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Brief Title: AVE0005 (VEGF Trap) in Patients With Recurrent Symptomatic Malignant Ascites
Official Title: A Multicenter, Open-label, Single-arm Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous AVE0005 (VEGF Trap) Administered Every 2 Weeks in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Patients With Recurrent Symptomatic Malignant Ascites
Study ID: NCT00396591
Brief Summary: The primary objective of this study was to compare the time between paracenteses before and after administration of Aflibercept (ziv-aflibercept, AVE0005, VEGF trap, ZALTRAP®) in ovarian cancer participants with symptomatic malignant ascites. The secondary objectives were to further assess efficacy and safety of Aflibercept treatment, and the exploratory objectives were to assess pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity and health-related quality of life.
Detailed Description: The study consisted of: * A 30-day screening phase prior to Day 1 * Day 1 registration and pre-treatment paracentesis * Aflibercept administration within 1-day of registration * Two-week study treatment cycles (for efficacy data, the cut-off date was 6 months post-registration * A 60-day post-treatment follow-up phase During the study, participants were treated with Aflibercept study treatment through the duration of the study unless they met one the following criteria for discontinuation: * Participant (or legal representative) chose to withdraw from treatment * The investigator or sponsor thought that continuation of the study would be detrimental to the participants well-being * Participant had intercurrent illness that prevented further administration of investigational product (IP) * Participant had more than 2 IP dose reductions * Participant had unacceptable adverse events (AEs) * Participant had arterial thromboembolic events, including cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial infarctions, transient ischemic attacks, new onset angina, or worsening of preexisting angina * Participant required surgical intervention for intestinal obstruction or gastrointestinal perforation
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office, Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office, Milano, , Italy
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office, Bromma, , Sweden
Name: ICD
Affiliation: Sanofi
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR