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Cilengitide and Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases From Lung Cancer

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Interventions
Other: pharmacological study
Radiation: radiation therapy
Registration Number
NCT00884598
Lead Sponsor
Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Cilengitide may stop the growth of brain metastases by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Radiation therapy uses high energy X-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving cilengitide together with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of cilengitide when given together with whole-brain radiation therapy in treating patients with brain metastases from lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Primary

* To assess the safety and tolerability of daily cilengitide by determining its dose-limiting toxicity and maximum-tolerated dose when combined with concomitant fractionated whole-brain radiation therapy in patients with brain metastases from lung cancer.

* Secondary

* To collect evidence of the best overall response rate, overall survival, brain-specific progression-free survival, and tumor-specific progression-free survival of these patients.

* To collect evidence of changes in functional MRI imaging studies at 6 and 12 weeks after initiation of therapy.

* To collect evidence of early response by functional MRI (ASL technique) on days 1, 4, and 12, immediately before and after the administration of cilengitide.

* To collect evidence of changes in neurological and neurocognitive function tests at 6 and 12 weeks after initiation of therapy.

* To further evaluate the safety and toxicity of the combination of cilengitide and whole-brain radiation therapy.

* To further evaluate the pharmacokinetics of cilengitide administered daily.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive oral cilengitide once daily and undergo whole-brain radiotherapy on the same days. Treatment continues for 2 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo blood sample collection on days 1, 4, 5, and 12 for pharmacokinetic studies.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 10 weeks.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
19
Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed lung cancer (small cell or non-small cell lung cancer)
  • Patient must be eligible for whole-brain radiotherapy
  • Presence of brain metastasis (single or multiple, synchronous or metachronous) from lung cancer not amenable to surgery or radiosurgery (presence of metastases at any other site is allowed)
  • No leptomeningeal metastasis or known subarachnoid spread of tumor

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status (PS) 0-1 (ECOG PS 2 allowed if due to the presence of cerebral metastases and not due to a high peripheral-tumor load or other reasons)
  • Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
  • Adequate hematologic function
  • Total bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 times ULN
  • Creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after completion of study treatment
  • No history of acute or chronic renal disease
  • No other malignancies treated within the past 5 years, except adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell carcinoma of the skin
  • No uncontrolled hypertension
  • No history of coagulation disorder associated with bleeding or recurrent thrombotic events
  • No peptic ulcer disease within the past 6 months
  • No congestive heart failure, high risk for uncontrolled arrhythmia, or history of clinically significant coronary heart disease
  • No known alcohol or drug abuse
  • No other significant or acute concomitant disease
  • No dementia or altered mental status

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Concurrent corticosteroids allowed if the dosing regimen has ben stable ≥ 5 days
  • Concurrent anticonvulsants allowed if the dosing regimen has been stable for the past week
  • More than 30 days since prior participation in another clinical trial
  • No concurrent anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists, therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with heparin resulting in prolonged PTT, or therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin (low-dose [i.e. prophylactic], low molecular weight heparins allowed)
  • No prior whole-brain radiation or radiosurgery
  • No prior antiangiogenic therapy
  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Cilengitidepharmacological study-
Cilengitideradiation therapy-
Cilengitidecilengitide-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Dose-limiting toxicity12 days

(i) Any grade III-IV non-hematological toxicity as defined by CTCAE, version 3.0, with the exclusion ofalopecia, nausea, vomiting, and fever that can be rapidly contolled with appropriate measures; (ii) absolute neutrophil count (ANC)\<0.5x10'/L lasting for \>7days; (iii) febrile neutropenia defined as ANC \<1.0x10'/L and fever \>38.5°C; (iv) platelets \<25x10'/L or thrombocytopenic bleeding requiring transfusion; and (v) severe hypotension requiring dopamine administration.

Maximum-tolerated dose12 days

5 planned steps to be tested: 100, 250, 500, 750, to 1000mg; the highest dose at which one or no DLT will have been observed among 6 patients

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in functional MRI imaging (time to peak) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

time-to-peak measurements

Brain-specific progression-free survival (PFS)1 year

Every recurrence within the brain or death is an event, Kaplan-Meier (KM)

Changes in functional MRI imaging (blood flow) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

blood flow measurements

Evidence of early response by functional MRI on days 1, 4, and 1212 days

(ASL technique) on day 1,4 and 12, immediately before and after the administration of cilengitide.

Changes of neurocognitive function tests (intelligence) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

Intelligence was measured with a multiple-choice test of vocabulary knowledge.

Changes of neurocognitive function tests (attention/alertness) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

Attention was tested by "Alertness"

Changes of neurocognitive function tests (attention) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

Attention was tested by "Divided Attention"

Changes of neurocognitive function tests (attention speaking) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

Attention was tested by "Go,A.lo-Go".

Activities of daily living (Barthel) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

"Barthel Activities of Daily Living Index" measured in points (range 0-100)

Activities of daily living (instrumental) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

"lnstrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale" measured in points (range 0-8)

Tumor-specific PFS1 year

Every tumor related event or death will be counted, Kaplan-Meier (KM)

Overall survival1 year

Death as event, Kaplan-Meier (KM)

Changes of neurocognitive function tests (memory verbal) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

Memory was tested by aims of "Rea Auditory Verbal Learning Test - German Version"

Fatigue at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

"Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Fatigue Subscale" measured in points (range 0-52)

Changes in functional MRI imaging (blood volume changes) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

blood volume changes during functional MRI

Changes of neurocognitive function tests (memory figures) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

Memory was tested by aims of "Medical College of Georgia Complex Figures"

Changes of neurocognitive function tests (perception) at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

Perception was assessed by the "Digit Symbol Substitution Test"

Anxiety/depression at 6 and 12 weeks12 weeks

"Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - German Version"

Overall response rate12 weeks

Any response to treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Medical Center, Department of Surgery

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Mannheim, Germany

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