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3-AP and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Pancreatic Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00064051
Lead Sponsor
Vion Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy such as gemcitabine use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. 3-AP may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for tumor cell growth and may help gemcitabine kill more cancer cells by making them more sensitive to the drug.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with 3-AP works in treating patients with unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the objective response rate (partial and complete response) in patients with unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with 3-AP and gemcitabine.

* Determine the progression-free interval and survival of patients treated with this regimen.

* Determine the safety and feasibility of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

* Stage I: Patients receive 3-AP IV over 4 hours and gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

* Stage II: Patients receive a higher dose of 3-AP IV continuously over 24 hours on days 1, 8, and 15. Within 1 hour of completing 3-AP administration, patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 2, 9, and 16. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed at 1 month, every 2 months for 6 months, and then every 3 months for 18 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 50-95 patients will be accrued for this study within 18-24 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Objective response rate (partial and complete response) as assessed by RECIST criteria
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Progression-free and overall survival
Safety and feasibility

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Indiana Oncology Hematology Consultants

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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

University of Minnesota Cancer Center

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

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Ghent, Belgium

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey

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Sutton, England, United Kingdom

Christie Hospital N.H.S. Trust

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Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Sarah Cannon Cancer Center at Centennial Medical Center

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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