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Irinotecan in Treating Children With Refractory or Advanced Solid Tumors Who Are Receiving Anticonvulsants

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Registration Number
NCT00008424
Lead Sponsor
Children's Oncology Group
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of irinotecan in treating children with refractory or advanced solid tumors who are receiving anticonvulsants.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the maximum tolerated dose of irinotecan in children with refractory or advanced solid tumors receiving anticonvulsants.

* Determine the dose-limiting toxicity of irinotecan in this patient population.

* Evaluate the pharmacokinetic behavior of this treatment regimen in these patients.

* Determine, preliminarily, the antitumor activity of this treatment regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to type of concurrent anticonvulsant (enzyme activating anticonvulsants vs valproic acid vs other anticonvulsants).

Patients receive irinotecan IV over 1 hour daily for 5 days. Treatment repeats every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of irinotecan until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is reached. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed every 6 months for up to 4 years and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3-25 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
7
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Maximum tolerable dose (MTD) of irinotecan
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (51)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

🇺🇸

Duarte, California, United States

University of California San Diego Cancer Center

🇺🇸

La Jolla, California, United States

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Children's Hospital of Orange County

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

🇺🇸

Palo Alto, California, United States

UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

Children's Hospital of Denver

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

Children's National Medical Center

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
🇺🇸Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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