Gemcitabine and Topotecan in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer

September 20, 2010 updated by: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Phase II Trial for the Treatment of Recurrent or Persistent Platinum-Refractory Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer With Gemcitabine and Topotecan

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and topotecan, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with topotecan works in treating patients with recurrent or persistent ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cavity cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the nature and degree of toxicity of gemcitabine and topotecan in patients with recurrent or persistent platinum-refractory ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cavity cancer.
  • Determine the response rate in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the quality of life of patients treated with this regimen.

Secondary

  • Determine the duration of progression-free survival and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and topotecan IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses beyond documentation of CR.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, on day 1 of courses 2, 4, and 6, and then at 1 year.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 36-45 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

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

  • United States
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
        • University of Washington School of Medicine

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

Female

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cavity cancer

  • Recurrent or persistent platinum-refractory disease, as defined by 1 of the following:

    • Progressive disease while on a platinum compound
    • Persistent clinically measurable disease with best response as stable disease at the completion of ≥ 6 courses of therapy
    • Recurrent disease within 6 months after completion of therapy

  • Measurable or evaluable disease

    • Evaluable disease, defined as CA 125 ≥ 100 U/mL (confirmed by 2 blood tests)
    • Measurable disease, defined as ≥ 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion ≥ 20 mm by conventional techniques, including palpation, plain x-ray, CT scan, or MRI, OR ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • GOG 0-3

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

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

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN
  • Creatinine clearance > 50 mL/min

Other

  • No clinically significant infection
  • No other severe medical condition that would preclude study treatment
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior gemcitabine or topotecan allowed provided disease is not refractory to either drug
  • At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy and recovered

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered

Surgery

  • Recovered from recent 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
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Toxicity
Response rate
Quality of life

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Progression-free survival
Overall survival

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Barbara A. Goff, MD, University of Washington

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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

July 1, 2002

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 20, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 20, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 22, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 21, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 20, 2010

Last Verified

September 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PSOC 1901
  • PSOC-1901
  • GSK-PSOC-1901
  • PSOC-IRB-5320
  • LILLY-PSOC-1901
  • CDR0000441309 (Registry Identifier: PDQ)

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