Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin With or Without Topotecan in Treating Patients With Stage IIB, Stage III, or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known if paclitaxel plus carboplatin is more effective with or without topotecan for ovarian epithelial cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of paclitaxel plus carboplatin with or without topotecan in treating patients who have stage IIB, stage III, or stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer.

Timeline

Start

1999-12

Primary completion

2006-08

Completion

2006-08

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Median overall survival was 43.1 months for the TC-Top arm versus 44.5 months for the TC arm (stratum-adjusted HR = 1.01 [95% CI = 0.86 to 1.18]; P = .885). PMID 16882940 ↗

paper The sequential addition of topotecan to carboplatin-paclitaxel did not result in superior overall response or progression-free or overall survival. PMID 16882940 ↗

Publications

• Background Greimel ER, Bjelic-Radisic V, Pfisterer J, Hilpert F, Daghofer F, Pujade-Lauraine E, du Bois A; Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynaekologische Onkologie Ovarian Cancer Study Group (AGO-OVAR); Groupe d'Investigateurs Nationaux pour les Etudes des Cancers de l'Ovaire (GINECO). Toxicity and quality of life outcomes in ovarian cancer patients participating in randomized controlled trials. Support Care Cancer. 2011 Sep;19(9):1421-7. doi: 10.1007/s00520-010-0969-8. Epub 2010 Aug 6.
• Results Pfisterer J, Weber B, Reuss A, Kimmig R, du Bois A, Wagner U, Bourgeois H, Meier W, Costa S, Blohmer JU, Lortholary A, Olbricht S, Stahle A, Jackisch C, Hardy-Bessard AC, Mobus V, Quaas J, Richter B, Schroder W, Geay JF, Luck HJ, Kuhn W, Meden H, Nitz U, Pujade-Lauraine E; AGO-OVAR; GINECO. Randomized phase III trial of topotecan following carboplatin and paclitaxel in first-line treatment of advanced ovarian cancer: a gynecologic cancer intergroup trial of the AGO-OVAR and GINECO. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Aug 2;98(15):1036-45. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djj296.
• Results Pfisterer J, Lortholary A, Kimmig R, et al.: Paclitaxel/carboplatin (TC) vs. paclitaxel/carboplatin followed by topotecan (TC-Top) in first-line treatment of ovarian cancer FIGO stages IIb - IV. Interim results of a gynecologic cancer intergroup phase III trial of the AGO Ovarian Cancer Study Group and GINECO. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-1793, 446, 2003.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Carboplatin	Small molecule	—	Intravenous
Subject	Paclitaxel	Small molecule	—	Intravenous
Subject	Topotecan	Small molecule	—	Intravenous

Indications