Pemetrexed and Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumors or Lymphoma

April 14, 2011 updated by: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

A Phase I Study of ALIMTA Plus Oxaliplatin Administered Every Other Week in the Treatment of Patients With Metastatic Cancer

RATIONALE: Pemetrexed may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving pemetrexed together with oxaliplatin may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of pemetrexed given together with oxaliplatin in treating patients with metastatic solid tumors or lymphoma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose and the recommended phase II dose of pemetrexed disodium in combination with oxaliplatin in patients with metastatic solid tumors or lymphoma.

Secondary

  • Determine the quantitative and qualitative toxicities of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine, preliminarily, the efficacy of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.

Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of pemetrexed disodium and oxaliplatin until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined, the recommended phase II dose will be identified.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 30 days and then periodically thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 36 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

25

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
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-6838
        • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer 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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pathologic or cytologic diagnosis of solid tumors or lymphoma

  • Metastatic disease

    • No curative or effective therapy exists
  • Measurable or nonmeasurable disease

  • No clinically relevant third-space fluid collections

    • Fluid collections must be drained before study enrollment
  • No leukemia
  • No CNS metastases

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks
  • ANC ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST and ALT ≤ 3.0 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver has tumor involvement)
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after completion of study therapy
  • No active infection or other serious illness that would preclude study participation
  • No weight loss ≥ 10% within the past 6 weeks
  • No peripheral neuropathy (e.g., diabetic neuropathy) ≥ CTC grade 1
  • Must be able to take concurrent vitamin B12 and folic acid

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease
  • More than 12 months since prior adjuvant therapy
  • More than 30 days since prior drug that has not received regulatory approval
  • More than 30 days since prior radiation therapy and recovered (alopecia allowed)
  • Prior standard postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy for rectal cancer allowed
  • No prior radiation therapy to ≥ 25% of bone marrow
  • No prior oxaliplatin or pemetrexed disodium
  • No NSAIDs or acetylsalicylic acid 2 days before (5 days for long-acting agents [e.g., piroxicam]), during, and for 2 days after each dose of pemetrexed disodium
  • No concurrent nonpalliative radiation therapy or surgery for cancer
  • No concurrent hormonal cancer therapy (except medroxyprogesterone)
  • No other concurrent experimental medications (except thymidine)
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy or immunotherapy
  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy
  • Concurrent palliative radiation therapy allowed for small areas of painful metastasis that cannot be managed adequately by systemic or local analgesics

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: Therapeutic Intervention
Drug: oxaliplatin
75-100 mg/m2 iv infusion Approximately 2 hours beginning approximately 30 minutes after the end of ALIMTA infusion on Day 1 of a 14-days cycle
Other Names:
  • Elaxtin
Drug: pemetrexed disodium
a novel antifolate with multiple targets.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Maximum tolerated dose
Recommended phase II dose

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Toxicity
Efficacy

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mace L. Rothenberg, MD, FACP, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

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

May 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 3, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 3, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

May 7, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 18, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2011

Last Verified

April 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • VICC PHI0367
  • VU-VICC-PHI-0367
  • LILLY-H3E-US-S053A
  • VU-IRB-031027

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