Study of Paclitaxel in Patients With Ovarian Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Paclitaxel is one of the most widely used human anticancer agents. Paclitaxel has a low degree of solubility and Cremophor EL is typically used as the solubiliser. Cremophor EL is known to cause hypersensitivity reactions that can be life-threatening. As Paclical® does not contain Cremophor EL, hypersensitivity reactions can be expected to be less. PURPOSE: To study the efficay and safety of two different formulations of paclitaxel, Paclical® and Taxol®.

Timeline

Start

2009-02

Primary completion

2013-10

Completion

2013-10

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper PFS for paclitaxel micellar was non-inferior to Cr-EL paclitaxel with a hazard ratio of 0.86 (95% CI: 0.72;1.03) PMID 31826802 ↗

Publications

• Vergote I, Bergfeldt K, Franquet A, Lisyanskaya AS, Bjermo H, Heldring N, Buyse M, Brize A. A randomized phase III trial in patients with recurrent platinum sensitive ovarian cancer comparing efficacy and safety of paclitaxel micellar and Cremophor EL-paclitaxel. Gynecol Oncol. 2020 Feb;156(2):293-300. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.11.034. Epub 2019 Dec 9.

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