SKIP - A Double-blind Placebo-controlled Randomized Multicenter Trial of Skin Toxicity Treatment

This is an interventional treatment trial for Colorectal Carcinoma focused on measuring skin toxicity Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and non-mutated (wild-type) KRAS who are planned to receive treatment with panitumumab monotherapy after failure of fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-containing chemotherapy regimens and without prior treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody
2. Man or woman 18 years of age or older
3. Signed and dated informed consent before the start of specific protocol procedures
4. ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of 0, 1, or 2
5. Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN, SGOT/SGPT ≤ 2.5 x ULN, AP ≤ 3 x ULN if no evidence of liver metastases or Bilirubin ≤ 3 x ULN, SGOT/SGPT ≤ 5 x ULN, AP ≤ 5 x ULN if evidence of liver metastases
6. Women of child-bearing potential have to use adequate highly effective methods of contraception . Since doxycyline may reduce efficacy of hormonal contraceptives, women of child-bearing potential have to use double-barrier methods within 4 weeks before first intake of study medication, during study participation and at least 6 weeks after last intake of study medication even if using hormonal contraceptives Women are considered to be of child-bearing potential unless they are ≥ 50 years old and for more than 2 years amenorrheic or unless they are surgically sterile.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Absence of any of the above-listed inclusion criteria
2. Any serious medical condition or psychiatric illness that would interfere with the patient's ability to sign the informed consent form.
3. Allergic reaction to one of the medications to be used
4. Subject allergic to panitumumab or any components of the panitumumab formulation or treatment regimen
5. Prior treatment with EGFR antibody
6. CYP3A4 enzyme inducers, inhibitors, and substrates (eg, phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, ketoconazole, rifampicin, rifabutin, and St. John's Wort) ≤ 2 weeks before randomization (itraconazole should be used with caution)
7. Subjects with hypersensitivity to doxycycline, other tetracyclines, or ingredients of doxycycline capsules
8. Systemic treatment with antibiotics which was completed less than 7 days prior to randomization
9. Pregnant and/or breast-feeding women
10. Active participation in other clinical studies in the previous 4 weeks
11. Serious liver function disorders
12. History of, or evidence of, interstitial pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis
13. Person who has been committed to an institution by virtue of an order issued either by the judicial or the administrative authorities.