Temozolomide and Thalidomide in Treating Patients With Metastatic, Locally Advanced, or Unresectable Leiomyosarcoma

January 3, 2014 updated by: Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

A Phase II Study of Combination Therapy of a Protracted Oral Schedule of Temozolomide and Thalidomide as First-Line or Subsequent Therapy for Patients With Metastatic, Locally Advanced or Unresectable Leiomyosarcoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Thalidomide may stop the growth of cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Combining temozolomide with thalidomide may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining temozolomide with thalidomide in treating patients who have metastatic, locally advanced, or unresectable leiomyosarcoma.

Study Overview

Status

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Unknown

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the efficacy of temozolomide and thalidomide in patients with metastatic, locally advanced, or unresectable leiomyosarcoma.
  • Determine the time to progression in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the clinical and laboratory toxic effects and tolerability of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral temozolomide once daily for 7 days every other week and oral thalidomide once daily. Treatment continues for up to 26 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-25 patients will be accrued for this study within 7.5-25 months.

Study Type

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Interventional

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10032
        • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed leiomyosarcoma

    • Metastatic, locally advanced, or unresectable
  • Ineligible for other high priority national or institutional study

  • At least 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion documented on radiologic study

    • At least 2 cm by 2 cm
    • Not previously irradiated unless disease progression at the site is evident
  • No brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • SWOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • More than 2 months

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC greater than 3,000/mm^3
  • Neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 70,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT or SGPT less than 1.5 times ULN*
  • Alkaline phosphatase less than 2 times ULN* NOTE: * Less than 5 times ULN if documented liver disease

Renal:

  • Creatinine less than 1.5 times normal OR
  • Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min
  • BUN less than 1.5 times normal

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use 2 forms of effective contraception for 4 weeks before, during, and for 4 weeks after study therapy
  • No acute infection requiring systemic antibiotics
  • No frequent vomiting or medical condition that would preclude intake of oral medication (e.g., partial bowel obstruction)
  • No other serious medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study participation
  • No prior malignancy except curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy
  • No more than 3 prior systemic chemotherapy regimens for metastatic, locally advanced, or unresectable leiomyosarcoma
  • Prior dacarbazine allowed

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy to 50% or more of bone marrow
  • Concurrent radiotherapy for local control or palliative therapy for painful bony or soft tissue lesion allowed

Surgery:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior surgery and recovered

Other:

  • Recovered from all prior therapies
  • No other concurrent investigational drugs

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Response (complete and partial response)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time to progression
Overall survival
Clinical benefit

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborators

Collaborators

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Study Chair: Robert N. Taub, MD, PhD, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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March 1, 2002

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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April 9, 2002

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

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January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

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January 6, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 3, 2014

Last Verified

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May 1, 2005

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • CDR0000069314
  • CPMC-IRB-14323
  • NCI-G02-2060

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