BMS-247550 Plus Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

February 8, 2013 updated by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Phase I/II Trial of the Epothilone B Analogue BMS 247550 (NSC 710428)/Cisplatin in Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combining BMS-247550 with cisplatin in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer. 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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the recommended phase II dose of BMS-247550 when administered with cisplatin in patients with metastatic or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. (Phase I) II. Determine the toxic effects of this regimen in these patients. III. Determine the response rate, time to progression, and survival of patients treated with this regimen. (Phase II) IV. Determine the pharmacokinetics of this regimen in these patients. V. Correlate selected markers from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and tumor samples with toxicity and response in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, dose-escalation study of BMS-247550.

Phase I: Patients receive BMS-247550 IV over 3 hours and cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of BMS-247550 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined, up to 10 additional patients receive treatment as above at the recommended phase II dose of BMS-247550.

Phase II: Patients receive treatment as in Phase I at the recommended phase II dose of BMS-247550.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

27

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

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
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4283
        • Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

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 confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck considered incurable by surgery or radiotherapy

    • No nasopharyngeal disease as primary site

  • Extensive, local-regional or distant metastatic disease

    • Newly diagnosed OR
    • Recurrent disease after initial treatment with surgery or radiotherapy (including neoadjuvant chemotherapy or concurrent chemoradiotherapy)

  • Measurable disease

    • If only site of measurable disease is in a previously irradiated area, disease progression after radiotherapy must be documented

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-1

Hematopoietic

  • Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
  • Transaminases no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (5 times ULN if liver involvement)

Renal

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No evidence of active infection
  • No other malignancy within the past 2 years except curatively treated stage 0 or I cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy for recurrent disease

Radiotherapy

  • At least 6 months since prior radiotherapy and recovered

Surgery

  • Recovered from prior surgery

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm I

Phase I: Patients receive BMS-247550 IV over 3 hours and cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of BMS-247550 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined, up to 10 additional patients receive treatment as above at the recommended phase II dose of BMS-247550.

Phase II: Patients receive treatment as in Phase I at the recommended phase II dose of BMS-247550.
Drug: cisplatin
Drug: ixabepilone

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Diane M. Hershock, MD, PhD, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2002

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2003

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 7, 2003

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 8, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

April 9, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 11, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 8, 2013

Last Verified

April 1, 2003

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NCI-2012-02523
  • UPCC-04302
  • NCI-5787
  • CDR0000276716 (Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query))

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