Capecitabine in Metastatic Breast and GI Cancers (X7-7)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02595320 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified December 2021 by Qamar Khan, University of Kansas Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 3, 2015
Last Update Posted : December 20, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer | Drug: Capecitabine | Phase 2 |
Goals of treatment of metastatic breast cancer remain largely comfort care. However, there has been improvement in median survival among women with metastatic disease over the last two decades, mainly due to availability of more effective agents. Women are now living longer with metastatic disease and are on therapy for longer periods of time. Therefore, it is increasingly important for effective therapies to be associated with less toxicity so that women can enjoy a better overall quality of life. Similar to breast cancer, goals of treatment of various GI malignancies (including metastatic colorectal cancer, metastatic gastric and esophageal cancers, and unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer and cholangiocarcinoma) are largely comfort care and it is important to minimize toxicity from therapy during the treatment for metastatic disease.
Capecitabine is a unique chemotherapeutic agent for two reasons. It is the only oral chemotherapy drug available to treat breast and GI malignancies, making it convenient for patients. In addition, whereas all other cytotoxic chemotherapy agents can be administered for only a few months at a time because of development of cumulative toxicities, capecitabine can be continued for many months to years if toxicities can be managed. However the optimal dosing schedule of capecitabine is not known.
This is the basis for the proposed randomized phase II trial, to compare the efficacy and tolerability of capecitabine 1500 milligrams (mg) twice a day (BID), 7 days on and 7 days off schedule to capecitabine 1250 milligrams/meters squared (mg/m2) BID, 14 days on and 7 days off) or 1000 mg/m2 BID, 14 days on and 7 days off, in women with metastatic breast cancer or patients with advanced/metastatic GI cancer.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Randomized Open-label Trial of Dose Dense, Fixed Dose Capecitabine Compared to Standard Dose Capecitabine in Metastatic Breast Cancer and Advanced/Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancers. |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 5, 2015 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Group A
capecitabine, 1500 mg, twice a day for 7 days on then 7 days off
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Drug: Capecitabine
Capecitabine will be given to participants in Arm A at 1500 mg PO BID for 7 days, followed by a 7 day rest (7-7). Capecitabine will be given to participants in group B at 1250 mg/m2 OR 1000 mg/m2 PO BID for 14 days, followed by a 7 day rest (14-7). Other Name: Xeloda® |
Active Comparator: Group B
capecitabine, 1250 mg/m2 OR 1000 mg/m2, twice a day for 14 days on then 7 days off
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Drug: Capecitabine
Capecitabine will be given to participants in Arm A at 1500 mg PO BID for 7 days, followed by a 7 day rest (7-7). Capecitabine will be given to participants in group B at 1250 mg/m2 OR 1000 mg/m2 PO BID for 14 days, followed by a 7 day rest (14-7). Other Name: Xeloda® |
- Twelve-week Progression Free Survival (cohort 1 only) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks from the date of registration into the study ]As the percentage of patients with progression from the date of registration to 12 weeks from that date
- Grade 3 or higher toxicity (cohorts 1 and 2) [ Time Frame: From Day 1 of treatment, throughout treatment, up to 2 years from Day 1 of treatment ]Percentage of patients having grade 3 or higher toxicity from the date of first treatment dose during the trial therapy to patient develops Grade 3 or higher toxicity.
- Objective response rate (cohorts 1 and 2) [ Time Frame: From Day 1 of treatment, throughout treatment, up to 2 years from Day 1 of treatment ]Objective response rate (complete and partial in subset of patients with measurable disease) from date of first treatment dose to disease progression

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women with metastatic breast cancer OR men and women with metastatic gastrointestinal (GI) cancer
- There is no limit to the number of prior chemotherapy or endocrine therapy regimens received. Use of a previous fluoropyrimidine-containing regimen in advanced / metastatic setting is permitted as long as the subject discontinued the regimen for reasons other than progression.
- No restriction on the use of fluoropyrimidine-containing regimen in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting
- For metastatic colorectal cancers, patients starting maintenance capecitabine after a course of oxaliplatin or irinotecan based chemotherapy are eligible.
- Measurable or non-measurable disease per RECIST criteria 1.1
- Must have completed prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy at least 2 weeks prior to registration
- Pathologic confirmation of respective malignancies. Biopsy of metastatic disease is preferred but not mandatory.
- Performance Status: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Score (PS) 0-2
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Adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/ microLiter (uL)
- hemoglobin ≥ 7 g/L
- platelets ≥ 50,000/uL
- total bilirubin ≤ 2 X the Institutional Upper Limit of Normal (IULN)
- o Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) ( Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase [SGOT]) ≤ 5 X IULN
- Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) (Serum Pyruvic Glutamic Transaminase [SPGT]) ≤ 5 X IULN
- creatinine clearance > 50 milliliters per minute (ml/min)
- Women of childbearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception.
- Subjects may have previously treated brain or Central Nervous System (CNS) metastasis with radiation completed at least 2 weeks prior to registration. Prior radiation to places other than CNS disease must be completed at least 14 days prior to registration. Any number of prior radiation therapy regimens is allowed provided all toxicity of prior therapy is resolved to grade 1 or less.
- Life expectancy of >3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient has used Capecitabine in a past regimen for metastatic disease.
- Patient is currently using, or planning to use another investigational agent.
- Patient with known Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency
- Patient has symptomatic brain or CNS metastases.
- Patient has leptomeningeal disease
- Patient is pregnant or nursing
- Subjects must have no barriers to taking oral medications, for example uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea at baseline, lack of physical integrity of the upper gastrointestinal tract, or malabsorption syndrome.
- No recent (≤ 3months) of partial or complete bowel obstruction unless surgically corrected.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02595320
United States, Kansas | |
University of Kansas Cancer Center - CRC | |
Fairway, Kansas, United States, 66205 | |
St. Catherine Hospital - Central Care Cancer Center | |
Garden City, Kansas, United States, 67846 | |
Heartland Cancer Center - Central Care Cancer Center | |
Great Bend, Kansas, United States, 67530 | |
Hays Medical Center Dreiling-Schmidt Cancer Institute | |
Hays, Kansas, United States, 67601 | |
University of Kansas Cancer Center - West | |
Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66112 | |
Olathe Medical Center | |
Olathe, Kansas, United States, 66061 | |
University of Kansas Cancer Center - Overland Park | |
Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66210 | |
Via Christi Cancer Center | |
Pittsburg, Kansas, United States, 66762 | |
Salina Regional Health | |
Salina, Kansas, United States, 67401 | |
St. Francis Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Topeka, Kansas, United States, 66606 | |
University of Kansas Cancer Center - Westwood | |
Westwood, Kansas, United States, 66205 | |
United States, Missouri | |
Truman Medical Center | |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108 | |
University of Kansas Cancer Center - South | |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64131 | |
University of Kansas Cancer Center - North | |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64154 | |
University of Kansas Cancer Center - Lee's Summit | |
Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States, 64064 |
Principal Investigator: | Qamar Khan, MD | University of Kansas Cancer Center - CRC |
Responsible Party: | Qamar Khan, Principal Investigator, University of Kansas Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02595320 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2015-IIT-X7-7 |
First Posted: | November 3, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 20, 2021 |
Last Verified: | December 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
breast, gastrointestinal,capecitabine, cancer, metastatic |
Breast Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms |
Digestive System Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Capecitabine Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents |