A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Study of Kanglaite Injection for the Treatment of Cancer Cachexia
1 other identifier
interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to explore the efficacy and safety of Kanglaite Injection in the treatment of patients with late-stage cancer cachexia.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_4
Started Sep 2015
Typical duration for phase_4
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 9, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 17, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2018
CompletedFebruary 15, 2017
February 1, 2017
1.8 years
September 9, 2015
February 14, 2017
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Body weight
77days
Lean body mass
77days
Secondary Outcomes (10)
Progression-free survival rate (PFS)
77days
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score (ECOG)
77days
Quality of life score (QOL)
77days
Survival curve
77days
Overall Survival (OS)
77days
- +5 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Treatment group
EXPERIMENTALKanglaite Injection plus standard therapy.
Control group
NO INTERVENTIONBlank control and standard therapy.
Interventions
200 mL, slow IV drip, once daily for 14 consecutive days, subsequent courses repeated after a 7-day interval. Subjects will be treated for 4 courses (12 weeks).
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Histologically confirmed patients with stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer (adenocarcinoma), colorectal carcinoma or pancreatic carcinoma, who are not eligible for surgery, interventional treatment and radiation therapy;
- Confirmed patients with cachexia: weight loss greater than 5% in last six months, or BMI\<20kg/m2 and weight loss greater than 2%, or in accordance with the diagnosis of sarcopenia and weight loss greater than 2%;
- Patients who are not being treated with chemotherapy should have completed chemotherapy 14 days before randomization of this study;
- For patients who are being treated with chemotherapy, the chemotherapy regimen should be confined to the regimens specified in the protocol; and the chemotherapy regimen, in general, are not allowed to be changed during the study period;
- Patients are conscious and able to cooperate with the doctor to complete the disease-related examinations and evaluations;
- ECOG performance status (PS) 0-3 for those who are not treated with chemotherapy; and ECOG PS 0-2 for those who are being treated with chemotherapy;
- Expected survival period is more than 4 months;
- Male or female aged 18 - 75 years;
- Patients who are willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form.
You may not qualify if:
- Any pathological type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) except adenocarcinoma;
- Patients who are being treated with chemotherapy, the chemotherapy regimen is not among the regimens specified in the protocol;
- Patients with cachexia caused by other reasons, e.g. severe hepatic dysfunction \[Aspartate transaminase(AST)/Cerealthirdtransaminase(ALT) \>5 times the ULN\], severe renal dysfunction (Cr \>1.5 times the ULN), uncontrolled thyroid disease, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III-IV heart failure, AIDS etc.;
- Any condition that may hinder the subject's completion of the study, including but not limited to severe uncontrollable organic diseases or infection, unstable angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, etc.;
- Patients who are being treated with other anticancer traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), or those who may be treated with TCM after enrollment;
- Patients with severe hepatic dysfunction: Scr \>=1.5 times the ULN, ALT/AST/alkaline phosphatase (ALP) \>=5 times the ULN, total bilirubin (TBIL) \>=1.5 times the ULN;
- Patients with severe abnormal lipid metabolism \[TC\>300mg/dl or Triglyceride(TG) \>2.5 times the ULN\], or those who are in lipid-lowering therapy;
- Known or suspected diagnosis of metastatic encephaloma;
- In treatment of or plan to receive treatment of molecular targeted drugs, eg,epidermal growth factor receptor
- \- tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI), anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor, anti-angiogenic agents (including monoclonal antibodies and endostatin), and cetuximab;
- Patients present with an ECOG score\>2 and require treatment of chemotherapy;
- Patients with allergies or intolerability to the investigational product or its excipients;
- Patients who are currently included in other clinical trials on antineoplastic drugs;
- Patients who are not able to provide the Informed Consent Form (ICF);
- Expected survival period is less than 4 months;
- +3 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Cancer Center, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Shiying YU
Tongji Hospital
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 4
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 9, 2015
First Posted
September 17, 2015
Study Start
September 1, 2015
Primary Completion
July 1, 2017
Study Completion
July 1, 2018
Last Updated
February 15, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-02