Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma
Phase I Treatment of Adults With Primary Malignant Glioma With Topotecan (NSC #609699) Plus BCNU (NSC #409962)
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of topotecan plus carmustine in patients with recurrent primary malignant glioma.
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the maximum tolerated dose of topotecan administered in combination with a fixed dose of carmustine.
- Determine the toxic effects of topotecan and carmustine in patients with recurrent primary malignant glioma.
OUTLINE: Topotecan is administered by an ambulatory infusion pump for 72 hours each week. Topotecan dose escalation is carried out in cohorts of three patients. Dose escalation is continued until toxic effects or disease progression is observed in these patients. Carmustine is administered over 1 hour every 6 weeks, on the same day as the first topotecan dose for that week.
Three patients will be treated at an initial dose level of topotecan, and if one of these patients experience dose limiting toxicity (DLT), an additional
3 patients must be treated at this dose level without further DLT in order for dose escalation to proceed. The MTD is the highest dose at which DLT occurs in no more than 1 of 6 patients.
Patients are evaluated after every 6 week cycle.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: An estimated 18-36 patients will be entered.
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Forventet)
Tilmelding
Fase
Fase
- Fase 1
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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North Carolina
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Durham, North Carolina, Forenede Stater, 27710
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Tennessee
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Memphis, Tennessee, Forenede Stater, 38105-2794
- Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically proven recurrent primary malignant glioma
- Measurable recurrent or residual primary central nervous system neoplasm confirmed by MRI
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
- 18 and over
Performance Status:
- Karnofsky at least 60%
Hematopoietic:
- Hematocrit greater than 29%
- ANC greater than 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count greater than 125,000/mm^3
Hepatic:
- SGOT less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Bilirubin less than 1.5 times ULN
Renal:
- Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL
- BUN less than 25 mg/dL
Other:
- Not pregnant
- Effective contraceptive method must be used for the duration of the study
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
- Not specified
Chemotherapy:
- No prior chemotherapy within 6 weeks of study
- No prior topotecan or carmustine treatment failure
- No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen
Endocrine therapy:
- Patients taking corticosteroids must be on stable dose for at least 2 weeks prior to study and the dose should not escalate over entry level
Radiotherapy:
- No prior radiotherapy within 6 weeks of study
Surgery:
- No prior surgical resection within 3 weeks of study
Other:
- No concurrent medication that may interfere with study results
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Behandling
Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
- Sygdomme i nervesystemet
- Neoplasmer efter histologisk type
- Neoplasmer
- Neoplasmer efter sted
- Neoplasmer, kirtel og epitel
- Neoplasmer, Neuroepithelial
- Neuroektodermale tumorer
- Neoplasmer, kimceller og embryonale
- Neoplasmer, nervevæv
- Gliom
- Neoplasmer i nervesystemet
- Neoplasmer i centralnervesystemet
- Molekylære mekanismer for farmakologisk virkning
- Enzymhæmmere
- Antineoplastiske midler
- Antineoplastiske midler, Alkylering
- Alkyleringsmidler
- Topoisomerasehæmmere
- Topoisomerase I-hæmmere
- Topotecan
- Carmustine
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- 0224
- DUMC-000224-01-1R4
- DUMC-000224-00-2R3
- DUMC-0348-99-2R2
- DUMC-223-97-2
- DUMC-229-98-2R1
- SB-DUMC-229-98-2R1
- NCI-G97-1242
- CDR0000065521 (Anden identifikator: NCI)
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