Clinical trial NCT00006079: Eflornithine To Prevent Cervical Cancer in Patients With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Official title: A Randomized Double-Blind Study of Alpha-Difluromethylornithine (DFMO) Versus Placebo in Patients With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) Grade 2-3
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Cervical Cancer
Precancerous Condition
Keywords: cervical cancer
cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2
cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3
Eflornithine
Lead sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-05-26
Enrollment: 150
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. The use of eflornithine may be an effective way to prevent the recurrence of or further development of cervical cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to determine the effectiveness of eflornithine in preventing cervical cancer in patients who have cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the efficacy of eflornithine versus placebo in causing regression in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. II. Compare the qualitative and quantitative toxicities of these treatment regimens in these patients. III. Establish the biochemical tissue markers of DNA content, PCNA, the ras oncogene, EGFR, and keratin and involucrin as intermediate biomarker end points for squamous carcinogenesis in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double blind, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to one of three treatment arms. Arm I-II: Patients receive one of two different doses of oral eflornithine daily. Arm III: Patients receive oral placebo daily. Treatment continues for 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed at 28 days, and then at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 180 patients (60 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1) Women with newly diagnosed or recurrent CIN grade 2-3, involving an area 3times larger than the biopsy site. Patients must be \> 18 years old, with a performance status less than or equal to 2 (Zubrod Scale) and a predicted life expectancy of greater than or equal to 12 months. Patients must have a medically safe form of contraception for the duration of the study. All patients must complete the of pretreatment evaluation, consent to colposcopy and cervical biopsy for histologic evaluation

Exclusion Criteria:

1) Patients may not have had a prior malignancy.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Efficacy Comparison of Eflornithine versus Placebo
timeFrame: 28 Days
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Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
name: Michele Follen, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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