarian Cancer Resistant or Refractory to Platinum and Taxane |
Study Start Date : | March 2002 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Tamoxifen
Tamoxifen 40 mg is given orally once daily until progression
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Drug: Tamoxifen
endocrine treatment |
Active Comparator: Chemotherapy
Paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 is given as an 1 hour infusion every 7 days or Caelyx 40 mg/m2 is given iv, first dose over 2 hours, later doses are infused over 1 hour, administered every 4 weeks or up to a maximum dose of 550 mg/m2. Until progression
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Drug: Chemotherapy
Paclitaxel or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin
Other Names:
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- Quality-adjusted survival [ Time Frame: through completion of study, on average 1 year ]
- progression-free survival [ Time Frame: through completion of study, on average 3 months ]time to progressive disease or death
- overall survival [ Time Frame: through completion of study, on average 1 year ]time to death of any cause

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with invasive epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer, being resistant to treatment with platinum and a taxane, either given in combination or sequentially.
- Patients with clinical progression during or within 6 months after end of treatment for primary disease or relapse.
- Patients with stable disease after 6 courses of chemotherapy for primary disease or relapse if further treatment is indicated.
- Patients with doubling of s-CA 125 to at least 70 IU/Ml within 3 months after end of treatment for primary disease or relapse.
- Age must be at least 18 years.
- Performance status must be 0-2 (WHO/ECOG, appendix 1).
- Informed consent given according to ICH/EU GCP guidelines and local or national laws
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with symptomatic brain metastasis
- Bilirubin greater than 2 x UNL (upper normal limits), white blood cell count below 3.0 x 109/L, neutrophil count below 1.5 x 109/L, platelets count below 100 x 109/L.
- Active infection or other serious underlying medical condition which might prevent the patient from receiving treatment or to be followed.
- Pregnant, lactating, or child bearing potential patients without adequate contraception
- Previous treatment with Tamoxifen.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02728622
Study Chair: | Gunnar B Kristensen, Prof | The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Nordic Society for Gynaecologic Oncology |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02728622 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NSGO-OC-0101 |
First Posted: | April 5, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 5, 2016 |
Last Verified: | March 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
ovarian cancer platinum-resistant endocrine treatment chemotherapy tamoxifen |
Ovarian Neoplasms Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial Fallopian Tube Neoplasms Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Ovarian Diseases Adnexal Diseases Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Endocrine System Diseases Gonadal Disorders Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
Fallopian Tube Diseases Tamoxifen Paclitaxel Doxorubicin Liposomal doxorubicin Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors |