Chemotherapy Combined With Propranolol Hydrochloride as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Advanced High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-75
SponsorBai-Rong Xia

About this trial

Ovarian Cancer (OC) is one of the most common gynecological malignant tumors. In recent years, the incidence of ovarian cancer in China has been on the rise, but its mortality ranks the first among gynecological tumors. Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) combined with chemotherapy is the standard treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer. However, most of the ovarian cancer is stage Ⅲ and above, and there may be a certain degree of organ metastasis. Preclinical studies have found that the stress of melanoma block beta adrenergic signals in mice, which USES beta blockers, checkpoint will enhance resistance to PD - 1 the activity of the inhibitor, to improve the treatment of mice on the immune response. Non-selective β-blockers can also improve the efficacy of melanoma immunotherapy. Retrospective studies have shown that incidental use of β-blockers in combination with antiangiogenic agents, chemotherapy, and immune therapy can prolong DFS, PFS, and OS in cancer patients. A large, multicenter retrospective study found that ovarian cancer patients who took nonselective β-blockers for hypertension had better survival than those who did not. In conclusion, this study aims to explore new auxiliary chemotherapy combined propranolol treatment of high efficacy and safety of ovarian cancer, provide more evidence-based basis for clinic.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Written informed consent was obtained before any trial-related procedures were performed.

Women, 18 to 75 years old;

FIGO stage for stage III or IV, including not surgery in patients with stage III or IV beginning for ovarian cancer; Histopathology confirmed high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

According to the response evaluation criteria in 1.1 (RECIST1.1) definition, patients must have a measurable lesions

Disqualifiers

Malignant diseases other than ovarian cancer (excluding radical skin basal cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, and/or radical resection in situ carcinoma) diagnosed within 5 years before the first dose

Current are participating in clinical research and treatment of intrusive, or within 4 weeks before the first dose received study used drugs or other treatments

Always received pelvic radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, tumor targeting therapy, immune therapy

Need treatment of symptomatic or non-control brain metastasis at the same time, including but not limited to, surgery, radiation and/or corticosteroids, or with the clinical manifestations of spinal cord compression

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Propranolol Hydrochloride

    Drug

    propranolol hydrochloride (20mg, BID, QD)

  • Paclitaxel liposome

    Drug

    (135-175mg/m2, d1, Q3W)

  • Carboplatin

    Drug

    AUC=4-5, d1, Q3W

Treatment groups

136 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Control groupActive comparator 2 interventions
Group B: experimental groupExperimental treatment 3 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

CRS

Chemotherapy Response Scoring:Pathological assessment was conducted on the retinal tissue removed during the surgery

Time frame
3-month

Secondary outcomes

1

R0 resection rate

the percentage of patients received R0 resection after neoadjuvant therapy

Time frame
3-month
2

Overall Response Rate (ORR) After Neoadjuvant treatment

Overall Response Rate according to RECIST1.1 after Neoadjuvant treatment. ORR is defined as the proportion of participants achieving Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) as assessed by the investigator per RECIST (v.1.1). Per RECIST 1.1, CR is defined as the disappearance of all target lesions; PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SoD) of target lesions

Time frame
3-month
3

Pathological complete remission rate

No residual invasive carcinoma was found under the microscope, but ductal carcinoma in situ could be found; In addition, compare the amount of cancer cells in the specimen before and after the new adjuvant therapy, and use of the Miller Payne grading system to evaluate the effect of the new adjuvant therapy

Time frame
3-month
4

12-month disease-free survival rate

The rate of patients who did not have any event from the beginning of enrollment to 12 months, including disease progression, inoperable, local or remote recurrence, and death from any cause

Time frame
12 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Bai-Rong Xia

Lead sponsor

Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital

Sponsor institution