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Modelling semi-attributable toxicity in dual-agent phase I trials with non-concurrent drug administration

Wheeler, Graham M., Sweeting, Michael J., Mander, Adrian P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-9040, Lee, Shing M. and Cheung, Ying Kuen K. 2017. Modelling semi-attributable toxicity in dual-agent phase I trials with non-concurrent drug administration. Statistics in Medicine 36 (2) , pp. 225-241. 10.1002/sim.6912

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Abstract

In oncology, combinations of drugs are often used to improve treatment efficacy and/or reduce harmful side effects. Dual‐agent phase I clinical trials assess drug safety and aim to discover a maximum tolerated dose combination via dose‐escalation; cohorts of patients are given set doses of both drugs and monitored to see if toxic reactions occur. Dose‐escalation decisions for subsequent cohorts are based on the number and severity of observed toxic reactions, and an escalation rule. In a combination trial, drugs may be administered concurrently or non‐concurrently over a treatment cycle. For two drugs given non‐concurrently with overlapping toxicities, toxicities occurring after administration of the first drug yet before administration of the second may be attributed directly to the first drug, whereas toxicities occurring after both drugs have been given some present ambiguity; toxicities may be attributable to the first drug only, the second drug only or the synergistic combination of both. We call this mixture of attributable and non‐attributable toxicity semi‐attributable toxicity. Most published methods assume drugs are given concurrently, which may not be reflective of trials with non‐concurrent drug administration. We incorporate semi‐attributable toxicity into Bayesian modelling for dual‐agent phase I trials with non‐concurrent drug administration and compare the operating characteristics to an approach where this detail is not considered. Simulations based on a trial for non‐concurrent administration of intravesical Cabazitaxel and Cisplatin in early‐stage bladder cancer patients are presented for several scenarios and show that including semi‐attributable toxicity data reduces the number of patients given overly toxic combinations. © 2016 The Authors. Statistics in Medicine Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Medicine
Additional Information: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 0277-6715
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 11 June 2019
Date of Acceptance: 27 January 2016
Last Modified: 05 May 2023 00:31
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/123295

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