Text Size

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of MK0683 in Patients With Advanced Cancer

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Merck
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00750178
First received: September 8, 2008
Last updated: September 9, 2008
Last verified: September 2008
History of Changes
  Purpose

This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of MK0683 in patients with advanced cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Cancer, Advanced
 Drug: vorinostat (MK0683 )
 Phase 1

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase I Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of MK0683 in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer
Drug Information available for: Vorinostat
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Merck:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Safety, tolerability, and PK of MK0683 [ Time Frame: 28 Days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Urinary excretion of MK0683 [ Time Frame: 28 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 30
Study Start Date: November 2004
Study Completion Date: November 2005
Primary Completion Date: August 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: A
MK0683
 Drug: vorinostat (MK0683 )

Panel A: vorinostat 400 mg capsules once daily on Days 1, 5, 7-28

Total treatment period is 28 days

Other Name: Zolinza

  Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients 18 years or older
  • Must agree to consume high fat meal and agree to fasting conditions
  • Limit alcohol consumption

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient has a history of drug or alcohol abuse within 5 years of start of study
  • Patient is known to have HIV
  • Patient has participated in another investigational study within 4 weeks of start of study
  • Patient cannot stop taking certain medications or herbal remedies
  • Patient will require immunologic, radiation, surgery, or chemotherapy during the study
  • Patient requires frequent blood transfusions
  • Female patient is pregnant or nursing
  • Patient has an active Hepatitis B or C infection
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00750178

Sponsors and Collaborators
Merck
Investigators
Study Director: Medical Monitor Merck
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Executive Vice President, Clinical and Quantitative Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00750178     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2008_544, MK0683-008
Study First Received: September 8, 2008
Last Updated: September 9, 2008
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Vorinostat
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
 Pharmacologic Actions
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 21, 2013