Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma

June 14, 2023 updated by: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Pilot Study to Evaluate the Potential Interactions Between Paclitaxel and Protease Inhibitors in Patients With AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel in treating patients with AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine whether the body distribution and plasma clearance of paclitaxel is affected by protease inhibitors (e.g., indinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir mesylate, or nelfinavir mesylate).

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to protease inhibitor treatment (yes vs no), prior paclitaxel (yes vs no), and prior doxorubicin or daunorubicin (yes vs no).

Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1. Treatment continues every 2 weeks for at least 1 course in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who previously received paclitaxel receive no more than 1 course during this study.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 33 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

33

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-3300
        • University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed Kaposi's sarcoma requiring chemotherapy and/or currently being treated with paclitaxel
  • Serologic diagnosis of HIV infection documented by a positive ELISA and confirmed with a Western Blot or other federally approved HIV diagnostic test

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm ^3(with or without the use of colony-stimulating factors)
  • Platelet count at least 50,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST no greater than 2.5 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min

Neurologic:

  • No greater than grade 2 peripheral neuropathy
  • No neuropsychiatric history or altered mental status that would preclude study

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other prior or concurrent malignancy except curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
  • No sensitivity to E. coli-derived proteins
  • No active untreated infection
  • No new infectious complications requiring a change in antibiotics within the past 2 weeks

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 1 week since prior radiotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy to marker lesions
  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • At least 2 weeks since prior systemic treatment for Kaposi's sarcoma
  • At least 2 weeks since prior nonapproved FDA investigational agents except available Investigational New Drugs that are antiretroviral agents
  • Concurrent maintenance therapy for opportunistic infections allowed
  • Concurrent commercially available antiretroviral therapy allowed

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
AIDS Associated Malignancies Clinical Trials Consortium

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Jamie Hayden Von Roenn, MD, Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 15, 1997

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 10, 2003

First Posted (Estimated)

July 11, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 15, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 14, 2023

Last Verified

June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000065583
  • E1D95
  • AMC-014

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