Status:

COMPLETED

Bortezomib and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Stage IV Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This phase II trial is studying how well giving bortezomib together with gemcitabine works in treating patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer. Bortezomib may stop the growth of tu...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary I. Assess the response probability (confirmed and unconfirmed, complete and partial responses) and 3-month progression-free survival rate in patients with metastatic or recurrent n...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Histologically confirmed nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) of one of the following subtypes:
  • Non-keratinizing (WHO type II)
  • Undifferentiated (WHO type III)
  • Disease meets one of the following stage criteria:
  • Stage IVC at diagnosis
  • Persisted, metastasized, or recurred after definitive surgery, radiotherapy, and/or chemotherapy
  • Measurable disease
  • If only measurable disease is within a prior radiation therapy port, disease progression must be clearly demonstrated
  • No known CNS metastases
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm³
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
  • Bilirubin normal
  • SGOT or SGPT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Zubrod performance status 0-2
  • No peripheral neuropathy \> grade 1
  • No prior malignancy except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for 5 years
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • More than 6 months since prior myocardial infarction
  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV cardiac problems
  • No uncontrolled angina
  • No severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias
  • No acute ischemia by ECG
  • No active conduction system abnormalities
  • No known hypersensitivity to bortezomib, boron, or mannitol
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior therapy with gemcitabine hydrochloride, bortezomib, or other proteasome inhibitors
  • No more than 28 days since discontinuation of single-agent bortezomib
  • Patients with prior gemcitabine hydrochloride treatment are eligible for single-agent bortezomib treatment but NOT for combination treatment
  • No more than one prior chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of metastatic or recurrent NPC
  • At least 28 days since prior treatment and recovered
  • At least 24 weeks since prior adjuvant chemotherapy
  • At least 24 weeks since prior chemotherapy as a radiosensitizer for initial locally advanced disease
  • At least 28 days since prior radiotherapy and recovered
  • At least 28 days since prior surgery and recovered
  • No other concurrent therapy for NPC, including any of the following:
  • Radiotherapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • Immunotherapy
  • Biologic therapy
  • Other investigational drugs
  • Gene therapy
  • No colony-stimulating factor therapy during the first course of study therapy
  • No concurrent highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-positive patients

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    50 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00305734

    Start Date

    August 1 2006

    Last Update

    January 25 2013

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    Southwest Oncology Group

    San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78245