Status:

UNKNOWN

Impact of AferBio® on Quality of Life and Chemotherapy Toxicity in Lung Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Barretos Cancer Hospital

Conditions:

Quality of Life

Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The AFERBIO study will evaluates safety and potential benefit of AferBio® in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing at least a second-line palliative monochemotherapy. AferBio® is a ferme...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age above or equal to 18 years, and below 75 years;
  • Diagnosis of metastatic or recurrent NSCLC, beginning second-line palliative mono-chemotherapy treatment;
  • Functional capacity (ECOG-PS) grade 0 - 2;
  • Adequate hematological, kidney and liver function, as follows:
  • Total neutrophil count ≥ 1500/μL
  • Platelet count ≥ 100.000/μL
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
  • Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Patients with confirmed Gilbert's syndrome and serum bilirubin ≤ 3 × ULN
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase ≤ 1.5 × ULN, serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN, or creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min based on the Cockcroft-Gault equation:
  • (140 - age) × (weight in Kkg) × (0.85) 72 × (serum creatinine in mg/dL)
  • Absence of any emotional, family-related, sociological, or geographic condition that can potentially hamper adherence to the study protocol and the follow-up schedule;
  • Capacity and willingness to adhere to the study visits and tests, and to adhere to the protocol, according to the researcher's evaluation.

Exclusion

  • Tube feeding, gastrostomy- or jejunostomy;
  • Uncontrollable vomiting;
  • Sexually active women of reproductive age, except for those who underwent surgical sterilization (e. g., tubal ligation);
  • Intestinal obstruction or sub-obstruction;
  • Known allergy to any of the components of the investigational product;
  • Malabsorption syndrome or other condition that could interfere with enteric absorption;
  • History of inflammation of the small or large intestine, previous or currently active (such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis);
  • Chronic diarrhea of any cause;
  • Diagnosis of any chronic disease that, in the researcher's opinion, will interfere with the participation in the study;
  • Known diagnosis of HIV -infection;
  • Diagnosis of any chronic disease that changes the immune system and significantly increases the risk of infection;
  • The need to use G-CSF already in the first chemotherapy cycle;
  • Severe neuropsychiatric disease that prevents the patient from completing the study questionnaires, determined at the researcher's discretion.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 28 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

104 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03469063

Start Date

June 28 2018

End Date

June 30 2020

Last Update

June 14 2018

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Barretos Cancer Hospital

Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil, 14784400