a study to assess the potential effects of ketoconazole on the pharmacokinetics of trabectedin in patients with advanced malignancies

Conditions: Neoplasm Metastases

Summary: the purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential effects of ketoconazole on blood levels of trabectedin after administration to patients with advanced malignancies.

this is an open-label study (patients will know the names of the study drugs they receive), randomized (patients will be assigned 1 of 2 treatment sequences by chance) that is designed to examine the pharmacokinetics (blood levels) of trabectedin when coadministered with ketoconazole in patients with advanced malignancies. study drugs include trabectedin and ketoconazole. trabectedin is a drug being developed to treat patients with cancer that will be administered intravenously (iv) through a catheter (tube) into a central vein over a period of 3 hours once every 21 days with and without ketoconazole. ketoconazole is an antifungal agent taken as tablets orally (by mouth), that may interfere with the metabolism of trabectedin. in addition, dexamethasone or equivalent steroid, a drug used to prevent nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients that may have protective effects on the liver, will be administered to patients before the administration of trabectedin in each treatment cycle. this study will consist of 2 parts, part a and b. in part a, trabectedin+ketoconazole followed by trabectedin alone will be administered with ketoconazole to 4 patients to evaluate safety. if the safety and pk data collected in part a is deemed acceptable, enrollment in part b of the study will begin and patients will receive 1 of 2 treatment sequences of trabectedin and ketoconazole. patients in part a and part b who complete the treatment phase of the study or who are discontinued due to ketoconazole toxicity, and who in the opinion of the investigator would derive an overall clinical benefit from further treatment with trabectedin will have the opportunity to continue treatment with trabectedin in the optional extension phase. the dose and schedule of trabectedin may be modified by the treating physician in the optional extension phase to be more appropriate for the type of malignancy being treated. patients will receive 20 mg of iv dexamethasone or equivalent steroid prior to trabectedin administration in all cycles. part a consists of ketoconazole 200mg 2x daily+trabectedin 0.2mg/m2 i.v. followed 21 days later by trabectedin 1.3mg/m2 i.v. part b consists of sequence 1 (ketoconazole 200mg 2x daily+trabectedin 0.2mg/m2 i.v.followed 21 days later by trabectedin 1.3mg/m2 i.v.) and sequence 2 (trabectedin 1.3mg/m2 i.v followed 21 days later by ketoconazole 200mg 2x daily+trabectedin 0.2mg/m2 i.v). dexamethasone 20mg i.v. or equivalent, will be given 30 minutes before trabectedin in each cycle.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease, any solid tumor except hepatocellular carcinoma (cancer of the liver), who have been relapsed or had progressive disease following standard of care treatment with chemotherapy prior to enrollment, or intolerant to prior standard of care treatment with chemotherapy exclusion criteria: * patients with previous exposure to trabectedin * patients with cancer that has metastasized (spread) to the central nervous system * patients with known liver disease * patients who had a myocardial infarct (heart attack) within 6 months before enrollment or who have any other clinically significant or unstable medical condition as assessed by the investigator

Keywords: trabectedin (yondelis) ketoconazole antineoplastic agents solid tumors locally advanced or metastatic disease chemotherapy pharmacokinetics