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Recurrent Breast CarcinomaPhase 1/2NCT00100750

Tipifarnib and Gemcitabine Hydrochloride in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

A Phase 1/2 study testing Gemcitabine Hydrochloride, Tipifarnib and Laboratory Biomarker Analysis in people with Recurrent Breast Carcinoma and Stage IV Breast Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

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

This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of tipifarnib when given together with gemcitabine hydrochloride and to see how well they work in treating women with breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
What is being tested?
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride, Tipifarnib and Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
31 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2005to Jan 2010
Phase
Phase 1/2
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
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically confirmed breast cancer and clinical evidence of metastatic disease
  • Patients may have received any number or type of hormonal therapies, either for stage IV disease and/or as adjuvant therapy; patients may have received trastuzumab therapy
  • Patients may have received up to 2 prior chemotherapy regimens as therapy for metastatic breast cancer; patients must have recovered from the myelosuppressive effects of prior chemotherapy and all toxicity must have recovered to grade less than or equal to 1
  • Concomitant bisphosphonates are allowed for patients with bone metastases
  • Localized radiotherapy that does not influence the single evaluable lesion is allowed prior to the initiation of therapy; patients must have recovered from the myelosuppressive effects of previous radiotherapy (at least 4 weeks)
  • Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as > 20 mm with conventional techniques or as > 10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan
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  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2 (Karnofsky > 60%)
  • Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
  • Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
  • Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 × institutional upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
  • Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
  • There should be a four-week delay between the conclusion of radiation and the start of gemcitabine, provided the acute effects of radiation treatment have resolved

Who cannot join

  • Prior therapy with farnesyltransferase inhibitor or gemcitabine for metastatic breast cancer
  • Patients with leptomeningeal disease and/or brain metastasis
  • Patients with symptomatic lymphangitic pulmonary metastases
  • Patients with peripheral neuropathy greater than or equal to grade 2
  • No history of concomitant malignancy except for non-melanoma skin cancer or cervical cancer in situ or other malignancy treated curatively and no evidence of disease for at least five years
  • Patients who have had chemotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
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  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to tipifarnib (R115777), or imidazole derivatives
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients receiving combination anti-retroviral therapy are excluded from the study

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

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About this study

Official title: Gemcitabine and R115777 Combination Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer

This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of tipifarnib when given together with gemcitabine hydrochloride and to see how well they work in treating women with breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Tipifarnib is a drug that binds to specific proteins on the tumor cells and then kills these cells. Gemcitabine hydrochloride is a chemotherapy drug that may kill tumor cells by preventing cells from dividing. Giving tipifarnib together with gemcitabine hydrochloride may kill more tumor cells.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To evaluate the objective response rate of the combination of gemcitabine (gemcitabine hydrochloride) and the farnesyltransferase inhibitor tipifarnib (R115777) in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

II. To evaluate the duration of response, time to disease progression in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with the combination of gemcitabine and tipifarnib (R115777).

OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study of tipifarnib followed by a phase II study.

Patients receive tipifarnib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-14 and gemcitabine hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Being tested
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride, Tipifarnib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • Gemcitabine HydrochlorideDrug

    Also called dFdC, dFdCyd

    Given IV

  • TipifarnibDrug

    Also called R115777, Zarnestra

    Given PO

  • Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOther

    Correlative studies

Study groups in NCT00100750
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (gemcitabine hydrochloride, tipifarnib)ExperimentalPatients receive tipifarnib PO BID on days 1-14 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Drug: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride; Drug: Tipifarnib; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Objective response rate (ORR) using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)

    Measured: Up to 9 years

Secondary outcomes (3)

  1. Time to disease progression using RECIST

    Measured: Up to 9 years

  2. Incidence of adverse events observed during treatment, graded using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0

    Measured: Up to 30 days after completion of study treatment

  3. ORR, by type and extent of prior chemotherapy

    Measured: Up to 9 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted7 Jan 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2005
  3. Primary completionOct 2007
  4. Study completionJan 2010

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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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
31 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00100750
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCI-2009-00114
Other IDs
NCI-2009-00114, CDR0000409695, 2003-0992, 7004, P30CA016672, N01CM17003, N01CM62202
Status last verified
Oct 2014
First submitted
6 Jan 2005
Last updated
13 Jan 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Gemcitabine Hydrochloride, Tipifarnib and Laboratory Biomarker Analysis in people with Recurrent Breast Carcinoma and Stage IV Breast Cancer, 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 16 inclusion and 10 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 13 Jan 2015. 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 combined 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.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Objective response rate (ORR) using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (time frame: Up to 9 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00100750.

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 13 Jan 2015.

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