Combination Chemotherapy Following Surgery in Treating Patients With Advanced Bladder Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00003133

Last Updated: 2013-06-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 1997-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2003-01-31

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy following surgery in treating patients with advanced bladder cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the safety and toxicity of sequential dose intensive adjuvant systemic therapy consisting of gemcitabine, then doxorubin, followed by paclitaxel and cisplatin with filgrastim (granulocyte colony stimulating factor; G-CSF) for patients with completely resected, locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium. II. Assess the disease free and overall survival of these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive gemcitabine IV on weeks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 for a total of 6 doses. A 1 week rest period occurs after the third dose of gemcitabine. At least 14 days after the last dose of gemcitabine, during the ninth week, patients receive doxorubicin at 2 week intervals (weeks 9, 11, 13, and 15) for a total of 4 doses. Filgrastim (granulocyte colony stimulating factor; G-CSF) is administered subcutaneously on days 3-10 of each cycle of doxorubicin. At least 14 days after the last dose of doxorubicin, during week 17, patients receive the combination of paclitaxel IV (3 hour infusion) and cisplatin, at 2 week intervals (weeks 17, 19, 21, and 23) for a total of 4 doses. G-CSF is again administered on days 3-10 of each of these cycles. Patients are followed every 3 months for the first 2 years, every 6 months for the next 3 years, then annually until death.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: This study will accrue 25-30 patients in 1.5-2 years.

Conditions

Bladder Cancer; Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter

Study Design

• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT

Interventions

filgrastim

Intervention Type: BIOLOGICAL

cisplatin

Intervention Type: DRUG

doxorubicin hydrochloride

Intervention Type: DRUG

gemcitabine hydrochloride

Intervention Type: DRUG

paclitaxel

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% ECOG 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 150,000/mm3 Granulocyte count at least 1500/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal SGOT and alkaline phosphatase less than 2 times normal Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/ min Cardiovascular: LVEF at least 50% No New York Heart Association class II or IV heart disease No serious cardiac arrhythmias, including first, second, or third degree heart block Other: No concurrent second malignancy except nonmelanomatous skin cancer or curatively treated in situ carcinoma of the cervix No uncontrolled infection Fertile patients must use barrier method contraception before, during, and for 6 months after therapy and are encouraged to continue barrier method contraception for 2 years or longer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior systemic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior irradiation of the bladder Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Definitive surgery performed within 10 weeks of study treatment start

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

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Principal Investigators

Dean F. Bajorin, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

CDR0000065899

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-G97-1358

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

97-106

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id