Status:

COMPLETED

R-(-)-Gossypol Acetic Acid in Treating Patients With Recurrent Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Recurrent Small Cell Lung Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This phase II trial is studying how well R-(-)-gossypol acetic acid works in treating patients with recurrent extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as R-(-)-gossypol...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the objective response rate of R-(-)-gossypol in patients with recurrent chemotherapy-sensitive extensive stage small cell lung cancer. II. To determine the time ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed small cell lung cancer
  • Extensive stage disease
  • Recurrent disease
  • Measurable disease
  • Chemotherapy-sensitive disease, defined as:
  • No progression during first-line chemotherapy
  • No disease recurrence \< 2 months after completion of first-line chemotherapy
  • Must have received prior platinum-based chemotherapy
  • No symptomatic or progressive brain metastases
  • Patients with previously treated brain metastases who are clinically and radiographically stable or improved and have been off steroids ≥ 14 days are eligible
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Life expectancy \> 12 weeks
  • Leukocytes ≥ 3,000/μL
  • ANC ≥ 1,500/μL
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL
  • Total bilirubin \< 1.5 mg/dL
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dL
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception before, during, and for 30 days after completion of study therapy
  • Able to take oral medications on a regular basis
  • Willing to provide blood samples for mandatory correlative studies
  • No condition that impairs the ability to swallow and retain R-(-)-gossypol tablets, including the following:
  • Gastrointestinal tract disease resulting in an inability to take oral medication or a requirement for IV alimentation
  • Active peptic ulcer disease
  • No malabsorption syndrome or disease significantly affecting gastrointestinal function
  • No ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or a partial or complete small bowel obstruction
  • No uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to, any of the following:
  • Ongoing or active infection
  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • Unstable angina pectoris
  • Cardiac arrhythmia
  • Psychiatric illness or social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • No symptomatic hypercalcemia \> grade 2
  • No requirement for routine use of hematopoietic growth factors (including G-CSF, GM-CSF, or IL-11) or platelet transfusions to maintain ANC or platelet counts
  • No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to R-(-)-gossypol
  • No HIV positivity
  • Recovered from all prior therapy, including prior surgical procedures
  • No prior surgical procedures affecting absorption
  • No prior resection of the stomach or small bowel
  • No more than one prior chemotherapy regimen
  • No prior racemic gossypol or R-(-)-gossypol
  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C)
  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy, hormonal agents, or biologic response modifiers
  • At least 4 weeks since prior and no concurrent investigational agents or devices
  • No concurrent prophylactic hematopoietic growth factors (including filgrastim \[G-CSF\], sargramostim \[GM-CSF\], or interleukin-11 \[IL-11\]) during course one
  • No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 1 2010

    Estimated Enrollment :

    15 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00773955

    Start Date

    November 1 2008

    End Date

    August 1 2010

    Last Update

    May 12 2014

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    Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905