Clinical trial NCT00003276: Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Advanced Gallbladder or Bile Duct Cancer
Official title: A Phase II Study of CPT-11 in Patients With Advanced Gallbladder or Bile Duct Tumors
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Gallbladder Cancer
Keywords: unresectable gallbladder cancer
recurrent gallbladder cancer
Lead sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-04-30
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 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 irinotecan in treating patients with advanced gallbladder or bile duct cancer that cannot be removed surgically.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the objective tumor response rate in patients with advanced gallbladder or bile duct tumors treated with irinotecan. II. Evaluate time-to-progression, survival, and toxic effects associated with irinotecan given weekly for 4 weeks every 6 weeks in this patient population.

OUTLINE: Patients receive a 90 minute continuous infusion of irinotecan on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 for 4 weeks, followed by a 2 week rest period. Courses of treatment are repeated every 42 days. Patients continue treatment in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, then every 6 months for the next 4 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 22-40 patients will be accrued for this study over 2-4 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven gallbladder or bile duct carcinoma with metastatic or recurrent disease deemed unresectable and not considered a candidate for potentially curative therapy Measurable or evaluable disease No known active CNS disease Closed to bile duct carcinoma as of July 1999

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: SGOT no greater than 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR Bilirubin no greater than 2 times ULN in patients with biliary stents or percutaneous biliary catheters Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease Other: Nutritional intake at least 1200 kcal/day No uncontrolled infection or chronic debilitating disease Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No uncontrolled seizure disorder No prior malignancy within 5 years except adequately treated basal cell/squamous cell carcinomas and adequately treated noninvasive carcinomas

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior biological therapy or immunotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease No concurrent biologic therapy Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease Prior adjuvant chemotherapy allowed if used as a radiation sensitizer for completely resected disease No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease Prior adjuvant radiotherapy allowed if used as a radiation sensitizer for completely resected disease No radiotherapy to greater than 25% of bone marrow No radiotherapy within the past 4 weeks No concurrent radiotherapy Concurrent CNS radiation allowed Surgery: No post abdominal exploration (with or without resection) within the past 4 weeks Other: No concurrent medication for other medical conditions except for: Analgesics Chronic treatments for preexisting conditions Agents required for life-threatening medical conditions No laxatives

Primary outcomes:
measure: objective tumor response rate
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: overall survival
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
measure: time to progression
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Scottsdale
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
state: Arizona
city: Peoria
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
state: Illinois
city: Urbana
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
state: Illinois
city: Cedar Rapids
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
state: Iowa
city: Des Moines
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
state: Iowa
city: Sioux City
country: United States
facility: Siouxland Hematology-Oncology
state: Iowa
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Ochsner
state: Louisiana
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
state: Michigan
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
state: Minnesota
city: Saint Cloud
country: United States
facility: CentraCare Clinic
state: Minnesota
city: Saint Louis Park
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
state: Minnesota
city: Omaha
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
state: Nebraska
city: Bismarck
country: United States
facility: Quain & Ramstad Clinic, P.C.
state: North Dakota
city: Fargo
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
state: North Dakota
city: Grand Forks
country: United States
facility: Altru Health Systems
state: North Dakota
city: Toledo
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
state: Ohio
city: Danville
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center
state: Pennsylvania
city: Rapid City
country: United States
facility: Rapid City Regional Hospital
state: South Dakota
city: Sioux Falls
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
state: South Dakota
city: Regina
country: Canada
facility: Saskatchewan Cancer Agency
state: Saskatchewan
Study officials:
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Steven R. Alberts, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Alberts SR, Fishkin PA, Burgart LJ, Cera PJ, Mahoney MR, Morton RF, Johnson PA, Nair S, Goldberg RM; North Central Cancer Treatment Group. CPT-11 for bile-duct and gallbladder carcinoma: a phase II North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study. Int J Gastrointest Cancer. 2002;32(2-3):107-14. doi: 10.1385/ijgc:32:2-3:107.
citation: Fishkin P, Alberts S, Mahoney M, et al.: Irinotecan (CPT-11) in patients (Pts) with advanced gallbladder (GB) Carcinoma (CA): a North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) phase II study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20: A-618, 2001.
citation: Alberts S, Mahoney M, Fishkin P, et al.: Toxicity of irinotecan (CPT-11) in patients (PTS) with advanced gallbladder (GB) or biliary (BILI) tumors: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A-1166, 2000.