Clinical trial NCT00077337: FR901228 in Treating Patients With Previously Treated Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Official title: Phase II Trial of Depsipeptide (NSC-630176) in Colorectal Cancer Patients Who Have Received Either One or Two Prior Chemotherapy Regimens for Metastatic or Locally Advanced, Unresectable Disease
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Colorectal Cancer
Keywords: recurrent colon cancer
stage III colon cancer
stage IV colon cancer
recurrent rectal cancer
stage III rectal cancer
stage IV rectal cancer
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Sponsor class: NIH
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-02-12
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, such as FR901228, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well FR901228 works in treating patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the confirmed response (complete and partial) in patients with previously treated unresectable locally advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer treated with FR901228 (depsipeptide).
* Determine the time to treatment failure and overall survival of patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxic effects of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive FR901228 (depsipeptide) IV over 4 hours on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 8 weeks until disease progression and then every 3 months until 1 year after study entry and then every 6 months until 3 years after study entry.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20-40 patients will be accrued for this study within 4-10 months.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically or cytologically confirmed colorectal cancer meeting 1 of the following criteria:

  * Locally advanced unresectable disease
  * Distant metastatic disease
* Measurable disease
* Previously treated with at least 1, but no more than 2, prior chemotherapy regimens for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease

  * May have included irinotecan or oxaliplatin
  * No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen (not oxaliplatin-based) for advanced or metastatic disease if previously treated with oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy
  * No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen (not irinotecan-based) for advanced or metastatic disease if previously treated with irinotecan-based adjuvant chemotherapy
* No known brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* Over 18

Performance status

* Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* WBC ≥ 3,000/mm\^3
* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic

* Bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN)
* SGOT and SGPT ≤ 2.5 times ULN

Renal

* Creatinine ≤ ULN

Cardiovascular

* No New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure
* No myocardial infarction within the past year
* No uncontrolled dysrhythmias
* No poorly controlled angina
* No prior serious ventricular arrhythmia (e.g., ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation ≥ 3 beats in a row)
* No left ventricular hypertrophy
* QTc \< 500 msec
* No other significant cardiac disease

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
* No prior allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to FR901228

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* No concurrent anticancer immunotherapy

Chemotherapy

* See Disease Characteristics
* At least 28 days since prior chemotherapy and recovered
* No prior FR901228 (depsipeptide)
* No other concurrent anticancer chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* No concurrent anticancer hormonal therapy

Radiotherapy

* At least 28 days since prior radiotherapy and recovered
* No concurrent anticancer radiotherapy

Surgery

* At least 28 days since prior surgery and recovered

Other

* No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients
* No concurrent agent that causes QTc prolongation
* No concurrent hydrochlorothiazide
* No other concurrent investigational agents
* No other concurrent drugs that have histone deacetylase inhibitor activity (e.g., valproic acid)
* No other concurrent anticancer therapy

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Locations:
city: Mobile
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
state: Alabama
city: Phoenix
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Western Regional, Arizona
state: Arizona
city: Phoenix
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden)
state: Arizona
city: Tucson
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson
state: Arizona
city: Tucson
country: United States
facility: Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
state: Arizona
city: Little Rock
country: United States
facility: Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
state: Arkansas
city: Little Rock
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock
state: Arkansas
city: Duarte
country: United States
facility: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: California
city: Loma Linda
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Loma Linda (Pettis)
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA
state: California
city: Martinez
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
state: California
city: Oakland
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
state: California
city: Orange
country: United States
facility: Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Medical Center
state: California
city: Santa Rosa
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
state: California
city: Aurora
country: United States
facility: University of Colorado Cancer Center at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
state: Colorado
city: Denver
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
state: Colorado
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Howard University Cancer Center
state: District of Columbia
city: Tampa
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)
state: Florida
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Atlanta Regional
state: Georgia
city: Honolulu
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Hawaii
state: Hawaii
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago Westside Hospital
state: Illinois
city: Decatur
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Central Illinois
state: Illinois
city: Hines
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines
state: Illinois
city: Maywood
country: United States
facility: Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center
state: Illinois
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center
state: Kansas
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
state: Kentucky
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
state: Kentucky
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Tulane Cancer Center at Tulane University Hospital and Clinic
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans
state: Louisiana
city: Shreveport
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport
state: Louisiana
city: Shreveport
country: United States
facility: Feist-Weiller Cancer Center at Louisiana State University Health Sciences
state: Louisiana
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Cancer Research Center at Boston Medical Center
state: Massachusetts
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
state: Michigan
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Health System
state: Michigan
city: Grand Rapids
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Grand Rapids
state: Michigan
city: Royal Oak
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Beaumont
state: Michigan
city: Southfield
country: United States
facility: Providence Cancer Institute at Providence Hospital - Southfield Campus
state: Michigan
city: Jackson
country: United States
facility: University of Mississippi Medical Center
state: Mississippi
city: Jackson
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson
state: Mississippi
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Kansas City
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Saint Louis University Cancer Center
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
state: Missouri
city: Springfield
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
state: Missouri
city: Billings
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
state: Montana
city: Albuquerque
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque
state: New Mexico
city: Albuquerque
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC
state: New Mexico
city: New York
country: United States
facility: NYU Cancer Institute at New York University Medical Center
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University
state: New York
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
state: New York
city: Goldsboro
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
state: North Carolina
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati
state: Ohio
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
state: Ohio
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Columbus
state: Ohio
city: Dayton
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
state: Ohio
city: Dayton
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Dayton
state: Ohio
city: Oklahoma City
country: United States
facility: Oklahoma University Medical Center
state: Oklahoma
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University
state: Oregon
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
state: Oregon
city: Charleston
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston
state: South Carolina
city: Charleston
country: United States
facility: Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
state: South Carolina
city: Greenville
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Greenville
state: South Carolina
city: Spartanburg
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Upstate Carolina
state: South Carolina
city: Memphis
country: United States
facility: University of Tennessee Cancer Institute at Methodist Central Hospital
state: Tennessee
city: Memphis
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis
state: Tennessee
city: Amarillo
country: United States
facility: Harrington Cancer Center
state: Texas
city: Amarillo
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Amarillo
state: Texas
city: Fort Sam Houston
country: United States
facility: Brooke Army Medical Center
state: Texas
city: Galveston
country: United States
facility: University of Texas Medical Branch
state: Texas
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas
state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
state: Texas
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah
state: Utah
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
state: Utah
city: Norfolk
country: United States
facility: Sentara Cancer Institute at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
state: Virginia
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
state: Washington
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
state: Washington
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Puget Sound Oncology Consortium
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Northwest
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Texas
name: Robert P. Whitehead, MD
References:
citation: Whitehead RP, Rankin C, Hoff PM, Gold PJ, Billingsley KG, Chapman RA, Wong L, Ward JH, Abbruzzese JL, Blanke CD. Phase II trial of romidepsin (NSC-630176) in previously treated colorectal cancer patients with advanced disease: a Southwest Oncology Group study (S0336). Invest New Drugs. 2009 Oct;27(5):469-75. doi: 10.1007/s10637-008-9190-8. Epub 2008 Oct 22.
citation: Whitehead RP, McCoy S, Wollner IS, et al.: Phase II trial of depsipeptide (NSC-630176) in colorectal cancer patients who have received either one or two prior chemotherapy regimens for metastatic or locally advanced, unresectable disease: a Southwest Oncology Group study. [Abstract] American Society of Clinical Oncology 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, 26-28 January 2006, San Francisco, California. A-255, 2006.