Status:
COMPLETED
Cisplatin, Gemcitabine and Bevacizumab in Combination for Metastatic Transitional Cell Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Christopher Sweeney, MBBS
Collaborating Sponsors:
Genentech, Inc.
Eli Lilly and Company
Conditions:
Bladder Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Cisplatin is a very important agent for the treatment of TCC as it has a single agent response rate of approximately 15%. However, it has been most important as a part of combination chemotherapy, MVA...
Detailed Description
OUTLINE: This is a multi-center study. * Cisplatin 70 mg/m2 Day 1 * Gemcitabine 1250 mg/m2 Day 1 and 8 * Bevacizumab 15 mg/kg Day 1 Review toxicity every cycle (every 3 weeks) Review for radiographi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Previously untreated or relapsed locally advanced or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. (Patients with pathology showing ANY component of non-transitional cell histology are not eligible).
- Relapsed patients may have received prior chemotherapy ≥ one year prior to study registration as part of a neoadjuvant or adjuvant regimen and must not have had intervening therapy from the end of that treatment until study entry.
- Measurable disease as per RECIST.
- Prior radiation therapy, immunotherapy, cytokine, biologic or vaccine therapy must be greater than 28 days prior to being registered for protocol therapy,
Exclusion
- No known central nervous system metastasis. (imaging of brain only required if clinically indicated)
- No prior organ allograft.
- No history of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that might affect the interpretation of the results of the study or render the subject at high risk from treatment complications.
- No evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy.
- No history of serious, non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture
- No history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months prior to being registered for protocol therapy.
- No prior history of malignancy in the past 5 years with the exception of basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Other cancers with low potential for metastasis, such as in situ cancers (e.g., Grade 1, TA TCC (low grade superficial bladder cancer), colonic polyp with focus of adenocarcinoma) can also be enrolled after approval from the study chair.
- No major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury less than 28 days prior to being registered for protocol therapy.
- Patients are not eligible if the need for any major surgical procedure is anticipated during the course of the study.
- Any minor surgical procedures, fine needle aspirations or core biopsies must be greater than 7 days prior to being registered for protocol therapy except procedures to secure a vascular access device which must be greater than 7 days prior to the start of protocol therapy.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
45 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00234494
Start Date
November 1 2005
End Date
December 1 2008
Last Update
March 14 2016
Active Locations (11)
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1
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
2
Medical & Surgical Specialists, LLC
Galesburg, Illinois, United States, 61401
3
Oncology Hematology Associates of SW Indiana
Evansville, Indiana, United States, 47714
4
Fort Wayne Oncology & Hematology, Inc
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, 46815