Rapamycin With Grapefruit Juice for Advanced Malignancies

January 16, 2014 updated by: University of Chicago

A Phase Ib Study Administering Rapamycin (Sirolimus) With Grapefruit Juice in Patients With Advanced Malignancies

The purpose of this study is to determine the highest safe dose of rapamycin when given with a fixed amount of grapefruit juice.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

41

Phase

  • 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
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
        • University of Chicago Hospitals

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

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically confirmed malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective.
  • Patients with hematologic malignancies (lymphoma, multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) only) are eligible to participate in the phase IB portion of the trial only.
  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy
  • Aged 18 years or older
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Life expectancy of greater than 3 months.

  • Normal organ and marrow function:

    • No transfusions of packed red blood cells within 1 week of starting treatment

    • Leukocytes greater or equal to 3,000/μL

      ** White blood cell (WBC) greater or equal to 1,500/μL for patients with hematologic malignancies

    • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater or equal to 1,500/μL

      ** ANC greater or equal to 1,000/μL for patients with hematologic malignancies

    • Platelets (PLT) greater or equal to 100,000/μL

      ** PLT greater or equal to 50,000/μL for patients with hematologic malignancies

    • Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
    • AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) less than or equal to 2.5 times institutional upper limit of normal
    • Serum triglycerides less than or equal to 500 mg/dl
    • Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance greater or equal to 60 mL/min for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
  • Women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence)
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
  • May not be receiving any other investigational agents.
  • Uncontrolled brain metastases or malignancy. Cannot be receiving enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants.
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to rapamycin
  • Gastrointestinal malabsorption syndromes, partial small bowel obstruction, or any illness that would interfere with the ability to absorb oral medications.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness
  • Severe immunodeficient states (as judged by the treating physician)
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued.
  • HIV-positive patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy are excluded.
  • Concurrent use of ketoconazole, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, diltiazem, and rifampin with rapamycin is not permissible. The concurrent use of calcium channel blockers, terfenadine, astemizole, cisapride, propafenone, cyclosporine, midazolam, triazolam, quinidine, or theophylline with grapefruit juice is not permissible.

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: Rapamycin + Grapefruit juice
Drug: Rapamycin (sirolimus)
Weekly oral doses, dose is assigned at the time of study entry
Other Names:
  • Rapamune
Other: Grapefruit Juice
Daily oral doses starting during the second week on study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Pharmacokinetic interaction
Time Frame: 4 weeks
4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Chicago

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ezra W Cohen, MD, University of Chicago

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

September 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 11, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 11, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

September 12, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 17, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 16, 2014

Last Verified

January 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 14435B

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