Conditions: Renal Cell Carcinoma
Keywords: Renal Cell Carcinoma Refractory LBH589
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 20
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC) provides a novel approach for cancer treatment. LBH589, an oral HDAC inhibitor, has been well tolerated in phase I trials and has shown activity against several types of cancer. In this nonrandomized phase II trial, we are investigating the activity of LBH589 in the treatment of patients with refractory clear cell renal carcinoma.

Detailed description:
Inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC) provides a potential target for cancer treatment. Histones are components of the core proteins of nucleosomes, and acetylation and deacetylation of these proteins play a role in the regulation of gene expression. HDAC activity is known to be increased in many types of malignant cells; HDAC inhibitors have been shown to induce differentiation, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis in cultured tumor cells. Since this tumor-associated mechanism is common to many types of cancer, HDAC may have a broad role in cancer treatment.

Arms:
arm 1: LBH589 will be administered orally at a dose of 45 mg (1 - 5 mg capsule and 2 - 20 mg capsules) on Monday and Thursday of each week (twice weekly). To enable patients to undergo cardiac monitoring, all patients must begin treatment on a Monday, and continue Monday/Thursday dosing during subsequent treatment cycles. Patients with objective response or stable disease after re-evaluation at week 8 will continue LBH589 at the same dose until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity and/or at the discretion of the investigator.

Interventions: intervention 1: LBH589
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: LBHLBH589 will be administered orally at a dose of 45 mg (1 - 5 mg capsule and 2 - 20 mg capsules) on Monday and Thursday of each week (twice weekly). To enable patients to undergo cardiac monitoring (Section 3.5.2), all patients must begin treatment on a Monday, and continue Monday/Thursday dosing during subsequent treatment cycles.

Protocol document: