An Observational Study in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Which is Radioactive Iodine (RAI) Refractory to Assess the Use of Multikinase Inhibitors (RIFTOS MKI)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02303444 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 1, 2014
Last Update Posted : August 12, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Thyroid Neoplasms | Drug: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006) Drug: Other Multikinase inhibitors |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 667 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | RIFTOS MKI - Radioactive Iodine reFractory Asymptomatic Patients in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - an Observational Study to Assess the Use of Multikinase Inhibitors |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 8, 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 10, 2020 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 24, 2020 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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MKI patients
Asymptomatic patients with RAI-refractory progressive DTC for whom there is a decision to initiate MKIs at study entry. For patients on sorafenib, treatment start and stop dates will be collected along with any adverse events observed.
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Drug: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006)
Patients can get sorafenib at any time during study. Drug: Other Multikinase inhibitors Patients can get MKIs at any time during study. |
non-MKI patients
Asymptomatic patients with RAI-refractory progressive DTC for whom there is a decision to not initiate MKIs at study entry. For patients on sorafenib, treatment start and stop dates will be collected along with any adverse events observed.
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Drug: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006)
Patients can get sorafenib at any time during study. Drug: Other Multikinase inhibitors Patients can get MKIs at any time during study. |
- Time to symptomatic progression (TTSP) from study entry [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]TTSP is defined as the time interval from the day of study entry to the date of first symptomatic progression. Patients who do not have a symptomatic progression at the time of analysis will be censored at the date of their last evaluable assessment.
- Overall survival (OS) from time of study entry [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the date of study entry to death due to any cause. Patients alive at the time of analysis will be censored at the last date known to be alive.
- Progression free survival (PFS) from time of study entry [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the date of study entry to date of first progression or death due to any cause, whichever comes first. The actual date of tumor assessments will be used for this calculation. Patients without a progression or death will be censored at their last evaluable date of tumor evaluation.
- OS from time of being diagnosed as radioactive iodine (RAI) refractory [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the day of being diagnosed as RAI refractory to death due to any cause. Patients alive at the time of analysis will be censored at the last date known to be alive.
- Post-progression survival (PPS) from time of symptomatic progression [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the date of symptomatic progression to death due to any cause. Patients without symptomatic progression will be excluded from analysis and patients who are alive at the time of analysis will be censored at the last date when they were known to be alive.
- OS from initiation of the first Multikinase Inhibitor (MKI) [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the day of start of the first MKI to death due to any cause. Patients alive at the time of analysis will be censored at the last date when they were known to be alive.
- PFS from initiation of first MKI [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the day of start of first MKI to date of first progression or death due to any cause, whichever comes first. The actual date of tumor assessments will be used for this calculation. Patients without a progression or death will be censored at their last evaluable date of tumor evaluation.
- OS from initiation of any systemic treatment regimen [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the date of start of any systemic treatment regimen to death due to any cause. Patients alive at the time of analysis will be censored at the last date known to be alive.
- PFS from initiation of any systemic treatment regimen [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the date of start of any systemic treatment regimen to date of first progression or death due to any cause, whichever comes first. Patients without a progression or death will be censored at their last evaluable date of tumor evaluation.
- Duration of each systemic treatment regimen [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the day of start of a treatment to the date of permanent discontinuation of a treatment (regardless of the reason for discontinuation including death). It includes interruption or drug holiday.
- Response assessment to each systemic treatment regimen according to the categories "Complete Response", "Partial Response", "Stable Disease", "Clinical Progression", "Radiological Progression", and "Not evaluable at this visit" [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]In case of "Clinical Progression" the CRF will ask for the presence of specific symptoms.
- OS from initiation of sorafenib [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the day of start of sorafenib to death due to any cause. Patients alive at the time of analysis will be censored at the last date known to be alive.
- PFS from initiation of sorafenib [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Defined as the time interval from the date of start of sorafenib to date of first progression or death due to any cause, whichever comes first. Patients without a progression or death will be censored at their last evaluable date of tumor evaluation.
- Daily dose of sorafenib per patient throughout the treatment period [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
- Number of adverse events during treatment with sorafenib [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically/cytologically documented DTC (papillary, follicular, Hurthle cell, and poorly differentiated carcinoma)
- DTC refractory to RAI
- Radiological progression and preferably according to RECIST 1.1
- No symptoms due to DTC
- >/=1cm diameter of lesion confirmed by radiological exam
- Life expectancy of at least 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Plan to be treated according to a clinical trial protocol for intervention including a locoregional therapy or systemic therapy
- Previous treatment with MKIs for advanced disease
- Hospice patients

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02303444
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Study Director: | Bayer Study Director | Bayer |
Responsible Party: | Bayer |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02303444 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
17852 NX1401 ( Other Identifier: Company internal ) |
First Posted: | December 1, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 12, 2020 |
Last Verified: | August 2020 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Progressive radioactive iodine refractory differentiated thyroid carcinoma |
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