Efficacy and Safety of Pasireotide Long Acting Release vs. Octreotide Long Acting Release in Patients With Metastatic Carcinoid Disease
Symptomatic Refractory Resistant Carcinoid Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Symptomatic Refractory Resistant Carcinoid Disease focused on measuring Carcinoid, neuroendocrine, gastroenteropancreatic, somatostatin analogue, Symptomatic Refractory Resistant Carcinoid Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- Male or female patients aged 18 or greater
- Patients with carcinoid tumors and symptoms (diarrhea and flushing) that are not adequately controlled by somatostatin analogues.
- Female patients of child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at baseline.
- Patients for whom written informed consent to participate in the study has been obtained.
Exclusion criteria:
- Patients receiving radiolabeled somatostatin analogue therapy within the 3 months or any cytotoxic chemotherapy or interferon therapy within the 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Diabetic patients on anti-diabetic medications whose fasting blood glucose is poorly controlled as indicated by HBA1C > 8%
- Patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis
- Patient with malabsorption syndrome, short bowel or cholegenic diarrhea not controlled by specific therapeutic means.
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
Sites / Locations
- Scottsdale Healthcare/TGen Clinical Research Service TGen Clinical Research Service
- University of Arizona / Arizona Cancer Center
- Loma Linda University Dept. of Loma Linda CancerCent
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center Cedars Sinai 4
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center/University of South Florida Dept of H. Lee Moffit
- Montefiore Medical Center MMC
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine Study Coordinator
- Duke University Medical Center Dept. of Duke Cancer Center(2)
- St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network St. Luke's Cancer Network
- MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas Dept. of MD Anderson (9)
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Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Pasireotide LAR
Octreotide LAR
Patients assigned to pasireotide LAR will receive a 60 mg dose of pasireotide LAR i.m. depot injection once every 28 days (+/- 3 days) for 6 months at visits 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. A dose reduction to 40 mg is permitted if tolerability issues arise. In addition, after 24 hours of the first LAR injections the patients were permitted to use pasireotide s.c. formulation for breakthrough symptoms as needed.
Patients assigned to octreotide LAR will receive a 40mg dose of octreotide LAR i.m. depot injection once every 28 days (+/- 3 days) for 6 months at visits 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. A dose reduction to 30 mg is permitted if tolerability issues arise. Patients requiring a dose reduction are to return to the higher dose once the tolerability issue is resolved, if required for efficacy In addition, after 24 hours of the first LAR injections the patients were permitted to use octreotide s.c. formulation for breakthrough symptoms as needed.