Bortezomib, Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, and Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00098982

Last Updated: 2013-06-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 16 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2004-09-30

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Bortezomib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It may also help the chemotherapy drugs work better by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drugs. Giving bortezomib with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of bortezomib when given with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin in treating patients with advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

• Determine the dose-limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated dose of bortezomib when administered with fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, and oxaliplatin in patients with advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer.
• Determine the recommended phase II dose of bortezomib in patients treated with this regimen.

Secondary

• Determine response in patients with measurable disease treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, non-randomized, multicenter, dose-escalation study of bortezomib.

Patients receive bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 1, 8, and 15; oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on days 1 and 15; and leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours and fluorouracil IV over 22 hours on days 1, 2, 15, and 16. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of bortezomib until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Additional patients receive treatment at the MTD to a maximum of 12 patients at that dose level.

Patients are followed every 8 weeks until disease progression or start of a new anticancer treatment.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Not specified.

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Study Design

• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

bortezomib

Intervention Type: DRUG

fluorouracil

Intervention Type: DRUG

leucovorin calcium

Intervention Type: DRUG

oxaliplatin

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer
• Amenable to first-line treatment with oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin calcium for advanced or metastatic disease
• No symptomatic or radiologic evidence of brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

• Over 18

Performance status

• ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy

• Not specified

Hematopoietic

• Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 2,000/mm^3
• Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

• Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases are present)
• AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases are present)

Renal

• Creatinine ≤ 1.7 mg/dL

Cardiovascular

• No ischemic heart disease within the past 6 months
• No clinically significant ECG changes

Other

• Not pregnant or nursing
• Negative pregnancy test
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception
• No baseline neuropathy > grade 1
• No other prior or concurrent malignancy except cone-biopsied carcinoma of the cervix or adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
• No unstable systemic disease
• No active uncontrolled infection
• No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study participation
• No hypersensitivity to bortezomib, boron, or mannitol

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

• Not specified

Chemotherapy

• No prior oxaliplatin
• No prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic disease
• At least 6 months since prior adjuvant chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

• Not specified

Radiotherapy

• More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy

Surgery

• More than 14 days since prior major surgery

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Francesco Caponigro, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori

Locations

Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori

Naples, , Italy

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, , Switzerland

Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Countries

Italy; Switzerland; United Kingdom

References

Caponigro F, Lacombe D, Twelves C, Bauer J, Govaerts AS, Marreaud S, Milano A, Anthoney A. An EORTC phase I study of Bortezomib in combination with oxaliplatin, leucovorin and 5-fluorouracil in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2009 Jan;45(1):48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.08.011. Epub 2008 Sep 20.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 18809314 (View on PubMed)

Lacombe DA, Caponigro F, Anthoney A, et al.: A phase I study of bortezomib in combination with 5FU/LV plus oxaliplatin in patients (pts) with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC): EORTC 16029. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-4090, 2007.

Reference Type: RESULT

Other Identifiers

EORTC-16029

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

MILLENNIUM-EORTC-16029

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2004-001763-21

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-16029

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id