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

October 20, 2020 updated by: Jean Yuh Tang

Oral Arsenic Trioxide and Itraconazole for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma

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.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Withdrawn

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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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.

Study Type

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Interventional

Phase

Phase

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  • Early Phase 1

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

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

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: 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.
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Drug: Itraconazole
Given PO
Other Names:
  • Sporanox
  • Lozanoc
  • Oriconazole
  • R 51,211
Drug: Arsenic Trioxide
Given PO
Other Names:
  • Arsenic (III) Oxide
  • Arsenic Sesquioxide
  • Arsenous Acid Anhydride
  • Trisenox
  • Arsenous Acid
  • Arsenous Oxide
  • White Arsenic

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Gli levels
Time Frame: Baseline to up to 1 month
Nonparametric methods (Wilcoxon sign rank test) will be used given then the continuous outcome and small sample size.
Baseline to up to 1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Tumor response using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria
Time Frame: At 3 months
Proportion of subjects with complete response, partial response, stable disease, or disease progression by RECIST criteria.
At 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Jean Yuh Tang

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Jean Tang, Stanford Cancer Institute

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

Study Start

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December 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

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September 1, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

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September 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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March 1, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 1, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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March 4, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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October 22, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 20, 2020

Last Verified

Last Verified

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October 1, 2020

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • IRB-35488
  • NCI-2016-00180 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))
  • SKIN0033 (Other Identifier: Stanford Cancer Institute)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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