Rebeccamycin Analog and Cisplatin With or Without Filgrastim in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI) (NIH)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT00004189

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Locations

Arm

13.3

Patients Per Site

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of rebeccamycin analog and cisplatin with or without filgrastim in treating patients who have advanced cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. Colony-stimulating factors such as filgrastim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Lymphoma Small Intestine Cancer Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific	Biological: filgrastim Drug: becatecarin Drug: cisplatin	Phase 1

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Determine the maximum tolerated doses of a rebeccamycin analogue and cisplatin with or without filgrastim (G-CSF) in patients with advanced malignancies.
Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxicities of these regimens in these patients.
Determine if the pharmacokinetics of a rebeccamycin analogue are affected by cisplatin and if there are sequence dependent pharmacokinetic effects.
Assess any antitumor effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation, multicenter study of a rebeccamycin analogue and cisplatin.

Part I (previously untreated or minimally pretreated patients): The first patient of each cohort receives cisplatin IV over 1 hour followed 2 hours later by a rebeccamycin analogue IV over 1 hour on day 1. The second patient in the same cohort receives the same drugs in the reverse order. The drug sequence for each additional patient within the same cohort is alternated with reference to the preceding patient. During each subsequent course, the study drugs are administered to each patient in the reverse order as compared to the prior course. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Dose escalation is initially performed without filgrastim (G-CSF). Cohorts of 4-6 patients receive escalating doses of a rebeccamycin analogue and cisplatin until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of each drug is determined. The MTD is defined as the highest dose at which less than 2 of 6 patients experience dose limiting toxicity (DLT). If 2 of the first 6 patients experience DLT, then dose escalation proceeds in combination with G-CSF treatment. Patients receive G-CSF subcutaneously daily beginning on day 2 and continuing until blood counts have recovered for 2 days or until approximately day 15. Cohorts of 4-6 patients receive escalating doses of a rebeccamycin analogue and cisplatin as above. The MTD is defined as above.

Part II (heavily pretreated patients): Heavily pretreated patients receive a rebeccamycin analogue and cisplatin starting at 2 dose levels preceding the MTD from part I.

Patients are followed for at least 30 days.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

40 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

A Phase I and Pharmacokinetic Study of Sequences of NSC 655649 (Rebeccamycin Analogue) and Cisplatin Without and With Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Support Every 21 Days

Study Start Date :

Oct 1, 1999

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jul 1, 2003

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Arm I See detailed description.	Biological: filgrastim Drug: becatecarin Drug: cisplatin

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Arm I

See detailed description.

Biological: filgrastim

Drug: becatecarin

Drug: cisplatin

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Histologically or cytologically proven advanced malignancy that is refractory to prior therapy or unlikely to benefit from standard therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery)
Part I: Previously untreated OR minimally pretreated
Ineligible for part I and considered heavily pretreated if:
Prior radiotherapy to wide ports involving the pelvis or at least 25% of bone marrow
Greater than 6 courses of prior combination chemotherapy including alkylating agent
Prior nitrosoureas or mitomycin
Widespread bone metastases with bone marrow involvement by bone marrow biopsy (positive bilateral bone marrow biopsy for lymphoma patients)
Part II: Heavily pretreated as defined above
Measurable or evaluable disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

18 and over

Performance status:

SWOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

At least 3 months

Hematopoietic:

Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm^3
Hemoglobin greater than 9 mg/dL
Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL

Renal:

Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

No uncontrolled hypertension
No angina pectoris
No clinically significant, multifocal, uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmias

Other:

Not pregnant or nursing
Negative pregnancy test
Fertile patients must use effective contraception
No active serious infection
No clinically severe peripheral neuropathy (grade 1 or worse)
No nonmalignant medical condition that would preclude compliance or increase risk of participation in study
No hypersensitivity to E. coli derived drug preparations

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

No other concurrent colony stimulating factors for prophylactic purposes

Chemotherapy:

At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks since prior nitrosoureas and mitomycin) and recovered

Endocrine therapy:

No chronic oral corticosteroids
No concurrent corticosteroids except as prophylactic antiemetic

Radiotherapy:

At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered

Other:

At least 1 month since prior investigational agent
No prophylactic oral or IV antibiotics for neutropenia unless fever present
No other concurrent anticancer treatment or investigational agent

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio	Texas	United States	78229-3900
2	Cancer Therapy and Research Center	San Antonio	Texas	United States	78229
3	St. Luke's Lutheran Hospital	San Antonio	Texas	United States	78229