Investigation of the Effect of Nintedanib on the Pharmacokinetics of a Combination of Ethinylestradiol and Levonorgestrel in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2017-11-28
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Investigate the effect of multiple oral doses of nintedanib on the single dose kinetics of a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel (Microgynon®)

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
• Treatments: Ethinyl Estradiol; Ethinyl Estradiol-Norgestrel Combination; Ethinyl estradiol, levonorgestrel drug combination; Levonorgestrel; Nintedanib

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

• Female patients 18 years or older at screening

• Female patient is postmenopausal or surgically sterilised

• Patient with locally advanced, metastatic or locally recurrent non-small cell lung cancer with histology of adenocarcinoma

• Nintedanib (Vargatef®) is planned to be prescribed in accordance with the marketing authorisation (SmPC)

• Signed and dated written informed consent in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local legislation prior to admission to the trial

Exclusion criteria:

• Any contraindication to nintedanib (Vargatef®), ethinylestradiol or levonorgestrel (Microgynon®), as specified in the respective labels

• Use of hormone containing contraceptives (including vaginal and intrauterine devices and including hormone replacement therapy) within 30 days prior to first administration of Microgynon®

• Systemic use of drugs known to induce (e.g. rifampicin, St. John's Wort, carbamazepine) or to inhibit (e.g. azole antimycotics, macrolides) CYP3A4 within 7 days prior to first trial drug administration until last pharmacokinetic(PK)-sampling in the trial. Exception: allowed is the intake of corticosteroids as docetaxel (pre)medication

• History of major thrombotic or clinically relevant major bleeding event in the past 6 months

• Persistence of clinically relevant therapy related toxicities (i.e. > Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] grade 2) from previous chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy

• Treatment with other investigational drugs or treatment in another clinical trial within the past four weeks before start of therapy or concomitantly with this trial

• Gastrointestinal disorders or abnormalities that would interfere with absorption of the trial drugs

• Major surgery (major according to the investigator's assessment) performed within 4 weeks prior to first treatment within the trial and without complete wound healing

• Patients who must or wish to continue the intake of restricted medications or any drug considered likely to interfere with the safe conduct of the trial

• Patients unable to comply with the protocol

• Previous enrolment in this trial