Clinical trial NCT00003046: Interleukin-12 in Treating Patients With Cancer in the Abdomen
Official title: Phase I Study of Intraperitoneal Recombinant Human Interleukin-12 (rhIL-12) in Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis, Associated With Mullerian and Gastrointestinal Carcinomas
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Anal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Gallbladder Cancer
Gastric Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Keywords: anal cancer
carcinoma of the appendix
colorectal cancer
extrahepatic bile duct cancer
gallbladder cancer
gastric cancer
gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor
malignant mesothelioma
pancreatic cancer
small intestine cancer
stage IV colon cancer
stage IV gastric cancer
recurrent gastric cancer
recurrent pancreatic cancer
stage IV rectal cancer
recurrent colon cancer
recurrent rectal cancer
stage IV anal cancer
recurrent anal cancer
metastatic gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor
recurrent gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor
advanced malignant mesothelioma
recurrent malignant mesothelioma
small intestine adenocarcinoma
unresectable gallbladder cancer
recurrent gallbladder cancer
unresectable extrahepatic bile duct cancer
recurrent extrahepatic bile duct cancer
recurrent small intestine cancer
stage IV pancreatic cancer
Lead sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-02-19
Enrollment: 29
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Interleukin-12 may kill tumor cells by stimulating a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of interleukin-12 in treating patients with cancer in the abdomen.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of intraperitoneal interleukin-12 in patients with Mullerian carcinoma (closed to accrual as of 8/23/01), gastrointestinal carcinoma, or peritoneal mesothelioma (closed to accrual as of 8/23/01). II. Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxicity and reversibility of toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation, multicenter study. Patients receive intraperitoneal interleukin-12 over 30 minutes once weekly for 4 weeks. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for up to 6 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Patients with stable or responsive disease may receive an additional 6 courses. Patients receive escalating doses of intraperitoneal interleukin-12 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is established, additional patients are accrued to receive interleukin-12 at the recommended dose.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 20-40 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed Mullerian carcinoma (ovarian epithelial or peritoneal carcinoma) (closed to accrual as of 8/23/01) OR Gastrointestinal cancer with abdominal carcinomatosis OR Peritoneal mesothelioma (closed to accrual as of 8/23/01) Must have received an adequate course of any platinum-based chemotherapy regimen for ovarian cancer with evidence of intraabdominal disease Must have received an adequate course of fluorouracil-based treatment for metastatic colon cancer Intact primary gastrointestinal tumor allowed if not at risk of obstruction and/or bleeding Abdominal lesions must be less than 10 cm Extraperitoneal lesions must be less than 2 cm No hepatic disease No clinically significant pleural effusion (controlled by pleurodesis allowed) No brain metastases No significant adhesions or symptoms of obstruction

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Zubrod 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin at least 9 g/dL (transfusion allowed) Lymphocyte count at least 800/mm3 Hepatic: See Disease Characteristics Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT or SGPT less than 2.5 times upper limit of normal Albumin at least 3.5 g/dL Hepatitis B and C negative Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No significant heart disease Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception Loss of no more than 10% of body weight over a 4 month period No overt autoimmune disease No active ulcer disease No prior inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis)

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No other concurrent immunotherapy Chemotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for mitomycin or nitrosoureas) and recovered No concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No chronic steroid therapy Radiotherapy: At least 3 months since prior localized radiotherapy (e.g., pelvic or small field) and recovered No radiotherapy to whole abdomen No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: Recovered from prior surgery At least 3 weeks since prior major abdominal surgery At least 2 weeks since prior laparoscopy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of Intraperitoneal Interleukin-12
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
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: Renato Lenzi, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Lenzi R, Kudelka AP, Veschraegen C, et al.: Intraperitoneal (IP) bioimmunologic responses in patients with ovarian and gastrointestinal cancers at a low toxicity dosing schedule of IP recombinant interleukin-12 (rhIL-12). [Abstract] Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res 40: A3778, 573, 1999.