Dactinomycin in Treating Patients With Persistent or Recurrent Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia

NCT ID: NCT00003688

Last Updated: 2013-06-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-10-31

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.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of dactinomycin in treating patients who have persistent or recurrent gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the efficacy of dactinomycin in patients with persistent or recurrent low-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.
* Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive dactinomycin IV over 15 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 2 weeks in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients who achieve normal beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) receive 2 additional courses after attaining normal beta-HCG.

Patients are followed every 2 weeks for 2 months and then monthly for 10 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-35 patients will be accrued for this study within 18-42 months.

Conditions

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Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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dactinomycin

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed complete or partial mole on initial evaluation

* Current diagnosis of persistent or recurrent low-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, defined by 1 of the following criteria:

* Less than 10% fall in beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) over 3 consecutive weekly titers
* More than 20% rise in beta-HCG over the previous value at any time
* Rise in beta-HCG (greater than 5 mU/mL) after attaining normal level
* Prior treatment limited to methotrexate (MTX) with or without leucovorin calcium (CF)
* WHO score 2-6 at time of relapse
* Must have undergone at least 1 prior curettage for diagnosis and initial management
* No metastatic disease other than lung or vagina on physical examination, chemistry, chest x-ray, or ultrasound
* No more than 8 metastatic lesions
* No histologically confirmed placental site trophoblastic tumor at initial evaluation

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 12 to 50

Performance status

* GOG 0-1

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* WBC at least 3,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
* Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm\^3

Hepatic

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal
* SGOT no greater than 3 times normal
* Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times normal

Renal

* Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

Other

* No significant infection
* No more than 1 year since prior pregnancy
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No other invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* See Disease Characteristics
* At least 1 week since prior chemotherapy and recovered
* No prior chemotherapeutic drugs other than MTX with or without CF

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* Not specified

Surgery

* See Disease Characteristics
* Recovered from prior surgery
* No concurrent curettage unless required to control vaginal bleeding

Other

* No prior anticancer treatment that would preclude study therapy
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Gynecologic Oncology Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Allan Covens, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre

Locations

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

Community Hospital of Los Gatos

Los Gatos, California, United States

Site Status

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Cancer Center

Orange, California, United States

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MBCCOP - Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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Indiana University Cancer Center

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status

Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Site Status

Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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Tufts - New England Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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University of Minnesota Cancer Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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Cooper University Hospital

Camden, New Jersey, United States

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State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn

Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Long Island Cancer Center at Stony Brook University Hospital

Stony Brook, New York, United States

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Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Ireland Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, United States

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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Abington Memorial Hospital

Abington, Pennsylvania, United States

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Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Brookview Research, Inc.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas, United States

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University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

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Norwegian Radium Hospital

Oslo, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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United States Norway

References

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Covens A, Filiaci VL, Burger RA, Osborne R, Chen MD; Gynecologic Oncology Group. Phase II trial of pulse dactinomycin as salvage therapy for failed low-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Cancer. 2006 Sep 15;107(6):1280-6. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22118.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16900525 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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GOG-176

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000066791

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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