Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

February 11, 2013 updated by: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

A Pilot Phase II Protocol Of Arsenic Trioxide (Trisenox) In Subjects With Advanced Non-Small Cell Carcinoma Of The Lung

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

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well arsenic trioxide works in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the safety and activity of arsenic trioxide in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxic effects of this drug in these patients.

Secondary

  • Determine the response, in terms of objective tumor response and response duration, in patients treated with this drug.
  • Determine the patterns of failure and survival in patients treated with this drug.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot study.

Patients receive arsenic trioxide IV over 1-2 hours on days 1-5 of week 1 and on days 1 and 5 of weeks 2-8 (course 1 only). Beginning with course 2 and for all subsequent courses, patients receive arsenic trioxide on days 1 and 5 of weeks 1-8. Treatment repeats every 8 weeks for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving complete response (CR) receive 1 additional course of therapy beyond CR. Patients achieving CR due to local consolidative therapy (surgery or radiotherapy) receive 2 additional courses of therapy beyond CR.

Patients are followed for 1 month, every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14-30 patients will be accrued for this study within 9-18 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

30

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
    • Texas
      • Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555-0209
        • University of Texas Medical Branch

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 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), meeting criteria for 1 of the following:

    • Locally advanced disease not amenable to radiotherapy or surgery
    • Metastatic disease
  • Received at least 1 course of platinum-based (e.g., cisplatin or carboplatin) chemotherapy
  • No uncontrolled central nervous system (CNS) metastases
  • Ineligible for higher priority treatment protocols

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-1 OR
  • Zubrod Scale 0-1 OR
  • South West Oncology Group (SWOG) 0-1

Life expectancy

  • At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal
  • Serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) and Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) no greater than 3 times normal

Renal

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
  • Calcium no greater than 12 mg/dL

Cardiovascular

  • No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
  • No uncontrolled, clinically significant dysrhythmia
  • Cardiac ejection fraction greater than 50%

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Electrolytes (including magnesium) normal
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No prior or ongoing peripheral neuropathy grade 2 or greater
  • No other medical condition that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • No concurrent cytokine therapy

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens for NSCLC
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • More than 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy to an indicator lesion unless there is objective evidence of tumor growth in that lesion

  • No concurrent radiotherapy

    • Concurrent palliative or emergent radiotherapy allowed

Surgery

  • More than 2 weeks since prior surgery

Other

  • At least 4 weeks since prior antineoplastic agents for non-malignant conditions (e.g., methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis)
  • No concurrent antineoplastic agents for non-malignant conditions

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

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Dennie V. Jones, MD, University of Texas

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2002

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 9, 2004

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 11, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

January 12, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 12, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 11, 2013

Last Verified

February 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 02-402
  • CDR0000346366

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