Antineoplaston Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Small Intestine

• Sponsor: Burzynski Research Institute (Other)
• Overall Status: Terminated
• CT.gov ID: NCT00003522
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 1
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 4
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Current therapies for Cancer of the Small Intestine provide very limited benefit to the patient. The anti-cancer properties of Antineoplaston therapy suggest that it may prove beneficial in the treatment of Cancer of the Small Intestine.

PURPOSE: This study is being performed to determine the effects (good and bad) that Antineoplaston therapy has on patients with Cancer of the Small Intestine.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Small Intestine Cancer	Drug: Antineoplaston therapy (Atengenal + Astugenal)	Phase 2

Detailed Description

Cancer of the Small Intestine patients receive gradually escalating doses of intravenous Antineoplaston therapy (Atengenal + Astugenal) until the maximum tolerated dose is reached. Treatment continues up to12 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

OBJECTIVES:

• To determine the efficacy of Antineoplaston therapy in patients with Cancer of the Small Intestine, as measured by an objective response to therapy (complete response, partial response or stable disease).

• To determine the safety and tolerance of Antineoplaston therapy in patients with Cancer of the Small Intestine.

• To determine objective response, tumor size is measured utilizing MRI scans, which are performed every 8 weeks for the first two years, every 3 months for the third and fourth years, every 6 months for the 5th and sixth years, and annually thereafter.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 1 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Phase II Study of Antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1 In Patients With Carcinoma of the Small Intestine
• Actual Study Start Date: Aug 13, 1997
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Dec 14, 1997
• Actual Study Completion Date: Dec 14, 1997

Arms and Interventions

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Antineoplaston therapy Antineoplaston therapy (Atengenal + Astugenal) by IV infusion every four hours for at least 12 months. Study subjects receive increasing dosages of Atengenal and Astugenal until the maximum tolerated dose is reached.

Drug: Antineoplaston therapy (Atengenal + Astugenal); Patients with Cancer of the Small Intestine will receive Antineoplaston therapy (Atengenal + Astugenal). The daily doses of A10 and AS2-1 are divided into six infusions, which are given at 4-hourly intervals. Each infusion starts with infusion of A10 and is immediately followed by infusion of AS2-1.; Other Names: A10 (Atengenal); AS2-1 (Astugenal)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 99 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Histologically proven incurable and/or metastatic carcinoma of the small intestine that is unlikely to respond to existing therapy

• Measurable disease by MRI or CT scan

• Tumor must be greater than 2 cm

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

• 18 and over

Performance status:

• Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

• At least 2 months

Hematopoietic:

• WBC at least 2,000/mm^3

• Platelet count at least 50,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

• No hepatic insufficiency

• Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 mg/dL

• SGOT and SGPT no greater than 5 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

• No renal insufficiency

• Creatinine no greater than 2.5 mg/dL

• No history of renal conditions that contraindicate high dosages of sodium

Cardiovascular:

• No known chronic heart failure

• No uncontrolled hypertension

• No history of congestive heart failure

• No history of other cardiovascular conditions that contraindicate high dosages of sodium

Pulmonary:

• No serious lung disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Other:

• Not pregnant or nursing

• Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 4 weeks after study participation

• Not high medical or psychiatric risk

• No concurrent nonmalignant systemic disease

• No active infection

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

• At least 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy and recovered

• No concurrent immunomodulating agents

Chemotherapy:

• At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas) and recovered

Endocrine therapy:

• Concurrent corticosteroids allowed

Radiotherapy:

• At least 8 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered

Surgery:

• Recovered from prior surgery

Other:

• Prior cytodifferentiating agents allowed

• No other concurrent antineoplastic agents

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Burzynski Clinic	Houston	Texas	United States	77055-6330

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Burzynski Research Institute

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Stanislaw R. Burzynski, MD, PhD, Burzynski Research Institute

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Additional Information:

• Burzynski Research Institute
• Burzynski Clinic

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Burzynski Research Institute
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003522
• Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000066566; BC-SI-02
• First Posted: Jan 27, 2003
• Last Update Posted: Sep 29, 2017
• Last Verified: Sep 1, 2017

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Burzynski Research Institute: recurrent small intestine cancer
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Intestinal Neoplasms

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 29, 2017