Epirubicin Plus Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00020748

Last Updated: 2011-03-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-08-31

Study Completion Date

2004-10-31

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. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of epirubicin plus irinotecan in treating patients who have advanced cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the dose-limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated dose of epirubicin and irinotecan in patients with advanced cancer.
* Determine the objective antitumor responses in patients treated with this regimen.
* Determine the pharmacokinetics of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.

Patients receive irinotecan IV over 1 hour followed by epirubicin IV over 5 minutes on days 1 and 8. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Sequential dose escalation of epirubicin is followed by sequential dose escalation of irinotecan. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of epirubicin and irinotecan until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of each is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3-30 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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epirubicin hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

irinotecan hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically documented incurable malignancy for which there is no beneficial standard therapy

* Locally unresectable or metastatic disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* At least 8 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

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* SGOT and SGPT no greater than 2 times ULN

Renal:

* Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR
* Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

* Ejection fraction at least 50% by MUGA scan
* No congestive heart failure

Other:

* Maintaining a reasonable state of nutrition
* No frequent vomiting or severe anorexia
* No weight loss greater than 10% of current body weight within the past 4 weeks
* No other concurrent medical illness that would preclude study
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* No concurrent immunotherapy

Chemotherapy:

* Prior doxorubicin allowed if cumulative dose no greater than 240 mg/m2

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

* Not specified

Other:

* Recovered from prior therapy
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

Georgetown University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Georgetown University

Principal Investigators

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John L. Marshall, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA051008

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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GUMC-00191

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

GUMC-072000-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-G01-1956

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000068710

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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