Piritrexim in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer of the Urinary Tract
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002914 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 11, 2004
Last Update Posted : January 27, 2010
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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 piritrexim in treating patients with advanced cancer of the urinary tract that has not responded to previous treatment.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Bladder Cancer Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter Urethral Cancer | Drug: piritrexim | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the antineoplastic activity of piritrexim and its effect on the survival of patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma previously treated with systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy. II. Evaluate the toxicity of piritrexim in these patients.
OUTLINE: Patients receive piritrexim by mouth 3 times daily, 5 days a week, for 3 weeks followed by 1 week of rest. Patients with responding or stable disease continue treatment every 4 weeks until unacceptable toxicity or progression intervenes.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 40 patients will be entered over 5-6 months if at least 1 response is observed in the first 14 evaluable patients.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 40 participants |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | PHASE II STUDY OF PIRITREXIM IN ADVANCED CARCINOMA OF THE UROTHELIUM |
Study Start Date : | May 1997 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2001 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2004 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed transitional cell carcinoma, squamous cell, or adenocarcinoma of the renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, or urethra Progressing regional or metastatic disease after one prior systemic or intra- arterial chemotherapy regimen Bidimensionally measurable disease, e. g.: Pulmonary nodules Palpable lymph nodes Cutaneous or subcutaneous nodules Mediastinal tumor or hepatic metastases if clearly measurable on CT No prior radiotherapy to indicator lesion unless documented progression since completion of radiotherapy
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0 or 1 Hematopoietic: (within 2 weeks prior to entry) WBC at least 4,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: (within 2 weeks prior to entry) Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL AST no greater than twice normal Renal: (within 2 weeks prior to entry) Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance greater than 40 mL/min Other: No active unresolved infection No concurrent parenteral antibiotics At least 7 days since parenteral antibiotics No history of prior malignancy within 5 years except: Curatively treated nonmelanomatous skin cancer In situ cancer of the cervix Not pregnant or nursing Adequate contraception required of fertile patients Physically and medically able to take oral medications
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: One prior systemic biological response modifier therapy allowed At least 3 weeks since biologic response modifier therapy and recovered Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 3 weeks since chemotherapy and recovered Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since radiotherapy Surgery: At least 3 weeks since major surgery and recovered

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00002914

Study Chair: | Bruce J. Roth, MD | Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | Group Chair, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00002914 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000065289 E-3896 |
First Posted: | August 11, 2004 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 27, 2010 |
Last Verified: | January 2010 |
recurrent bladder cancer transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder |
adenocarcinoma of the bladder recurrent urethral cancer recurrent transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter |
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Urethral Neoplasms Carcinoma, Transitional Cell Kidney Neoplasms Ureteral Neoplasms Urologic Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Urinary Bladder Diseases Urologic Diseases |
Urethral Diseases Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Kidney Diseases Ureteral Diseases Piritrexim Antineoplastic Agents Folic Acid Antagonists Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |