13-Cis Retinoic Acid With or Without Vitamin E for Prevention of Lung Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00002586

Last Updated: 2020-05-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 96 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 1993-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2005-12-31

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: 13 Cis retinoic acid may prevent the development of cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized double-blinded phase II trial to study the effectiveness of 13-cis retinoic acid with or without vitamin E for chemoprevention or observation of cancer in persons at high risk of developing lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

• To determine if alpha tocopherol can reduce the toxicities of low dose 13-cis retinoic acid administered for one year.
• To access the adequacy of the collected specimens for studies of intermediate endpoint markers.
• to establish a depository of biologic specimens for future studies of new biomarkers.

• Arm 1: Patients receive oral 13-cis retinoic acid daily.
• Arm 2: Patients receive oral 13-cis retinoic acid and oral vitamin E daily.
• Arm 3: Patients undergo observation only. Treatment continues in arms I and II for 1 year in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed annually for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 100 patients (33 Arm 1, 33 Arm 2, and 34 Arm 3) will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Conditions

Drug Toxicity; Lung Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

13-cis retinoic acid

13-cis retinoic acid 50 mg/d

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

13-cis retinoic acid

Intervention Type: DRUG

13-Cis Retinoic Acid and Tocopherol

13-Cis Retinoic Acid (50 mg/day) Tocopherol (800 mg/day)

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

13-cis retinoic acid

Intervention Type: DRUG

Tocopherol

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Observation

Observation

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

13-cis retinoic acid

Intervention Type: DRUG

Tocopherol

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Other Intervention Names

Isotretinoin, AccutaneT; Vitamin E

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients identified through the Tissue Procurement/Screening Project with mild, moderate or severe dysplasia, Ca In situ OR surgically cured patients with head and neck cancer who are found to have mild atypia or greater on their staging bronchoscopy. (This includes carcinoma in situ). Also eligible are patients with Stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer who are disease free greater than 36 months.

2. Patients must have at least a 30 pack year smoking history.

3. Patients must be a current smoker or ex-smoker who have not smoked for at least 6 months more.

4. Patients must have peripheral granulocyte count of > 1500 and platelet count of > 150,000.

5. Patients must have adequate hepatic function with bilirubin < 1.5 mg % and SGPT < 4 times institutional upper limits of normal.

6. Patients must have adequate renal function with serum creatinine < 1.5 mg %.

7. All patients must be informed of the investigational nature of the study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients must not have a current or past history of cancer within the past 5 years with the exception of surgically cured head and neck cancer or surgically cured Stage I or II lung cancer > 36 months from diagnosis or skin cancer or in situ cancers.

2. Patients must have no serious intercurrent illness including insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or hypercholesterolemia (>239mg/dl) / hypertriglyceridemia (>149mg/dl).

3. Patients must not have evidence of clinically active coronary artery disease including myocardial infarction within 6 weeks, chest pain or poorly controlled congestive heart failure or any other serious medical condition, which would preclude a patient from undergoing a bronchoscopy.

4. Patients must not have cardiac dysrhythmia that is potentially life threatening such as ventricular tachycardia, multifocal premature ventricular contractions or supraventricular tachycardias with a rapid ventricular response. Well controlled atrial fibrillation or rare (<2/minute) premature ventricular contractions are not exclusionary

5. Chest x-ray must not show evidence of tumor.

6. Patients must not be taking vitamin A or E supplements

7. Patients must not be taking tetracycline or minocycline.

8. Patients who have had prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

9. Women who are pregnant are ineligible

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

York E. Miller, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Colorado, Denver

Locations

University of Colorado Cancer Center at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Denver, Colorado, United States

National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine

Denver, Colorado, United States

Lung Cancer Institute

Denver, Colorado, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

Denver, Colorado, United States

Countries

United States

References

Kelly K, Kittelson J, Franklin WA, Kennedy TC, Klein CE, Keith RL, Dempsey EC, Lewis M, Jackson MK, Hirsch FR, Bunn PA, Miller YE. A randomized phase II chemoprevention trial of 13-CIS retinoic acid with or without alpha tocopherol or observation in subjects at high risk for lung cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2009 May;2(5):440-9. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-08-0136. Epub 2009 Apr 28.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 19401528 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

NCI-V94-0506

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

92-0382

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id