Gemcitabine and Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

July 13, 2018 updated by: Medical University of South Carolina

Phase II Study of Gemcitabine and CPT-11 (Irinotecan) in Unresectable or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and irinotecan, work in 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: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with irinotecan works in treating patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic kidney cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine response in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with gemcitabine and irinotecan.

Secondary

  • Determine the duration of response in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the tolerance to and toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine median and progression-free survival in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and irinotecan IV over 90 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 6-8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients receive 2 additional courses beyond best response.

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

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12-36 patients will be accrued for this study within 30 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

9

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
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
        • Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
      • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 29303
        • Gibbs Regional Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional Medical 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 to 120 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed renal cell carcinoma

    • Locally advanced unresectable or metastatic disease

  • Unidimensionally measurable disease by physical exam or imaging study

    • The following are not considered measurable disease:

      • Bone only disease
      • Pleural or peritoneal effusions
      • CNS lesions
      • Irradiated lesions unless disease progression was documented after radiotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • Over 18

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

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

Hepatic

  • ALT and AST < 3 times upper limit of normal
  • Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL

Gastrointestinal

  • No active inflammatory bowel disease
  • No significant bowel obstruction
  • No chronic diarrhea

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after study participation
  • No mental incapacitation or psychiatric illness that would preclude giving informed consent
  • No other active malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer
  • No other severe disease that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • At least 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy
  • No concurrent prophylactic filgrastim (G-CSF) or sargramostim (GM-CSF)

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • No concurrent hormones except steroids for adrenal failure, hormones for non-disease-related conditions (e.g., insulin for diabetes), or intermittent dexamethasone as an antiemetic

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No concurrent palliative radiotherapy

Surgery

  • Not specified

Other

  • No concurrent participation in another clinical trial

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: Gemcitabine + Irinotecan
Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
1,000 mg/m2/dose in 250 cc of NS IV over 30 minutes on Days 1 and 8 of each 21 day cycle
Drug: irinotecan hydrochloride
100mg/m2/dose in 500 cc of D5W or NS IV over 90 minutes on days 1 and 8 of each 21 day cycle

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Response Proportion
Time Frame: From registration until time of complete response or partial response
From registration until time of complete response or partial response

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Progression-free Survival
Time Frame: Time between registration and disease progression or death, whichever comes first.
Time between registration and disease progression or death, whichever comes first.
Duration of Response
Time Frame: From registration until disease progression among patients who had at least a partial response
From registration until disease progression among patients who had at least a partial response
Number of Participants Who Experienced SAEs on Study
Time Frame: From the day of first dose until the end of study, for an average of 6 months
From the day of first dose until the end of study, for an average of 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Medical University of South Carolina

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Uzair B. Chaudhary, MD, Medical University of South Carolina

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

September 1, 2003

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 4, 2004

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 4, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

August 5, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 16, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 13, 2018

Last Verified

July 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000378044
  • MUSC-100730
  • MUSC-HR-10981
  • PHARMACIA-B9E-US-X388
  • LILLY-MUSC-100730

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