Status:

COMPLETED

Paclitaxel Albumin-Stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Advanced Metastatic Solid Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation and gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the c...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the dose-limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated dose of paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation (Abraxane) in combination with gemcitabine hydrochlori...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid tumors
  • Advanced metastatic disease
  • Measurable or evaluable disease
  • Must meet 1 of the following criteria:
  • Failed prior standard therapy
  • Not a candidate for standard therapy
  • Has a disease for which there is no defined standard therapy
  • No symptomatic brain metastases
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • ECOG functional status 0-2
  • Life expectancy ≥ 8 weeks
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count \> 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
  • Bilirubin normal
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No prior anaphylactic reaction or severe allergic reaction to paclitaxel, docetaxel, or gemcitabine hydrochloride
  • No active infectious process that will require treatment with antibiotics for \> 4 weeks
  • No uncontrolled congestive heart failure
  • No symptomatic coronary artery disease or heart block
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 3 months
  • No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2 from any cause
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • More than 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or any other treatment
  • No prior radiotherapy to \> 25% of bone marrow
  • No prior nitrosoureas
  • No more than 6 prior courses of alkylating agents
  • No more than 2 prior courses of mitomycin C
  • No more than 3 prior courses of cytotoxic therapy for metastatic disease
  • No concurrent filgrastim (G-CSF), pegfilgrastim, or sargramostim (GM-CSF) during study course 1

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    October 1 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    18 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00307255

    Start Date

    August 1 2006

    End Date

    October 1 2008

    Last Update

    April 4 2012

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    University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599