Arsenic Trioxide and Itraconazole in Treating Patients With Advanced Basal Cell Cancer

NCT ID: NCT02699723

Last Updated: 2020-10-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Clinical Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-12-31
• Study Completion Date: 2021-09-30

Brief Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies how well arsenic trioxide and itraconazole work in treating patients with basal cell cancer that has spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as arsenic trioxide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Itraconazole may help treat fungal infections in patients with basal cell cancer. Giving arsenic trioxide with itraconazole may work better in treating basal cell cancer.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the response of arsenic trioxide/itraconazole in patients with refractory basal cell carcinoma.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine if this treatment is associated with a reduction in Gli messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) levels in tumor and/or normal skin biopsy samples, when compared to baseline levels.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive arsenic trioxide orally (PO) and itraconazole PO daily for 50 days, followed by maintenance therapy consisting of 2 weeks off treatment and then 2 weeks on treatment for up to 6 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 2 years.

Conditions

Skin Basal Cell Carcinoma

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Treatment (arsenic trioxide, itraconazole)

Patients receive arsenic trioxide PO and itraconazole PO daily for 50 days, followed by maintenance therapy consisting of 2 weeks off treatment and then 2 weeks on treatment for up to 6 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Arsenic Trioxide

Intervention Type: DRUG

Given PO

Itraconazole

Intervention Type: DRUG

Given PO

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Intervention Type: OTHER

Correlative studies

Interventions

Arsenic Trioxide

Given PO

Intervention Type: DRUG

Itraconazole

Given PO

Intervention Type: DRUG

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Arsenic (III) Oxide; Arsenic Sesquioxide; Arsenous Acid; Arsenous Acid Anhydride; Arsenous Oxide; Trisenox; White Arsenic; Lozanoc; Oriconazole; R 51,211; Sporanox

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
• Patients ineligible for curative locoregional treatment and have either progressed on, did not tolerate, unwilling to try or ineligible for investigational smoothened antagonist such as Erivedge or Odomzo
• Life expectancy estimate > 3 months
• Performance status Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0 to 2
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
• Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
• Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
• Creatinine =< 1.9 mg/dL
• Corrected QT (QTC) by 12 lead electrocardiography (EKG) < 450 msecs
• Serum potassium, magnesium and calcium levels which fall within normal limits or levels outside the normal range determined not to be clinically significant by the principal investigator (PI)
• Serum prothrombin time, international normalized ratio (INR) and partial thromboplastin times which fall within normal limits or levels outside the normal range determined not to be clinically significant by the PI
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
• Females and males of reproductive potential must use effective contraception during and after treatment for 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• Concurrent use of other investigational agents
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Receiving potassium wasting diuretics or amphotericin must be noted to have theoretically increased arrhythmia risks with arsenic trioxide (potassium wasting diuretics or amphotericin are not excluded)
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, liver disease, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, recurrent seizure history or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with treatment requirements
• Currently taking systemic medications that would affect BCC tumors (oral retinoids) or metabolism of itraconazole (anti convulsants and corticosteroids); itraconazole should not be taken with cisapride (Propulsid), dofetilide (Tikosyn), oral midazolam (Versed), nisoldipine (Sular), pimozide (Orap), quinidine (Quinaglute), triazolam (Halcion), or levomethadyl (Orlaam), lovastatin (Mevacor), simvastatin (Zocor), or an ergot medication such as dihydroergotamine (Migranal), ergometrine or ergonovine (Ergotrate Maleate), ergotamine (Ergomar), or methylergometrine or methylergonovine (Methergine)
• History or current evidence of malabsorption or liver disease that would impair the absorption of itraconazole
• History or current evidence of hyperthyroidism that would increase metabolism of itraconazole
• Immunosuppressed patients (cancer, autoimmune disease) or patients taking immunosuppressive drugs
• Pregnant or breastfeeding

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

Sponsors

Jean Yuh Tang

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jean Yuh Tang

Associate Professor of Dermatology

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Jean Tang

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford Cancer Institute

Other Identifiers

NCI-2016-00180

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

SKIN0033

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

IRB-35488

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id