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Colorectal CancerPhase 2NCT00052507

Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Colorectal Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing bortezomib in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by University Health Network, Toronto at 4 sites in Canada.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Bortezomib may interfere with the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for cancer cell growth. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bortezomib in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent colorectal cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer
What is being tested?
bortezomib
How many people
Not given
Where
4 sitesCanada
Study dates
Jan 2003to Aug 2005
Phase
Phase 2
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

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum that is incurable with conventional therapy
  • Metastatic or recurrent disease
  • At least 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion
  • At least 20 mm by conventional techniques or at least 10 mm by spiral CT scan
  • Disease must be accessible to biopsy
  • No known brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-1 OR
  • Karnofsky 70-100%

Life expectancy

  • More than 3 months

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST or ALT no greater than 3 times ULN (less than 5 times ULN if liver metastases present)

Renal

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.25 times UNL OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min

Cardiovascular

  • No symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No cardiac arrhythmia

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
  • No other uncontrolled concurrent illness
  • No ongoing or active infection
  • No other active malignancy within the past 3 years except curatively treated nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No grade 1 or greater peripheral neuropathy due to prior chemotherapy
  • No significant traumatic injury within the past 21 days

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • No more than 1 line of prior chemotherapy (including any combination of fluorouracil, irinotecan, and/or oxaliplatin) for metastatic disease
  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin) and recovered
  • Prior adjuvant chemotherapy allowed
  • No concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy

Radiotherapy

  • More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered
  • No prior radiotherapy to measurable target lesion unless disease progression has occurred after radiotherapy
  • No concurrent radiotherapy to the sole site of measurable disease

Surgery

  • More than 21 days since prior major surgery

Other

  • No other concurrent investigational agents
  • No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients

Trial locations and contacts

4 sites in 1 country.

Canada4 sites
  • Cancer Care Ontario-Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre

    Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 5C2

  • Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre

    London, Ontario, N6A 4L6

  • Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 1C4

  • Princess Margaret Hospital at University Health Network

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9

Other trials in Canada

About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study Of PS-341 In Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

RATIONALE: Bortezomib may interfere with the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for cancer cell growth.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bortezomib in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent colorectal cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the efficacy of bortezomib, in terms of response rate and stable disease rate, in patients with recurrent or metastatic colorectal cancer.
  • Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.
  • Determine the time to progression and response duration in patients treated with this drug.
  • Determine whether there is a relationship between levels of transcription factors NF kappa B and HIF-1 alpha and clinical outcome in patients treated with this drug.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.

Patients receive bortezomib IV on days 1, 4, 8, and 11. Courses repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 21-41 patients will be accrued for this study within 2-4 months.

Being tested
bortezomib
Keywords
stage IV colon cancer, stage IV rectal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the colon, adenocarcinoma of the rectum, recurrent colon cancer, recurrent rectal cancer
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2003
  3. Primary completionAug 2005

Resources

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (open label)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00052507
Sponsor's protocol ID
PMH-PHL-012
Other IDs
CDR0000258488, NCI-5890
Status last verified
Jul 2015
First submitted
24 Jan 2003
Last updated
23 Jul 2015
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Mackay H, Hedley D, Major P, Townsley C, Mackenzie M, Vincent M, Degendorfer P, Tsao MS, Nicklee T, Birle D, Wright J, Siu L, Moore M, Oza A. A phase II trial with pharmacodynamic endpoints of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Aug 1;11(15):5526-33. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-0081.

    PubMed 16061869

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing bortezomib in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by University Health Network, Toronto at 4 sites in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

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 23 Jul 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 4 sites in Canada. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00052507, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 23 Jul 2015.

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