Methotrexate Plus Dipyridamole in Treating Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00002487

Last Updated: 2013-09-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1991-07-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Dipyridamole may increase the effectiveness of methotrexate and kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining methotrexate and dipyridamole in treating patients with advanced ovarian cancer that is recurrent after or refractory to cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the clinical complete and partial response rate, pathological complete response rate, disease-free survival, and duration of response produced by intraperitoneal dipyridamole/methotrexate (DP/MTX) administered as a 7-day continuous infusion in patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma that is recurrent following or refractory to cisplatin-based chemotherapy. II. Determine the peritoneal and systemic toxicity of DP/MTX.

OUTLINE: Nonrandomized study. Single-Agent Chemotherapy with Chemopotentiation. Methotrexate, MTX, NSC-740; with Dipyridamole, DP, NSC-515776.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Up to 40 evaluable patients in each category (prior intraperitoneal vs. prior intravenous platinum-based chemotherapy) will be studied. If no responses are seen in the first 20 patients in either category, accrual to that category will cease. An accrual rate of 15 patients/year is anticipated.

Conditions

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Ovarian Cancer

Keywords

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recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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dipyridamole

Intervention Type DRUG

methotrexate

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven, Stage III/IV ovarian carcinoma that is refractory or recurrent within 1 year of complete response to intraperitoneal or intravenous platinum-based chemotherapy Debulking surgery must have been considered at the completion of prior chemotherapy (failure to debulk does not exclude) Clinical or radiographic evidence of advanced, predominantly peritoneal disease on physical exam, CT or MRI scan, exploratory laparotomy, or peritoneal cytology or by elevated CA-125 (above 35 units in Ottawa Civic or General Hospitals) required Disease limited to peritoneal cavity not required, but peritoneal disease should constitute the main life-threatening or symptom-producing component Good distribution of contrast medium throughout peritoneal cavity on CT of abdomen and pelvis required Measurable, evaluable, or unevaluable disease of any size acceptable

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: More than 2 months Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000 Platelets at least 100,000 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 3 X ULN SGOT less than 3 x ULN Renal: Creatinine less than 1.7 mg/dl (150 micromoles/liter) BUN less than 42 mg/dl (15 mmoles/liter) Other: No requirement for DP or MTX or any medication known to interact with DP, (i.e., antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs) or MTX (i.e., chemotherapeutic agents) No second malignancy other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Recovery from toxicities of prior therapy required Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Prior platinum-based chemotherapy required No concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior abdominopelvic or pelvic radiotherapy No concurrent peritoneal radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Other: No concurrent antiplatelet or vasodilatory agents
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Rakesh Goel, MD, FRCPC

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre

Locations

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Ottawa Regional Cancer Center - General Division

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre - Civic Campus

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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CAN-OTT-9017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-V92-0012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000077374

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id