Auranofin in Treating Patients With Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer

July 31, 2019 updated by: Mayo Clinic

A Pilot Trial to Evaluate the Feasibility Auranofin (Ridaura®) for Asymptomatic Patients With First-Recurrence Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

This pilot clinical trial studies auranofin in treating patients with epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer. Immunosuppressive therapy, such as auranofin, may be an effective treatment for epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To demonstrate the feasibility of conducting a 10-patient pilot study in asymptomatic ovarian cancer patients with cancer antigen (CA 125) elevation.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To explore whether oral gold therapy either stabilizes or lowers the CA 125 level and maintains patients in an asymptomatic state and to provide descriptive data on tumor response and duration of response.

II. To acquire qualitative data on patients' perceptions of learning of CA 125 elevation.

III. To explore whether immunohistochemical staining for PKC iota expression in resected tumor samples appears to be associated with clinical outcomes with auranofin.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive auranofin orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6 months for 2 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

10

Phase

  • Early 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

    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic

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

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histological or cytological confirmation of epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian cancer from any previous time point
  • Completion of initial therapy of epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian cancer from any previous time point (includes completion of surgery and/or followed by post-operative chemotherapy including maintenance) with no subsequent treatment for progressive disease
  • An increase in serum CA 125 level, as defined as follows: 1) normalization of the CA 125 during first-line chemotherapy followed by an increase of >= 100 units/mL; OR 2) normalization of the CA 125 during first-line chemotherapy followed by a doubling of the CA 125 beyond the upper limit of normal with a confirmatory measurement within a period of 4 weeks or less that shows the same or higher CA 125 level
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0, 1, or 2
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500
  • Platelets (PLT) >= 100,000
  • Hemoglobin (HgB) > 9.0 g/dL
  • Bilirubin < 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Creatinine within institutional normal limits
  • Negative urine pregnancy test done =< 7 days prior to registration, for women of childbearing potential only
  • Willingness to be interviewed by telephone about CA 125 elevation
  • Able to provide informed written consent
  • Willing to provide tissue blocks for correlative research purposes (please note that if tissue blocks are unavailable, the patient will still be eligible provided they meet all other eligibility criteria)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease, which in the judgment of the treating oncologist, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens
  • Symptoms (other than anxiety, depression, or other psychological symptoms) that, in the opinion, of the treating oncologist are a direct result of cancer recurrence; (examples of symptoms that would preclude enrollment include unintentional weight loss and new abdominal pain)
  • Receiving any other prescribed therapy treatment for ovarian cancer
  • Any of the following because this study involves an agent that has known genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects:

    • Pregnant women
    • Nursing women
    • Women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception

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: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Treatment (auranofin)
Patients receive auranofin PO BID on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Correlative studies
Given PO
Other Names:
  • Ridaura

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Feasibility of conducting a 10-patient pilot study in asymptomatic ovarian cancer patients using CA 125 elevation
Time Frame: Up to 2 years
To demonstrate the feasibility of conducting a 10-patient pilot study in asymptomatic ovarian cancer patients with CA 125 elevation. This study could potentially serve as a paradigm to investigate agents that might eventually be used as maintenance therapy in patients at high risk for recurrent disease.
Up to 2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Immunohistochemical staining for PKCt expression in resected tumor samples with Auranofin
Time Frame: up to 2 years
To explore whether immunohistochemical staining for PKCt expression in resected tumor samples appears to be associated with clinical outcomes with Auranofin.
up to 2 years
Patients' perceptions of learning of CA 125 elevation
Time Frame: up to 2 years
up to 2 years
Oral gold therapy influence on the CA 125 levels
Time Frame: 2 years
To explore whether oral gold therapy either stabilizes or lowers the CA 125 level and maintains patients in an asymptomatic state and to provide descriptive data on tumor response and duration of response.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Publications and helpful links

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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 (ACTUAL)

November 2, 2012

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 10, 2014

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

April 6, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 16, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 11, 2012

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

December 12, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

August 2, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 31, 2019

Last Verified

October 1, 2018

More Information

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