Conditions: Ovarian Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 35
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This phase II trial studies the side effects of sunitinib malate and how well it works in treating patients with ovarian cancer that is persistent or has come back. Sunitinib malate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.

Detailed description:
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the anti-tumor activity of SU11248 (sunitinib malate), a highly potent, selective tyrosine kinases inhibitor, in patients with persistent or recurrent clear cell ovarian carcinoma.

II. To examine the nature and degree of toxicity in this cohort of patients treated with this regimen.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To characterize the distribution of progression-free survival and overall survival for patients treated with SU11248 (sunitinib malate).

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the pre-cycle 1, pre-cycle 4 and off-treatment levels of pro-angiogenic proteins (e.g., angiogenin, soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule \[VCAM\]-I, basic fibroblast growth factor \[bFGF\], platelet-derived growth factor \[PDGF\], placental growth factor \[PlGF\], vascular endothelial growth factor \[VEGF\], and hypoxia-inducible factor \[HIF\]1alpha).

II. To identify changes in serum and plasma angiogenesis markers at baseline (pre-cycle 1), during treatment (cycle 4), and at progression in association with primary and secondary clinical endpoints associated with clinical response or progression-free survival.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive sunitinib malate orally (PO) once daily (QD) for 4 weeks. Courses repeat every 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Arms:
arm 1: Patients receive sunitinib malate PO QD for 4 weeks. Courses repeat every 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Interventions: intervention 1: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis intervention 2: Sunitinib Malate
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Correlative studies intervention 2: Given PO

Protocol document: