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Clinical Trial Name - Vorinostat in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Solid Tumors or Lymphoma and Liver

 
Original Study ID : CDR0000555102
Secondary ID : Array
NCT ID : NCT00499811
Brief Title : Vorinostat in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Solid Tumors or Lymphoma and Liver Dysfunction
Official Title : Phase I and Pharmacokinetic Study of Vorinostat for Solid Tumors and Lymphomas in Patients With Varying Degrees of Hepatic Dysfunction
Brief Summary :

RATIONALE: Vorinostat may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Vorinostat may have different effects in patients who have changes in their liver function. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vorinostat in treating patients with metastatic or unresectable solid tumors or lymphoma and liver dysfunction.

Source : National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Detailed Description :

OBJECTIVES: Primary - Determine the pharmacokinetic disposition of vorinostat (SAHA) in patients with metastatic or unresectable solid tumors or lymphoma and varying degrees of hepatic dysfunction. - Establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of vorinostat in groups of patients with varying degrees of hepatic dysfunction (mild, moderate, or severe). Secondary - Document the non-DLTs associated with administration of vorinostat in patients with hepatic dysfunction. - Determine the association of the Child-Pugh classification of hepatic dysfunction with the observed toxicities, plasma pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of vorinostat administration. - Document any antitumor activity associated with vorinostat treatment in patients enrolled on this study. OUTLINE: This is a parallel-group, dose-escalation study. Patients are stratified according to level of hepatic dysfunction (normal vs mild vs moderate vs severe). - Part I: Vorinostat (SAHA) will be administered as a single oral dose on day -6 for all patients. Blood samples are obtained periodically on day -6 for pharmacokinetic studies. - Part II: One week later (day 1), the first cycle of oral vorinostat will be initiated on a continuous daily oral regimen. Each treatment cycle will consist of 21 days of therapy. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Dose escalation will proceed within each hepatic dysfunction group (except in the normal group). Only dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) that occur during the first cycle of treatment will be used to guide dose escalation. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is the highest dose at which no more than one instance of DLT is observed (among 6 patients treated). Once the MTD has been determined for a given hepatic dysfunction group, a maximum of 12 patients will be accrued to this dose level. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 4 weeks.

Overall Status : Recruiting
Start Date : June 2007
Official Title : Phase 1
Phase : Interventional
Study Design : Treatment
Enrollment : 118
Verification Date : February 2009
First Received Date : July 10, 2007
Trial Eligibility
Criteria :
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid malignancy or lymphoma that is
metastatic or unresectable

- Patients with a liver mass, elevated α-fetoprotein level (≥ 500 ng/mL), and
positive serology for hepatitis consistent with a diagnosis of hepatocellular
carcinoma will be eligible without the need for pathologic confirmation of the
diagnosis

- Standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective

- Patients who have not received any prior therapy for malignancy are also eligible
if they are ineligible for standard therapy due to hepatic dysfunction

- Patients with abnormal liver function will be eligible

- No distinction will be made between liver dysfunction due to metastases and liver
dysfunction due to other causes

- Patients with biliary obstruction for which a shunt has been placed are eligible,
provided the shunt has been in place for at least 10 days prior to the first dose
of vorinostat (SAHA) and liver function has stabilized

- Two measurements at least 2 days apart that put the patient in the same
hepatic dysfunction stratum will be accepted as evidence of stable hepatic
function

- No evidence of biliary sepsis

- Patients with gliomas or brain metastases who require corticosteroids or
anticonvulsants must be on a stable dose of corticosteroids and seizure free for 1
month prior to study enrollment

- Patients with known brain metastases should have had brain irradiation (whole
brain or gamma knife) more than 4 weeks before starting protocol treatment

- Patients with unstable or untreated (non-irradiated) brain metastases should be
excluded

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- ECOG performance status ≤ 2 (Karnofsky ≥ 60%)

- Life expectancy > 3 months

- Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/mm^3

- Platelets ≥ 100,000/mm^3

- Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception

- HIV-positive patients without an AIDS-defining diagnosis who are not receiving agents
with the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with vorinostat may be eligible

- Able to take oral medications on a continuous basis

- No uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac
arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with
study requirements

- No active hemolysis

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- More than 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas
or mitomycin C) and recovered

- Patients who have been treated with agents that persist in the body for longer
than 4 to 6 weeks (such as suramin) are ineligible during the elimination period
for those agents

- More than 14 days since prior major surgery

- No prior vorinostat

- At least 2 weeks since prior valproic acid or other histone deacetylase inhibitors

- More than 4 weeks since other prior investigational agents

- No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients

- No concurrent therapy with enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants

- No concurrent prophylactic granulocyte growth factors during the first cycle of
therapy

- No other concurrent investigational or commercial agents or therapies
Gender : Both
Minimum Age : 18 Years
Maximum Age : N/A
Healthy Volunteers : No
Facilities
Facility Name : City of Hope Medical Group
Status : Recruiting
City : Pasadena
State : California
Zip Code : 91105
Country : United States
Facility Name : University of California Davis Cancer Center
Status : Recruiting
City : Sacramento
State : California
Zip Code : 95817
Country : United States
Facility Name : Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office
Status : Recruiting
City : Bethesda
State : Maryland
Zip Code : 20892-1182
Country : United States
Facility Name : Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Status : Recruiting
City : Detroit
State : Michigan
Zip Code : 48201-1379
Country : United States
Facility Name : Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Status : Recruiting
City : Hershey
State : Pennsylvania
Zip Code : 17033-0850
Country : United States
Facility Name : UPMC Cancer Centers
Status : Recruiting
City : Pittsburgh
State : Pennsylvania
Zip Code : 15232
Country : United States
OutComes
Primary OutComes
Secondary OutComes
Measure : Toxicity profile of vorinostat
Safety issue : Yes
Measure : Clinical response rate
Safety issue : No
Measure : Child-Pugh classification and liver function test results
Safety issue : No
Interventions
Type : Drug
Name : vorinostat
Type : Other
Name : pharmacological study
 
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