Rebeccamycin Analogue in Treating Patients With Advanced Liver and/or Biliary Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00005997

Last Updated: 2010-06-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

72 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-04-30

Study Completion Date

2005-11-30

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 rebeccamycin analogue in treating patients who have advanced liver and/or biliary cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the response rate in patients with advanced hepatobiliary carcinoma treated with rebeccamycin analogue.
* Assess the toxicity associated with this drug in this patient population.
* Evaluate the survival of this patient population treated with this drug.
* Determine the pharmacokinetics of this drug in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a partial dose-escalation study.

Patients receive rebeccamycin analogue IV over 1 hour daily on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts according to hepatic dysfunction. (Cohort I closed to accrual as of 11/1/03.)

* Cohort I (closed to accrual as of 11/1/03): Patients receive a fixed dose of rebeccamycin analogue.
* Cohort II: Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of rebeccamycin analogue until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12-37 patients will be accrued for this study within 6-37 months.

Conditions

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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Gallbladder Cancer Liver Cancer

Study Design

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Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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becatecarin

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of rebeccamycin analogue until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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DEAE-rebeccamycin rebeccamycin analogue rebeccamycin analogue, tartrate salt

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Measurable disease
* No known brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic:

* WBC at least 3,000/mm\^3
* Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin greater than 10 g/dL

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin less than 3 mg/dL

* Cohort I (closed to accrual as of 11/1/03)

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
* AST no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Cohort II

* Bilirubin greater than 1.5 mg/dL and less than 3 mg/dL OR
* Bilirubin no greater 1.5 mg/dL AND AST greater than 2.5 times ULN

Renal:

* Creatinine normal OR
* Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

* No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease

Other:

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* No prior chemotherapy for cholangiocarcinoma or hepatobiliary carcinoma

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* Not specified

Surgery:

* Not specified

Other:

* No concurrent combination antiviral therapy for HIV-positive patients
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Principal Investigators

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Afshin Dowlati, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Hillman Cancer Center at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Dowlati A, Posey J, Ramanathan RK, Rath L, Fu P, Chak A, Krishnamurthi S, Brell J, Ingalls S, Hoppel CL, Ivy P, Remick SC. Phase II and pharmacokinetic trial of rebeccamycin analog in advanced biliary cancers. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2009 Dec;65(1):73-8. doi: 10.1007/s00280-009-1005-x. Epub 2009 Apr 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19399502 (View on PubMed)

Dowlati A, Posey J, Ramanathan RK, et al.: Multicenter phase II and pharmacokinetic study of rebeccamycin analogue (RA) in advanced biliary cancers. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-1070, 2003.

Reference Type RESULT

Other Identifiers

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U01CA063200

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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P30CA043703

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CWRU-2299

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-96

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CWRU2299

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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