Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Advanced Gallbladder or Bile Duct Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00003276

Last Updated: 2016-07-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 1998-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2001-03-31

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of irinotecan in treating patients with advanced gallbladder or bile duct cancer that cannot be removed surgically.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the objective tumor response rate in patients with advanced gallbladder or bile duct tumors treated with irinotecan. II. Evaluate time-to-progression, survival, and toxic effects associated with irinotecan given weekly for 4 weeks every 6 weeks in this patient population.

OUTLINE: Patients receive a 90 minute continuous infusion of irinotecan on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 for 4 weeks, followed by a 2 week rest period. Courses of treatment are repeated every 42 days. Patients continue treatment in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, then every 6 months for the next 4 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 22-40 patients will be accrued for this study over 2-4 years.

Conditions

Gallbladder Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

irinotecan

Patients receive a 90 minute continuous infusion of irinotecan on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 for 4 weeks, followed by a 2 week rest period. Courses of treatment are repeated every 42 days. Patients continue treatment in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, then every 6 months for the next 4 years.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

irinotecan hydrochloride

Intervention Type: DRUG

Interventions

irinotecan hydrochloride

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven gallbladder or bile duct carcinoma with metastatic or recurrent disease deemed unresectable and not considered a candidate for potentially curative therapy Measurable or evaluable disease No known active CNS disease Closed to bile duct carcinoma as of July 1999

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: SGOT no greater than 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR Bilirubin no greater than 2 times ULN in patients with biliary stents or percutaneous biliary catheters Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease Other: Nutritional intake at least 1200 kcal/day No uncontrolled infection or chronic debilitating disease Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No uncontrolled seizure disorder No prior malignancy within 5 years except adequately treated basal cell/squamous cell carcinomas and adequately treated noninvasive carcinomas

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior biological therapy or immunotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease No concurrent biologic therapy Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease Prior adjuvant chemotherapy allowed if used as a radiation sensitizer for completely resected disease No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease Prior adjuvant radiotherapy allowed if used as a radiation sensitizer for completely resected disease No radiotherapy to greater than 25% of bone marrow No radiotherapy within the past 4 weeks No concurrent radiotherapy Concurrent CNS radiation allowed Surgery: No post abdominal exploration (with or without resection) within the past 4 weeks Other: No concurrent medication for other medical conditions except for: Analgesics Chronic treatments for preexisting conditions Agents required for life-threatening medical conditions No laxatives

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

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Steven R. Alberts, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Mayo Clinic

Locations

CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association

Peoria, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

Urbana, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Siouxland Hematology-Oncology

Sioux City, Iowa, United States

CCOP - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, United States

CCOP - Ochsner

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

CentraCare Clinic

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States

CCOP - Metro-Minnesota

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States

CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Quain & Ramstad Clinic, P.C.

Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

CCOP - Merit Care Hospital

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Altru Health Systems

Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States

CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

Toledo, Ohio, United States

CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Rapid City Regional Hospital

Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Saskatchewan Cancer Agency

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Countries

United States; Canada

References

Alberts SR, Fishkin PA, Burgart LJ, Cera PJ, Mahoney MR, Morton RF, Johnson PA, Nair S, Goldberg RM; North Central Cancer Treatment Group. CPT-11 for bile-duct and gallbladder carcinoma: a phase II North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study. Int J Gastrointest Cancer. 2002;32(2-3):107-14. doi: 10.1385/ijgc:32:2-3:107.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 12794246 (View on PubMed)

Fishkin P, Alberts S, Mahoney M, et al.: Irinotecan (CPT-11) in patients (Pts) with advanced gallbladder (GB) Carcinoma (CA): a North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) phase II study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20: A-618, 2001.

Reference Type: RESULT

Alberts S, Mahoney M, Fishkin P, et al.: Toxicity of irinotecan (CPT-11) in patients (PTS) with advanced gallbladder (GB) or biliary (BILI) tumors: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A-1166, 2000.

Reference Type: RESULT

Other Identifiers

CDR0000066181

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCCTG-964252

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id