Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00111904

Last Updated: 2011-12-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

43 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-05-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well paclitaxel works in treating patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the time to progression and time to treatment failure in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic epithelial carcinoma of the pancreas treated with paclitaxel loaded polymeric micelle (Genexol\^®-PM).
* Determine the best overall response rate and duration of response in patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the overall survival of patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the clinical benefit and safety of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive paclitaxel loaded polymeric micelle (Genexol\^®-PM) IV over 3 hours on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 43 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Pancreatic Cancer

Keywords

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stage III pancreatic cancer recurrent pancreatic cancer stage IV pancreatic cancer

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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paclitaxel-loaded polymeric micelle

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically or cytologically confirmed epithelial carcinoma of the pancreas

* Unresectable\* locally advanced or metastatic disease NOTE: \*Documented by high-quality contrast-enhanced CT scan
* No known or clinical evidence of CNS metastasis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 and over

Performance status

* ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

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

Hepatic

* SGOT or SGPT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN

Renal

* Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ
* No unstable or serious medical condition
* No psychiatric disorder that would preclude giving informed consent

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* No prior chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer

* Prior fluorouracil as a radiosensitizer allowed

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* More than 6 weeks since prior radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer

* Disease must have progressed after completion of radiotherapy

Surgery

* More than 14 days since prior major surgery and recovered

Other

* More than 30 days since prior investigational agents
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Theradex

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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John S. MacDonald, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Beth Israel Comprehensive Cancer Center - West Side Campus

Locations

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Florida Cancer Specialists - Bonita Springs

Bonita Springs, Florida, United States

Site Status

Midwest Cancer Research Group, Incorporated

Skokie, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Louisiana Oncology Associates - Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

Site Status

St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center - Manhattan

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Southwest Regional Cancer Center - Central

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Saif MW, Podoltsev NA, Rubin MS, Figueroa JA, Lee MY, Kwon J, Rowen E, Yu J, Kerr RO. Phase II clinical trial of paclitaxel loaded polymeric micelle in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Cancer Invest. 2010 Feb;28(2):186-94. doi: 10.3109/07357900903179591.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19968498 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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TARGET-S04-10485

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

WIRB-20050099

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000433513

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id