Phase II Trial of Doxorubicin and Bortezomib in Patients With Incurable Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00581360 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 27, 2007
Results First Posted : November 6, 2016
Last Update Posted : November 6, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma | Drug: doxorubicin and bortezomib | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 10 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase II Trial of Doxorubicin and Bortezomib in Patients With Incurable Head and Neck Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma |
Study Start Date : | November 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2011 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Bortezomib + Doxorubicin
Patients with incurable adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck who receive doxorubicin and bortezomib
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Drug: doxorubicin and bortezomib
Patients will be treated with bortezomib 1.3 mg/m2, intravenously on days 1, 4, 8 and 11, and doxorubicin 20 mg/m2, intravenously on days 1 and 8, every 21 days. Zinecard will be added at the 8th cycle and all subsequent cycles with doxorubicin. After the completion of 14 cycles, if there is no progression, bortezomib once a week at a dose of 1.6 mg/m2 on days 1,8,15, every 28 days, will be administered alone. Treatment will continue unless disease progression or intolerable toxicity emerges.
Other Name: Velcade |
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]ORR is the number participants experiencing partial response (PR) + the number participants experiencing complete response (CR) / the number participants experiencing partial response (PR) + the number participants experiencing complete response (CR) + the number participants experiencing stable disease (SD) + the number participants experiencing progressive disease (PD). RECIST v1.0 criteria for Target Lesions was used: Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the LD of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum LD; Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of one or more new lesions; Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest s
- Stable Disease Rate [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Using RECIST v1.0 criteria, stable disease rate is the number participants experiencing stable disease (SD) / the number participants experiencing partial response (PR) + the number participants experiencing complete response (CR) + the number participants experiencing stable disease (SD) + the number participants experiencing progressive disease (PD).
- Number of Months of Progression-free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Number of months that participants experienced stable disease (the disease does not progress per RECIST v1.0 criteria - Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum LD since the treatment started)
- Number of Months of Survival [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Number of months that the participant was alive.
- Median Duration of Stable Disease Response [ Time Frame: Up to 36 months ]Median number of months of Stable Disease Response Per RECIST v1.0 (Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum LD since the treatment started)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck which is considered incurable by known therapies, as judged by the investigator.
- Patients should have cytologically or histologically confirmed adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck.
- Patients must have unidimensionally measurable disease (RECIST criteria). If the only site of measurable disease is a previously irradiated area, the patient must have documented progression of disease in this area.
- All available prior computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans should be reviewed and noted, and measurements showing progression of disease should be documented whenever possible. However, documentation of disease progression is not mandatory for enrollment.
- Patients must have multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) scan showing left ventricular ejection function (LVEF) at or above the institutional lower limits of normal.
- Patients must have ECOG performance status 0-2.
- Patients should have recovered from prior surgery or radiation therapy. A minimum time period of 3 weeks should elapse between the completion of extensive radiation therapy for recurrent/metastatic disease and enrollment in the study.
- Patients must have normal organ and marrow function (as defined below) measured within one week prior to registration:
- Absolute neutrophil count >1,500/mm3.
- Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mm3.
- Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits.
- Transaminases (AST and ALT) <3 X ULN.
- Creatinine within normal institutional limits or creatinine clearance (CrCl) greater than or equal to 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal. CrCl will be calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula:
- Calculated Creatinine Clearance = (140-age) X actual body wt.(kg) 72 X serum creatinine. Multiply this number by 0.85 if the patient is female.
- Myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment, uncontrolled angina, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities. Prior to study entry, any ECG abnormality at screening has to be documented by the investigator as not medically relevant. Patients must not have history of congestive heart failure of any grade according to Heart Association (NYHA) (see Appendix 2).
- Age > 18 years and capacity to give informed consent.
- All patients must have given signed, informed consent prior to registration to the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- No prior chemotherapy for recurrent / metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma. Up to 1 prior biologic/targeted therapy regimen is allowed. Also, chemotherapy as part of initial potentially curative therapy (i.e. concurrent chemoradiotherapy) is allowed, if it was completed >6 months earlier.
- Patients must not have any prior anthracyclines (doxorubicin, epirubicin, daunorubicin, idarubicin) or mitoxantrone, or bortezomib.
- No history of prior malignancy, with the exception of curatively treated squamous cell or basal carcinoma of the skin or in situ cervical cancer, unless there is a 3-year disease-free interval.
- Patients must not have history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to bortezomib, boron or mannitol.
- Patients must not have any pre-existing neuropathy of grade > 1.
- Patients must not have uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
- Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding or patients of reproductive potential not using an effective method of birth control will be excluded. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks of the first administration of chemo. Also, male patients whose sexual partners are women of child bearing potential not using effective birth control will be excluded.
- Patients with known positivity for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will be excluded due to possible pharmacokinetic interactions with bortezomib. Appropriate studies will be undertaken in HIV-positive patients who are receiving or not receiving combination anti-retroviral therapy when indicated.
- Patient must not have received other investigational drugs within 14 days before enrollment.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00581360

Principal Investigator: | Athanassios E Argiris, MD | Principal Investigator |
Responsible Party: | University of Pittsburgh |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00581360 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
06-124 |
First Posted: | December 27, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | November 6, 2016 |
Last Update Posted: | November 6, 2016 |
Last Verified: | September 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Adenoid cystic carcinoma bortezomib doxorubicin |
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Doxorubicin |
Bortezomib Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Antineoplastic Agents Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |