Combination Chemotherapy as First-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Duodenum or Pancreas That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

May 27, 2016 updated by: Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive

Study of First-Line Therapy Comprising Leucovorin Calcium, Fluorouracil, and Irinotecan (FOLFIRI) in Patients With Progressive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Duodenal-Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan, 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 combination chemotherapy works as first-line therapy in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic neuroendocrine tumors of the duodenum or pancreas that cannot be removed by surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the 6-month progression-free survival rate in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic neuroendocrine tumors of the duodenum/pancreas treated with fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, and irinotecan hydrochloride as first-line chemotherapy.

Secondary

  • Determine tumor and biologic response at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the duration of response of the primary tumor in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the tolerability of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the progression-free survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive irinotecan hydrochloride IV over 90 minutes and leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours on day 1 and fluorouracil IV over 46 hours on days 1 and 2. Courses repeat every 14 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Phase 2

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 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumor of the duodenum/pancreas by histology or bone scan

  • Functional or nonfunctional tumor

    • Tumor meets ≥ 1 of the following criteria:

      • Hepatic or extrahepatic metastases
      • Progressive locally advanced tumor (primary or adenopathies)
  • Unresectable disease

  • Tumor differentiated and meets the following criteria:

    • Ki 67 ≤ 15%
    • Less than 10 mitoses per 10 large fields

  • Measurable or evaluable disease

    • Target lesions must meet 1 of the following criteria within the past 6 months:

      • Increase of 20% in the longest diameter
      • New metastases detected

    • Minimum size of lesions must be 1 of the following:

      • More than 15 mm for metastases
      • More than 50 mm for primary tumor or local lymph nodes

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • WHO performance status 0-2
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.8 mg/dL
  • No coronary insufficiency or symptomatic cardiac disease
  • No intestinal obstruction, enteropathy, or uncontrolled chronic diarrhea
  • No Gilbert's disease
  • No psychological, social, familial, or geographic condition that would preclude study treatment
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after completion of study therapy
  • No other condition that would preclude study therapy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • No prior adjuvant radiotherapy
  • At least 3 months since prior interferon
  • Prior somatostatin analogs or antisecretories allowed
  • No other prior treatment for this cancer
  • No concurrent radiotherapy to the target lesion

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: FOLFIRI
Drug: fluorouracil
Drug: leucovorin calcium
Drug: irinotecan hydrochloride

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Guillaume Cadiot, CHU - Robert Debre

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2006

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 27, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 27, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

December 28, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 30, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 27, 2016

Last Verified

May 1, 2016

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000453858
  • FFCD-0302
  • EU-20544
  • PFIZER-FFCD-0302

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