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Perifosine in Treating Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00053924
First received: February 5, 2003
Last updated: July 23, 2008
Last verified: July 2004
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of perifosine in treating patients who have locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Pancreatic Cancer
 Drug: perifosine
 Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase 2 Study Of Perifosine As Second Line Therapy For Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: May 2003
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the efficacy of perifosine, in terms of 6-month survival, in patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
  • Determine the safety and tolerability of this drug in these patients.
  • Determine median survival time and the 1-year survival rate of patients treated with this drug.
  • Determine the objective response rate (partial and complete), response duration, and time to progression in patients treated with this drug.
  • Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral perifosine daily for 3 weeks. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 17-37 patients will be accrued for this study within 15 months.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas not amenable to curative local therapy

    • Metastatic OR locally advanced
  • No known brain metastases
  • No ascites that required therapeutic paracentesis on at least 2 occasions within the past 6 weeks

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-2 OR
  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST/ALT no greater than 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN with liver metastases)

Renal

  • Creatinine normal OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular

  • No symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No cardiac arrhythmia

Gastrointestinal

  • No gastrointestinal (GI) tract disease resulting in the inability to take oral medication or a requirement for IV alimentation
  • No uncontrolled inflammatory bowel disease
  • No active peptic ulcer disease

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No prior allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to perifosine
  • No other active malignant disease that could interfere with interpretation of study results
  • No ongoing active infection
  • No other uncontrolled concurrent illness
  • No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic or locally advanced disease

    • Prior chemotherapy, given as a radiosensitizer, allowed in addition to single-line therapy
  • At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin) and recovered

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy likely to have myelotoxic effects (more than 3,000 cGy to fields including substantial marrow) and recovered

Surgery

  • No prior GI surgery affecting absorption

Other

  • No concurrent antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients
  • No other concurrent investigational agents
  • No other concurrent anticancer agents or therapies
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00053924

Locations
Canada, Ontario
Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 5C2
Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4L6
Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9
Sponsors and Collaborators
Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
Study Chair: Malcolm J. Moore, MD Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada
  More Information

Additional Information:
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00053924     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000269586, PMH-PHL-015, NCI-5983
Study First Received: February 5, 2003
Last Updated: July 23, 2008
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
recurrent pancreatic cancer
stage II pancreatic cancer
adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
stage III pancreatic cancer
stage IV pancreatic cancer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
 Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases

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