Docetaxel and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Progressive Regional or Metastatic Bladder Cancer

June 14, 2023 updated by: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine and Docetaxel in Advanced Carcinoma of the Urothelium

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of docetaxel and gemcitabine in treating patients who have progressive regional or metastatic bladder cancer.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response rate of patients with progressive regional or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium and failure of only 1 prior systemic regimen treated with docetaxel and gemcitabine. II. Determine the toxicities of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour followed by gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. For patients with complete or partial response or stable disease at 3 weeks, treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months through year 2, every 6 months through year 5, and then annually thereafter until disease progression.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 22-45 patients will be accrued for this study over 18-21 months.

Study Type

Interventional

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

      • San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00927-5800
        • MBCCOP - San Juan
      • San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00927-5800
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Juan
      • Pretoria, South Africa, 0001
        • Pretoria Academic Hospitals
    • Arizona
      • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259-5404
        • CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
    • California
      • Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000
        • Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto
      • Stanford, California, United States, 94305-5408
        • Stanford University Medical Center
    • Colorado
      • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80209-5031
        • CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc.
    • Delaware
      • Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19899
        • CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
    • District of Columbia
      • Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20307-5000
        • Walter Reed Army Medical Center
    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608-1197
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainsville
      • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
        • Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
      • Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30033
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur)
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611-3013
        • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago
      • Decatur, Illinois, United States, 62526
        • CCOP - Central Illinois
      • Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
        • CCOP - Evanston
      • Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61602
        • CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
      • Urbana, Illinois, United States, 61801
        • CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202-5289
        • Indiana University Cancer Center
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)
    • Iowa
      • Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, 52403-1206
        • CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
      • Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 50309-1016
        • CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70121
        • CCOP - Ochsner
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
        • MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
        • Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
        • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111
        • New England Medical Center Hospital
    • Michigan
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48106
        • CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
      • Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, 49007-3731
        • CCOP - Kalamazoo
    • Minnesota
      • Duluth, Minnesota, United States, 55805
        • CCOP - Duluth
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55417
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
        • University of Minnesota Cancer Center
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
      • Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, 55416
        • CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
    • Nebraska
      • Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68131
        • CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
    • Nevada
      • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89106
        • CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
    • New Jersey
      • East Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07018-1095
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
      • Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States, 07201
        • Trinitas Hospital - Jersey Street Campus
      • Flemington, New Jersey, United States, 08822
        • Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center
      • Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
        • CCOP - Northern New Jersey
      • Lakewood, New Jersey, United States, 08701
        • Kimball Medical Center
      • Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States, 08060
        • Fox Chase Cancer Center at Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County
      • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901
        • Cancer Institute Of New Jersey
      • Red Bank, New Jersey, United States, 07701
        • Riverview Medical Center - Booker Cancer Center
      • Summit, New Jersey, United States, 07902-0220
        • Overlook Hospital
    • New York
      • Albany, New York, United States, 12208
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany
      • Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
        • Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11209
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn
      • New York, New York, United States, 10016
        • NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • New York, New York, United States, 10010
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
        • University of Rochester Cancer Center
    • North Dakota
      • Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58122
        • CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
    • Ohio
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
        • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-5065
        • Ireland Cancer Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cleveland
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43206
        • CCOP - Columbus
      • Toledo, Ohio, United States, 43623-3456
        • CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 74136
        • CCOP - Sooner State
    • Pennsylvania
      • Danville, Pennsylvania, United States, 17822-2001
        • CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111
        • Fox Chase Cancer Center
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19102-1192
        • Hahnemann University Hospital
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4283
        • University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107-5541
        • Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213-3489
        • University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15240
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Pittsburgh
      • Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States, 19096
        • CCOP - MainLine Health
    • South Dakota
      • Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57105-1080
        • CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-6838
        • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville
    • Wisconsin
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792-6164
        • University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison
      • Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States, 54449
        • CCOP - Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation
      • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
        • Medical College of Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53295
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki)

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 proven progressive regional or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium or mixed histology containing a component of transitional cell carcinoma Failure of only 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease or in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting (not containing taxane or gemcitabine) Bidimensionally measurable disease No CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 75,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) if alkaline phosphatase normal OR Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 4 times ULN if SGOT normal OR SGOT less than 1.5 times ULN AND alkaline phosphatase less than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.8 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No American Heart Association class III or IV heart disease No uncontrolled congestive heart failure No severe cardiac arrhythmias Neurologic: No sensory neuropathy grade 3 or 4 No prior peripheral neuropathy grade 2 or worse Other: No active unresolved infection being treated with parenteral antibiotics within the past 7 days No other malignancy within the past 5 years except: Curatively treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix Clinically unsuspected, organ confined prostate cancer found during cystoprostatectomy Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior systemic biologic response modifier therapy Prior intravesical BCG allowed Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy Surgery: At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery and recovered

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

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Investigators

  • Study Chair: Robert Dreicer, MD, FACP, The Cleveland Clinic

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 24, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2002

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2000

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2004

First Posted (Estimated)

February 25, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

June 16, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 14, 2023

Last Verified

June 1, 2023

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