Perifosine in Treating Patients With Recurrent, Refractory, Locally Advanced, or Metastatic Breast Cancer

July 22, 2015 updated by: University Health Network, Toronto

A Phase 2 Study Of Perifosine In Metastatic Or Advanced Breast Cancer

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 perifosine in treating patients who have recurrent, refractory, locally advanced, or metastatic breast cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the objective tumor response rate in patients with recurrent or refractory, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer treated with perifosine.
  • Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.
  • Determine the stable disease rate, time to disease progression, objective response duration, and duration of stable disease in patients treated with this drug.
  • Correlate potential endpoints, including phosphorylated ERK, PKB, and SAPK, phosphorylated PKC alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms, p21 ^WAF1; and activated capase-3 in tumor biopsies, with clinical outcome in patients treated with this drug.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, multicenter study.

Patients receive a loading dose of oral perifosine on days 1 and 2 and once daily on days 3-21 during course 1. Patients receive oral perifosine once daily on days 1-21 in each subsequent course. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) may receive 2 additional courses beyond the CR.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 18-35 patients will be accrued for this study within 6-12 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

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 5C2
        • Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre
      • London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4L6
        • Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 1C4
        • Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9
        • Princess Margaret Hospital

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

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer

    • Recurrent or refractory, locally advanced or metastatic disease

  • At least 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion

    • At least 20 mm by conventional techniques OR 10 mm by spiral CT scan
    • Previously irradiated lesions are not considered measurable unless they have demonstrated progression before study entry
    • No measurable disease limited to bone lesions
  • No known brain metastases

  • Hormone receptor status:

    • Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Sex

  • Male or female

Menopausal status

  • Not specified

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-2 OR
  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy

  • More than 3 months

Hematopoietic

  • WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
  • No history of hemolytic disorder

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST/ALT no greater than 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases present)

Renal

  • Creatinine normal OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular

  • No symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No cardiac arrhythmia
  • No evidence of cardiac dysfunction

Gastrointestinal

  • No history of biliary flow obstruction
  • No abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract that would preclude study drug absorption
  • No active peptic ulcer disease

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No ongoing or active infection
  • No poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
  • No other uncontrolled illness
  • No prior allergic reactions to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to perifosine
  • No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • No more than 2 prior lines of chemotherapy for advanced disease, excluding adjuvant chemotherapy
  • Prior adjuvant chemotherapy allowed
  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin) and recovered

Endocrine therapy

  • At least 4 weeks since prior endocrine therapy

    • Multiple lines of endocrine therapy for advanced disease allowed

Radiotherapy

  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered

    • Prior radiotherapy for metastatic disease allowed

Surgery

  • No prior major gastric surgery
  • Prior surgery, including for metastatic disease, allowed

Other

  • No other concurrent anticancer or investigational agents
  • No concurrent antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive patients
  • Concurrent bisphosphonates 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
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University Health Network, Toronto

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Natasha Leighl, MD, FRCPC, Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2003

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 5, 2003

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 5, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

February 6, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 23, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 22, 2015

Last Verified

July 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PMH-PHL-014
  • CDR0000269901 (Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query))
  • NCI-5982

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