Gefitinib in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Synovial Sarcoma

NCT ID: NCT00052754

Last Updated: 2012-09-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

48 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-10-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Biological therapies such as gefitinib may interfere with the growth of the tumor cells and slow the growth of synovial sarcoma.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of gefitinib in treating patients who have locally advanced or metastatic synovial sarcoma.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the therapeutic activity of gefitinib, in terms of progression-free rate, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic synovial sarcoma expressing HER1.
* Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.
* Determine the objective response, in terms of time to onset and duration of response, in patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the overall survival of patients treated with this drug.

OUTLINE: This is a non-randomized, multicenter study.

Patients receive oral gefitinib twice daily. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14-44 patients will be accrued for this study within 18 months.

Conditions

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Sarcoma

Keywords

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adult synovial sarcoma stage III adult soft tissue sarcoma recurrent adult soft tissue sarcoma stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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gefitinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically proven advanced or metastatic synovial sarcoma that is not amenable to surgery, radiotherapy, or combined modality treatment with curative intent
* HER1 antigen expression
* Must have received at least 1 prior chemotherapy regimen comprising doxorubicin and/or ifosfamide
* At least 1 measurable lesion with evidence of progression within 3 months of study

* Osseous lesions and pleural effusions are not considered measurable
* No symptomatic or known CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 and over

Performance status

* WHO 0-2

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* WBC greater than 3,000/mm\^3
* Granulocyte count greater than 1,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Albumin at least 25 g/L

Renal

* Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN OR
* Creatinine clearance greater than 65 mL/min

Cardiovascular

* No history of severe cardiovascular disease

Pulmonary

* No evidence of clinically active interstitial lung disease

* Asymptomatic chronic stable radiographic changes allowed

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No known severe hypersensitivity to gefitinib or any of its excipients
* No other primary malignant tumor except adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal cell skin cancer, or any other malignant tumor in complete remission for at least 3 years
* No other severe medical illness
* No psychosis
* No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* See Disease Characteristics
* At least 28 days since prior chemotherapy and recovered

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* At least 3 months since prior radiotherapy to measurable lesion and recovered
* No concurrent radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma
* Concurrent palliative radiotherapy to nontarget lesions allowed

Surgery

* Not specified

Other

* More than 28 days since prior unapproved or investigational drugs and recovered
* No concurrent phenytoin, carbamazepine, rifampin, barbiturates, or Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort)
* No other concurrent cytostatic agents
* No other concurrent tyrosine kinase activity inhibitors
* No other concurrent systemic therapy for soft tissue sarcoma
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Centre Leon Berard

Locations

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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

U.Z. Gasthuisberg

Leuven, , Belgium

Site Status

Institut Bergonie

Bordeaux, , France

Site Status

Centre Leon Berard

Lyon, , France

Site Status

CHU de la Timone

Marseille, , France

Site Status

Centre Antoine Lacassagne

Nice, , France

Site Status

Institut Curie - Section Medicale

Paris, , France

Site Status

Institut Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, , France

Site Status

Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden, , Netherlands

Site Status

Nijmegen Cancer Center at Radboud University Medical Center

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

Site Status

Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Center at Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - London

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Meyerstein Institute of Oncology at University College of London Hospitals

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Christie Hospital N.H.S. Trust

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium France Netherlands United Kingdom

References

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Ray-Coquard I, Le Cesne A, Whelan JS, Schoffski P, Bui BN, Verweij J, Marreaud S, van Glabbeke M, Hogendoorn P, Blay JY. A phase II study of gefitinib for patients with advanced HER-1 expressing synovial sarcoma refractory to doxorubicin-containing regimens. Oncologist. 2008 Apr;13(4):467-73. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0065.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18448563 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EORTC-62022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-62022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id