intravenous vegf trap in treating patients with relapsed or refractory advanced solid tumors or non-hodgkin's lymphoma

Conditions: Cancer

Summary: rationale: intravenous vegf trap may stop the growth of solid tumors or non-hodgkin's lymphoma by stopping blood flow to the cancer. purpose: this phase i trial is studying the side effects of vegf trap in treating patients with relapsed or refractory advanced solid tumors or non-hodgkin's lymphoma.

objectives: primary * determine the safety and tolerability of intravenous vegf trap in patients with relapsed or refractory advanced solid tumors or non-hodgkin's lymphoma. secondary * determine the steady-state pharmacokinetics of this drug in these patients. * determine the ability of this drug to bind circulating vascular endothelial growth factor in these patients. * determine whether antibodies to this drug develop in these patients. * determine, preliminarily, the ability of repeated doses of this drug to alter tumor growth and vascular permeability in these patients. outline: this is an open-label, multicenter, extension study. patients receive vegf trap\* iv over 1 hour on day 1. courses repeat every 14 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. note: \*patients receive the same drug dose that they received in mskcc-03137 (vgft-st-0202) patients are followed monthly for 3 months. projected accrual: a total of 25 patients will be accrued for this study within 3-6 months.

Eligibility criteria:
disease characteristics: * histologically confirmed non-hodgkin's lymphoma or primary or metastatic solid tumor located in at least one of the following sites: * liver * soft tissue * pelvis * other site that is suitable for delayed contrast-enhancing mri * relapsed or refractory disease * failed all conventional therapeutic options and not amenable to existing therapeutic options * must have completed the active phase (through study visit 9) of mskcc-03137 (vgft-st-0202) without experiencing dose-limiting toxicity * no prior or concurrent cns metastases (brain or leptomeningeal) * no new neurological symptoms during treatment on mskcc-03137 (vgft-st-0202) patient characteristics: age * 18 and over performance status * not specified life expectancy * not specified hematopoietic * no severe or uncontrolled hematologic condition hepatic * not specified renal * no severe or uncontrolled renal condition cardiovascular * no severe or uncontrolled cardiovascular condition pulmonary * no severe or uncontrolled pulmonary condition other * no severe or uncontrolled gastrointestinal, immunologic, or musculoskeletal condition * no other medical or psychiatric condition or adverse social circumstance that would preclude study participation * not pregnant or nursing * negative pregnancy test * fertile patients must use effective double-barrier contraception during and for 3 months after study treatment prior concurrent therapy: biologic therapy * no concurrent epoetin alfa, filgrastim (g-csf), or sargramostim (gm-csf) chemotherapy * not specified endocrine therapy * no concurrent adrenal corticosteroids, except low-dose replacement therapy * no concurrent systemic hormonal contraceptive agents radiotherapy * not specified surgery * not specified other * no concurrent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including cyclo-oxygenase-2 (cox-2) inhibitors * no concurrent anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs, including warfarin, heparin, or aspirin * concurrent low-dose (i.e., 1 mg) warfarin for maintaining patency of venous access devices allowed * no other concurrent standard or investigational agents for this malignancy

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