Olanzapine in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Weight Loss - Full Text View

Sponsor:	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Information provided by (Responsible Party):	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00489593

Purpose

The goal of this clinical research study is to find the highest tolerable dose of the drug Olanzapine that can be given to patients with advanced cancer who are experiencing weight loss. Researchers want to find out if Olanzapine can help decrease weight loss in patients who are experiencing it because of cancer. How this drug affects performance status, cancer-related symptoms, and nutritional status in patients with advanced cancer will also be studied.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Advanced Cancer Weight Loss	Drug: Olanzapine	Phase I

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	Phase I Dose-Finding Pilot Study of the Safety and Tolerability of Olanzapine in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Weight Loss

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Weight Control

Drug Information available for: Fluoxetine Fluoxetine hydrochloride Olanzapine

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) [ Time Frame: Toxicity evaluation after one 28-day cycle (& each dose level). ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment:	57
Study Start Date:	October 2006
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	April 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Olanzapine	Drug: Olanzapine 2.5 mg by mouth (PO) Daily x 28 days, increasing about every 3-14 days in increments of 2.5-5 mg until the designated dose for that cohort is reached. Other Names: Zyprexa Fluoxetine Symbyax

Detailed Description:

Olanzapine is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. However, patients who have received this drug for these reasons have also experienced weight gain. Further studies in patients with cancer showed an improvement in appetite, a decrease in nausea, and a control of flushing (feeling of warmth) and sweating.

If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study and before you receive your first dose of Olanzapine, you will have routine blood tests (about 2 teaspoons). You will be asked a series of questions about your nutrition and how well you are able to perform daily activities. These questions should take about 20 minutes to answer. Your answers will help the study doctor decide if the study drug is helping you gain weight and if your weight gain is helping you feel better. You will also have an electrocardiogram (ECG - a test to measure the electrical activity of the heart). Women who are able to have children must have a negative blood pregnancy test (about 1 teaspoon).

After the tests above are completed, you will begin receiving Olanzapine. The study drug will be taken by mouth once daily at bedtime for 28 days in a row. Seven different doses of the drug are planned with 6 patients enrolled on each level. The level you are assigned to will depend on when you are enrolled on this study. All participants will begin taking the same strength of the study drug. This will gradually increase about every 3 - 14 days until you reach the highest strength of the study drug for the dose level to which you are assigned.

About every 2 weeks during this study for the first month and then about once a month thereafter, you will have a physical exam, including measurement of your vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, and breathing rate), and your medical history will be discussed. You will also have routine blood tests (about 2 teaspoons) to check your general health.

You will continue to receive the highest strength of the study drug for the dose level to which you are assigned for about 4 months unless you have intolerable side effects or if your weight continues to decrease. The study doctor will decide if you should continue receiving Olanzapine after 4 months.

This is an investigational study. The FDA has approved Olanzapine for mental health diseases (schizophrenia, acute mania, and bipolar disorder). Its use in preventing weight loss is experimental. Up to 57 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patient with confirmed advanced cancer.
Patients with decreased daily caloric intake (<1500 Calories/day), or with a weight loss equivalent to 10% of body weight over six months
Patients should be able to have an oral intake and not be dependant on tube feeding, or have significant oropharyngeal obstruction, gastro-duodenal obstruction, or oral mucosal inflammation interfering with oral intake. Patients who have undergone gastro-jejunal bypass, esophagectomy, or total gastrectomy will be excluded.
ECOG performance status 2 or less.
Normal organ function: Creatinine less or equal to 2 times ULN; Bilirubin less or equal 2.5 times ULN
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign written informed consent.
Patients receiving concurrent chemotherapy or radiation therapy are eligible for enrollment.
Expected life expectancy of at least 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

Uncontrolled concurrent illness such as unstable angina, myocardial infarction in the preceding month, neutropenic fever, shock, symptomatic decompensate congestive heart failure, or congestive Heart Failure of NYHA III or IV, active internal bleeding.
Hypersensitivity to olanzapine, or history of dyskinesia or extrapyramidal syndrome on atypical neuroleptic.
Concurrent treatment with any atypical antipsychotic such as clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone or aripiprazole
History of clozapine-induced agranulocytosis because patients will be at increased risk for neutropenia with Olanzapine.
Major surgery within four weeks of study start day.
Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
Uncontrolled seizure disorder (any episode in the previous 4 weeks).
Pregnant and Nursing women.
Patients may not have started an appetite stimulant such as megace or therapeutic dose of steroids (superior or equal to an equivalent of 4 mg dexamethasone/day), or increased the dose of such medication (by more than 50%) in the previous week.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00489593

Contacts

Contact: Aung Naing, MD

713-563-1930

Locations

United States, Texas
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center	Recruiting
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Sponsors and Collaborators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Aung Naing, MD

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

More Information

Additional Information:

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00489593 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	2005-0620
Study First Received:	June 20, 2007
Last Updated:	November 11, 2011
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:

Advanced Cancer
Weight Loss
Cachexia
Olanzapine

Zyprexa
Fluoxetine
Symbyax

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Body Weight
Weight Loss
Neoplasms
Signs and Symptoms
Body Weight Changes
Fluoxetine
Olanzapine
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Serotonin Agents

Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
Antidepressive Agents
Psychotropic Drugs
Central Nervous System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Antipsychotic Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Antiemetics
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Gastrointestinal Agents

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 09, 2012