Status:
COMPLETED
Gemcitabine and Cisplatin for Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Conditions:
Gallbladder Cancer
Biliary Tract Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
In the United States, the incidence of biliary tract cancer and gallbladder cancer has been estimated to be 6,000-8,000 patients per year. Currently, there is no standard therapy for these tumors once...
Detailed Description
Gemcitabine and cisplatin will be administered weekly for two weeks (on day 1 and day 8) followed by a one week rest period (1 cycle is 3 weeks). On day one and eight of each cycle the patient will ha...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Histologically-confirmed, locally unresectable or metastatic biliary tract (bile ducts, hepatic duct, cystic duct, common bile duct, ampulla of Vater) or gallbladder adenocarcinoma. Patients must have at least one measurable lesion greater than 1 cm, by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria outside of prior radiation field.
- Zero to one prior chemotherapy for biliary tract or gallbladder cancer. Prior chemoembolization to the liver allowed as long as measurable disease is outside of chemoembolization area and other baseline characteristics are met. No prior gemcitabine or cisplatin therapy allowed.
- No chemotherapy within past 3 weeks of initiation of therapy (6 weeks if prior therapy was mitomycin C or nitrosurea)
- Chronological age \> 18 years.
- ECOG performance status 0-2; life expectancy \>12 weeks.
- Laboratory values: ANC greater than or equal to 1500/mm3; platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mm3; SGOT and SGPT less than or equal to 3x upper limits of normal (unless liver is involved with tumor, in which case the transaminases must be less than or equal to 5 x upper limits of normal); total bilirubin less than or equal to 2.0 mg/dL.
- Creatinine less than or equal to 1.8 mg/dL or creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 50 mL/min
- All patients must sign informed consent.
- Patients may have prior placement of stents or shunts to relieve obstruction.
Exclusion
- Patients with either clinically apparent central nervous system metastases or carcinomatous meningitis.
- Myocardial infarction in the past six months.
- Major surgery in the past two weeks.
- Uncontrolled serious medical or psychiatric illness.
- Women must not be pregnant or lactating. Both men and women of childbearing potential must be advised of the importance of using effective birth control measures during the course of the study.
- Patients with concurrent malignancy of any site, except for limited basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix; patients with any other malignancy within 5 years of study entry, except for curatively treated basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
October 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00123825
Start Date
July 1 2002
End Date
October 1 2007
Last Update
December 21 2007
Active Locations (3)
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1
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
2
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
3
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115