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Procarbazine in Treating Patients With Recurrent Brain Tumor

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Registration Number
NCT00004004
Lead Sponsor
New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy Consortium
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/II trial to study the effectiveness of procarbazine in treating patients who have progressive or recurrent astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, or glioblastoma multiforme following treatment with radiation therapy.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the maximum tolerated dose of oral procarbazine when administered to patients with recurrent glioma receiving or not receiving anticonvulsants metabolized by the P450 hepatic enzyme complex.

* Determine the pharmacokinetics of oral procarbazine, including any effects of hepatic enzyme inducing drugs, in these patients.

* Assess the response rate to procarbazine in these patients.

* Evaluate this regimen in terms of overall survival and duration of disease free survival in these patients.

* Evaluate the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Phase I of this study is a dose escalation study. Patients are stratified according to concurrent use of anticonvulsant drugs that induce cytochrome P450 (yes vs no drugs or modest-induction drugs).

* Phase I: Patients receive oral procarbazine once daily for 5 days. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 6 patients receive escalating doses of oral procarbazine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined.

* Phase II: Once the MTD is determined, patients receive procarbazine as in Phase I.

Patients are followed every 2 months until death.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 24-35 patients will be accrued for this study.

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
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (10)

Emory University Hospital - Atlanta

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Henry Ford Hospital

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

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