Status:

COMPLETED

Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Conditions:

Kidney Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Bortezomib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how w...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine, preliminarily, the efficacy of bortezomib in patients with metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma in terms of objective response rate after a minimum of 2 co...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed pure non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
  • Distant metastatic disease (Tx, Nx, M1)
  • Tumor expresses wild-type von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene/protein
  • Measurable disease on imaging scan (≥ 1 cm)
  • Brain metastases allowed provided they have been treated with surgery and/or radiation therapy and show no evidence of progression on cerebral CT or MRI scan 2 months following surgery and/or radiation therapy.
  • Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
  • Karnofsky performance status ≥ 60%
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use an acceptable method of contraception
  • No other major illnesses likely to limit survival
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1, 000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL (transfusion allowed)
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min OR creatinine ≤ 2 mg/dL
  • ALT or AST ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered
  • More than 30 days since any other prior investigational drugs

Exclusion

  • active CNS metastases
  • pregnant or nursing
  • myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
  • New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure
  • uncontrolled angina
  • severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias
  • electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities
  • Peripheral neuropathy ≤ grade 1
  • hypersensitivity to bortezomib, boron, or mannitol
  • history of a non-RCC malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell carcinoma of the skin
  • serious medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study participation
  • prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for this cancer
  • other concurrent investigational therapy
  • concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or hormonal therapy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

4 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00276614

Start Date

April 1 2006

End Date

July 1 2009

Last Update

September 1 2020

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Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1781