Pemetrexed Disodium in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Low-Risk Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor After a Molar Pregnancy

NCT ID: NCT00096187

Last Updated: 2018-04-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

55 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-07-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as pemetrexed disodium, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well pemetrexed disodium works in treating patients with recurrent or persistent low-risk gestational trophoblastic tumor after a molar pregnancy.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the activity of pemetrexed disodium as salvage therapy in patients with persistent or recurrent low-risk post-molar gestational trophoblastic tumor that failed prior dactinomycin or methotrexate.
* Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression or until tumor marker levels (human chorionic gonadotropin \[hCG\]) become normal. Patients receive 2 additional courses beyond the attainment of a normal hCG.

Beginning 7 days before and continuing until 3 weeks after the last dose of pemetrexed disodium, patients also receive oral folic acid daily and cyanocobalamin (vitamin B\_12) intramuscularly every 9 weeks.

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

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 17-55 patients will be accrued for this study within 20-50 months.

Conditions

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Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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pemetrexed disodium

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosis of low-risk post-molar gestational trophoblastic tumor, defined as 1 of the following:

* Increasing human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels on ≥ 3 consecutive measurements taken over ≥ a 2-week period
* Less than 10% decrease of hCG levels on 4 measurements taken over ≥ a 3-week period
* Persistent or recurrent disease
* Histologically confirmed complete or partial mole on initial evacuation

* Prior pregnancy ≤ 12 months ago
* No histologically confirmed choriocarcinoma or placental site trophoblastic tumor on initial evacuation
* Failed only 1 prior dactinomycin or methotrexate therapy (with or without leucovorin calcium)
* WHO score 2-6
* No evidence of metastatic disease, except to the lung or vagina, on physical exam, chemistry, chest X-ray, and ultrasound

* No liver, spleen, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract metastases
* No more than 8 metastatic lesions

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* Any age

Performance status

* GOG 0-1

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
* Granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3

Hepatic

* Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* SGOT ≤ 3 times ULN
* Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 times ULN

Renal

* Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
* Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study participation
* No significant infection
* No other invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* No concurrent prophylactic filgrastim (G-CSF) unless for recurrent neutropenic complications
* No concurrent prophylactic thrombopoietic agents unless for recurrent grade 4 thrombocytopenia

Chemotherapy

* See Disease Characteristics
* At least 7 days since prior dactinomycin or methotrexate (with or without leucovorin calcium) and recovered
* No prior pemetrexed disodium
* No other prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* At least 14 days since prior radiotherapy and recovered
* No prior radiotherapy to ≥ 25% of the bone marrow

Surgery

* Recovered from prior surgery

Other

* No nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or salicylates for 2 days (or 5 days for drugs with a long half-life) before, during, and for 2 days after pemetrexed disodium administration

* Concurrent low-dose aspirin (≤ 325 mg/day) allowed
Maximum Eligible Age

120 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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David S. Miller, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Simmons Cancer Center

Allan Covens, MD

Role:

Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre

Locations

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Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama-Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank

Burbank, California, United States

Site Status

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

Orange, California, United States

Site Status

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Hinsdale Hematology Oncology Associates

Hinsdale, Illinois, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status

St. John's Regional Health Center

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Hulston Cancer Center at Cox Medical Center South

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees

Voorhees Township, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Wilson Medical Center

Wilson, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Riverside Methodist Hospital Cancer Care

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Hillcrest Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital

Mayfield Heights, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Lake/University Ireland Cancer Center

Mentor, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Oklahoma University Cancer Institute

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status

Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital

Abington, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

McGlinn Family Regional Cancer Center at Reading Hospital and Medical Center

Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status

UMC Southwest Cancer and Research Center

Lubbock, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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GOG-0217

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

GOG-UC0205

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

LILLY-H3E-US-JMGR

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000390347

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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