Clinical trial NCT00003372: Topotecan in Treating Patients With Recurrent Brain Tumors
Official title: A Phase II Study of Topotecan in Patients With Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma or Anaplastic Mixed Oligoastrocytoma
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Keywords: recurrent adult brain tumor
adult anaplastic oligodendroglioma
adult mixed glioma
Lead sponsor: Canadian Cancer Trials Group
Sponsor class: NETWORK
First posted: 2004-06-09
Enrollment: 17
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 120
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 topotecan in treating patients with recurrent brain tumor.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the efficacy of topotecan in patients with recurrent anaplastic oligodendroglioma or anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma. II. Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxicity of topotecan in this patient population on this schedule.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive intravenous topotecan over 30 minutes daily for 5 days every 3 weeks. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients will be followed every 3 months until death.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Up to 30 evaluable patients will be accrued within 2-3 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven recurrent anaplastic oligodendroglioma or anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma following primary surgery and radiation therapy Tumors for anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma must contain at least 25% oligodendroglial elements Tumors must be clinically aggressive for patients with only 1 anaplastic feature Prior low grade oligodendrogliomas or oligoastrocytomas undergoing repeat biopsy following clinical or radiological progression are eligible Bidimensionally measurable and progressive lesions by CT or MRI

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-3 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Creatinine normal Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No prior malignancies except curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or nonmelanoma skin cancer No other serious illness or medical condition No active uncontrolled infection No history of neurologic or psychiatric disorder

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 6 weeks since chemotherapy No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen No prior camptothecin derivatives Endocrine therapy: At least 2 weeks on stable steroid therapy, if necessary Radiotherapy: At least 2 months since prior radiotherapy No prior radiation therapy for recurrent disease Surgery: At least 6 weeks since prior surgery (except biopsy only) Prior surgery for recurrent disease allowed (including stereotactic biopsy or partial resection) Other: No concurrent experimental drugs or anticancer therapy

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Locations:
city: Calgary
country: Canada
facility: Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary
state: Alberta
city: Edmonton
country: Canada
facility: Cross Cancer Institute
state: Alberta
city: Vancouver
country: Canada
facility: BC Cancer Agency
state: British Columbia
city: Winnipeg
country: Canada
facility: CancerCare Manitoba
state: Manitoba
city: Kingston
country: Canada
facility: Kingston Regional Cancer Centre
state: Ontario
city: London
country: Canada
facility: Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre
state: Ontario
city: Ottawa
country: Canada
facility: Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre - Civic Campus
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
country: Canada
facility: Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
country: Canada
facility: Princess Margaret Hospital
state: Ontario
city: Montreal
country: Canada
facility: Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal
state: Quebec
city: Montreal
country: Canada
facility: McGill University Department of Oncology
state: Quebec
Study officials:
affiliation: CHUM - Hotel Dieu Hospital
name: Karl Belanger, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Belanger K, MacDonald D, Cairncross G, Gertler S, Forsyth P, Burdette-Radoux S, Bergeron J, Soulieres D, Ludwin S, Wainman N, Eisenhauer E. A phase II study of topotecan in patients with anaplastic oligodendroglioma or anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma. Invest New Drugs. 2003 Nov;21(4):473-80. doi: 10.1023/a:1026211620793.