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Pemetrexed Disodium in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Low-Risk Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor After a Molar Pregnancy

Phase 2
Terminated
Conditions
Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
Registration Number
NCT00096187
Lead Sponsor
Gynecologic Oncology Group
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as pemetrexed disodium, 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 pemetrexed disodium works in treating patients with recurrent or persistent low-risk gestational trophoblastic tumor after a molar pregnancy.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the activity of pemetrexed disodium as salvage therapy in patients with persistent or recurrent low-risk post-molar gestational trophoblastic tumor that failed prior dactinomycin or methotrexate.

* Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression or until tumor marker levels (human chorionic gonadotropin \[hCG\]) become normal. Patients receive 2 additional courses beyond the attainment of a normal hCG.

Beginning 7 days before and continuing until 3 weeks after the last dose of pemetrexed disodium, patients also receive oral folic acid daily and cyanocobalamin (vitamin B_12) intramuscularly every 9 weeks.

Patients are followed every 2 weeks for 2 months and then monthly for 10 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 17-55 patients will be accrued for this study within 20-50 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
55
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Activity
Toxicity
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (25)

Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama-Birmingham

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank

🇺🇸

Burbank, California, United States

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Medical Center

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Hinsdale Hematology Oncology Associates

🇺🇸

Hinsdale, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa

🇺🇸

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

St. John's Regional Health Center

🇺🇸

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Hulston Cancer Center at Cox Medical Center South

🇺🇸

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees

🇺🇸

Voorhees, New Jersey, United States

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Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama-Birmingham
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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