Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol SpecificPhase 1NCT00004079
Sarcosinamide Nitrosourea in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Solid Tumors
A Phase 1 study testing SarCNU, pharmacological study and laboratory biomarker analysis in people with Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of sarcosinamide nitrosourea in treating patients who have metastatic or unresectable solid tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
- What is being tested?
- SarCNU, pharmacological study and laboratory biomarker analysis
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 46 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Aug 1999to Sep 2005
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Histologically documented malignancy, which is either metastatic or inoperable, for which there is no known curative or standard palliative therapy, or all standard therapeutic approaches have failed
- Patients with leukemia or primary CNS malignancies are excluded; patients with metastatic disease to the CNS, who are not receiving anticonvulsants, including phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, primidone, and felbamate, and who have reasonable expectation of surviving long enough to receive two cycles of therapy, are eligible
- Life expectancy of 2 months or longer
- ECOG performance status of 0-2
- Pretreatment laboratory data, obtained within 14 days of study entry, must meet the following criteria:
- ANC >= 1,500 /mm^3
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- Platelets >= 100,000 /mm^3
- SGOT =< 2.5-times upper limit of normal
- SGPT =< 2.5-times upper limit of normal
- Total bilirubin =< upper limit of normal
- Creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dl
- Creatinine CL >= 60 ml/min (measured 24hr) if creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl
- DLCO >= 80% predicted
- At least 4 weeks since last receiving radiotherapy or chemotherapy and complete recovery from previous treatment related toxicity
- No prior treatment with a nitrosourea or with bleomycin
- No enzyme inducing anticonvulsant agents
- At least 2 weeks since major surgery
- Patients must not have uncontrolled serious medical or psychiatric illness
- Women of childbearing potential must not be lactating or pregnant, because of the proven teratogenicity of other agents of this class; a negative pregnancy test has to be obtained within 2 weeks of entry; both fertile males and females must use adequate contraception upon entry into the study
- Patients must have given signed informed consent
Who cannot join
None listed.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
About this study
Official title: A Phase I Trial of Sarcosinamide Nitrosourea (SarCNU) in Patients With Solid Tumors
Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of sarcosinamide nitrosourea in treating patients who have metastatic or unresectable solid tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die
Read the detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of an oral formulation of SarCNU given on an every 4th day times three schedule (days 1, 5, 9).
II. Establish an appropriate oral dose of SarCNU for phase II clinical trials. III. Identify the dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) of SarCNU. IV. Determine the oral bioavailability of SarCNU. V. Characterize the plasma pharmacokinetics of SarCNU.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
- Determine whether SarCNU undergoes metabolic N-demethylation to generate reactive isocyanate species that have been implicated in BCNU pulmonary toxicity.
II. Evaluate response to treatment with SarCNU in patients with measurable or evaluable disease.
III. Attempt to establish pharmacodynamic relationships for response and/or toxicity.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive oral sarcosinamide nitrosourea (SarCNU) on days 1, 5, and 9. Treatment continues every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of SarCNU until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.
Patients are followed at 4-5 weeks posttreatment.
- Being tested
- SarCNU, pharmacological study, laboratory biomarker analysis
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
SarCNUDrug
Given PO
Also called pharmacological studies
Correlative studies
laboratory biomarker analysisOther
Correlative studies
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment (SarCNU) | Experimental | Patients receive oral sarcosinamide nitrosourea (SarCNU) on days 1, 5, and 9. Treatment continues every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of SarCNU until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Receives: Drug: SarCNU; Other: pharmacological study; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
MTD
Measured: 28 days
Pharmacokinetics: plasma concentration-time profiles of SarCNU
Analyzed by nonlinear least squares regression using WinNonlin (Scientific Consulting, Inc.). Final values of the iterated parameters in the best-fit equations describing the plasma profiles will be used to calculate all pharmacokinetic terms according to standard equations. Mean values of the pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated at each dose and subject to appropriate statistical tests for the existence of dose-dependent trends.
Measured: Days 1 and 9 of course 1: 5, 15, 20, 30, and 45 min; 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 hr
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted9 Apr 2003 (estimated)
- Study startAug 1999
- Primary completionSep 2005
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol SpecificStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by National Cancer Institute (NCI)The sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 46 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Sponsor type
- US National Institutes of Health
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Joseph Eder, Principal investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00004079
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NCI-2013-00028
- Other IDs
- 99-046, U01CA062490, CDR0000067290
- Status last verified
- Jan 2013
- First submitted
- 10 Dec 1999
- Last updated
- 1 Feb 2013
- Results posted
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Feb 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase I Trial of Sarcosinamide Nitrosourea (SarCNU) in Patients With Solid Tumors
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00004079
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NCI-2013-00028
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 46 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)US National Institutes of Health
- Study start
- Aug 1999
- Primary completion
- Sep 2005 (actual)
- First posted
- 9 Apr 2003 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of sarcosinamide nitrosourea in treating patients who have metastatic or unresectable solid tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of an oral formulation of SarCNU given on an every 4th day times three schedule (days 1, 5, 9).
II. Establish an appropriate oral dose of SarCNU for phase II clinical trials. III. Identify the dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) of SarCNU. IV. Determine the oral bioavailability of SarCNU. V. Characterize the plasma pharmacokinetics of SarCNU.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
- Determine whether SarCNU undergoes metabolic N-demethylation to generate reactive isocyanate species that have been implicated in BCNU pulmonary toxicity.
II. Evaluate response to treatment with SarCNU in patients with measurable or evaluable disease.
III. Attempt to establish pharmacodynamic relationships for response and/or toxicity.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive oral sarcosinamide nitrosourea (SarCNU) on days 1, 5, and 9. Treatment continues every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of SarCNU until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.
Patients are followed at 4-5 weeks posttreatment.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment (SarCNU) | Experimental | Drug: SarCNU, Other: pharmacological study, Other: laboratory biomarker analysisPatients receive oral sarcosinamide nitrosourea (SarCNU) on days 1, 5, and 9. Treatment continues every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of SarCNU until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (20 listed)
- Histologically documented malignancy, which is either metastatic or inoperable, for which there is no known curative or standard palliative therapy, or all standard therapeutic approaches have failed
- Patients with leukemia or primary CNS malignancies are excluded; patients with metastatic disease to the CNS, who are not receiving anticonvulsants, including phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, primidone, and felbamate, and who have reasonable expectation of surviving long enough to receive two cycles of therapy, are eligible
- Life expectancy of 2 months or longer
- ECOG performance status of 0-2
- Pretreatment laboratory data, obtained within 14 days of study entry, must meet the following criteria:
Key exclusion criteria (0 listed)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| SarCNUGiven PO | Drug | Treatment (SarCNU) |
| pharmacological studyAlso: pharmacological studiesCorrelative studies | Other | Treatment (SarCNU) |
| laboratory biomarker analysisCorrelative studies | Other | Treatment (SarCNU) |
Primary outcome
MTD
Time frame: 28 days
Pharmacokinetics: plasma concentration-time profiles of SarCNU
Time frame: Days 1 and 9 of course 1: 5, 15, 20, 30, and 45 min; 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 hr
Analyzed by nonlinear least squares regression using WinNonlin (Scientific Consulting, Inc.). Final values of the iterated parameters in the best-fit equations describing the plasma profiles will be used to calculate all pharmacokinetic terms according to standard equations. Mean values of the pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated at each dose and subject to appropriate statistical tests for the existence of dose-dependent trends.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Feb 2013.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Joseph Eder principal investigator
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing SarCNU, pharmacological study and laboratory biomarker analysis in people with Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 20 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Feb 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
MTD (time frame: 28 days). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Feb 2013.