Status:

COMPLETED

Study of Vorinostat in Combination With Gemcitabine and Docetaxel in Advanced Sarcoma

Lead Sponsor:

Melissa Burgess, MD

Collaborating Sponsors:

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Conditions:

Sarcoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a Phase Ib/II experimental, open-label, dose escalation, active treatment study designed to determine the safety, tolerability, and recommended dose of the combination. During the Phase 2 por...

Detailed Description

Phase 1b * To determine the dose of vorinostat that can be safely combined with gemcitabine and docetaxel in patients with advanced sarcomas. * To characterize the Pharmacokinetics (PK) and Pharmacod...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must have histologically confirmed soft tissue sarcoma with evidence of metastatic or unresectable disease.
  • Patients must have measurable disease by RECIST 1.1.
  • Up to 32 prior cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens in the metastatic setting are allowed. Adjuvant chemotherapy or targeted therapy will not be considered a prior line of treatment.
  • Age ≥18 years.
  • ECOG performance status ≤2 (Karnofsky ≥60%).
  • Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks.
  • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • leukocytes ≥3,000/µL
  • absolute neutrophil count ≥1,500/µL
  • platelets ≥100,000/µL
  • total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • creatinine ≤1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Peripheral neuropathy, if present, should be ≤grade 1.
  • Women of Child bearing potential MUST use contraceptives.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion

  • The following specific histologic subtypes of soft tissue sarcomas will be excluded: GIST, Kaposi's sarcoma, mesothelioma, dermatofibrosarcoma, chordoma, alveolar soft-part sarcoma. Also, all bone sarcomas are excluded including Ewing's sarcoma, osteosarcoma, GIST, low grade chondrosarcoma, and chordoma.
  • Patients who have had treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to starting study treatment or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents.
  • Patients with known brain metastases.
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to gemcitabine, docetaxel, vorinostat, or G-CSF.
  • Patients who have received and progressed on the combination of gemcitabine and docetaxel in the metastatic setting.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Pregnant and breastfeeding women
  • Patients taking concomitant HDAC inhibitors.
  • HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral treatment

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 24 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 15 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

37 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01879085

Start Date

September 24 2013

End Date

April 15 2021

Last Update

September 21 2022

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Hillman Cancer Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232