Clinical trial NCT00003296: Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Liver or Bile Duct Cancer
Official title: Phase II Study of TLC D-99 for Hepatobiliary Carcinomas
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Gallbladder Cancer
Liver Cancer
Keywords: localized resectable adult primary liver cancer
localized unresectable adult primary liver cancer
advanced adult primary liver cancer
recurrent adult primary liver cancer
localized gallbladder cancer
unresectable gallbladder cancer
recurrent gallbladder cancer
localized extrahepatic bile duct cancer
unresectable extrahepatic bile duct cancer
recurrent extrahepatic bile duct cancer
adult primary hepatocellular carcinoma
cholangiocarcinoma of the gallbladder
cholangiocarcinoma of the extrahepatic bile duct
adult primary cholangiocellular carcinoma
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Sponsor class: NIH
First posted: 2004-07-08
Enrollment: 26
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
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 liposomal doxorubicin in treating patients with liver or bile duct cancer.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response rate and toxicity of doxorubicin HCl liposome in patients with carcinomas of the liver and bile ducts.

OUTLINE: Patients receive doxorubicin HCl liposome IV over 15 minutes every 21 days. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is administered subcutaneously starting on day 2 and continuing for 10-14 days. Disease is restaged after every 3 courses. Treatment continues in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Patients are followed every 3 months for the first year, and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: There will be 17-26 evaluable patients accrued into this study.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed carcinoma of the liver or bile ducts including hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and gallbladder cancer Measurable or evaluable disease by CT scan (ascites, pleural effusions, and bone metastases are not considered evaluable)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 3 mg/dL No severe cirrhosis Renal: Creatinine no greater than 3.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: Left ventricular cardiac ejection fraction at least 45% Other: No allergy to egg or egg products Not pregnant or nursing Effective contraception required of all fertile patients

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior doxorubicin At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Prior radiotherapy allowed Surgery: Not specified

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Locations:
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: New England Medical Center Hospital
state: Massachusetts
city: Providence
country: United States
facility: Brown University Oncology Group
state: Rhode Island
Study officials:
affiliation: Brown University
name: Howard Safran, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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