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NeoplasmsPhase 1NCT00117013

A Pilot Trial of Oral Topotecan for the Treatment of Refractory Advanced Solid Neoplasms Expressing HIF-1a

A Phase 1 study testing Fluorine-19-Fluoroded Xyglucose and Topotecan in people with Neoplasms, 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.

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Trial summary

Background: HIF-1 is a common mediator of hypoxic and non-hypoxic pathways that affects a transcriptional program leading to survival, angiogenesis, migration and invasion of cancer cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Neoplasms
What is being tested?
Fluorine-19-Fluoroded Xyglucose and Topotecan
How many people
16 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
28 Jun 2005to 25 Oct 2010
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

  • Patients must have a pathologically confirmed solid tumor that is metastatic or unresectable and which has either progressed following standard therapy or for which there is no recommended standard treatment.
  • Patients must have tumors that can be biopsied with a minimal to small amount of risk and must have a malignancy that expresses HIF-1 alpha protein as measured by immunohistochemistry (determined on archival tissue, at least greater than 10% of cells show positive staining for HIF-1 alpha).
  • ECOG performance status less than or equal to 2 (Karnofsky greater than or equal to 60%).
  • Life expectancy is greater than 3 months.
  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years.
  • Patients must have normal organ and marrow functions as defined below.
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  • leukocytes greater than or equal to 3000/mm(3).
  • absolute neutrophils greater than or equal to 1500/mm(3).
  • platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mm(3).
  • AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) less than or equal to 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal.
  • total bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5x institutional upper limit of normal.
  • Serum Creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 50 mL/min for patients with creatinine levels greater than 1.5 mg/dL.
  • PT/PTT less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN.
  • 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.
  • No unstable medical illness.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have had anticancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, vaccines and hormone therapy with the exception of GnRH agonists) within the last 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C or UCN-01); or those who have not recovered from adverse events (reduce to grade 2 or less) due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier. Patients must be greater than or equal to 2 weeks since any investigational agent administered as part of a Phase 0 study.
  • Prior therapy with topotecan.
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents. Patients who are on androgen suppression for the treatment of prostate cancer are eligible and will be allowed to continue the androgen suppression therapy on study. No herbal/alternative medications will be allowed on this study other than one multivitamin a day.
  • Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events. However, patients who have had treatment for their brain metastases and whose brain metastatic disease has remained stable for at least 4 months without steroids or anti-seizure medications may be enrolled at the discretion of the Principal Investigator.
  • History of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to topotecan or history of allergic reaction to any component of the topotecan formulation.
  • Active peptic ulcer or GI condition that could alter absorption or motility.
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study. Breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with topotecan.
  • Patients with known immune deficiency syndromes or who are HIV positive will be excluded from the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

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About this study

Official title: A Pilot Trial of Oral Topotecan for the Treatment of Refractory Advanced Solid Neoplasms Expressing HIF-1 Alpha

Background:

HIF-1 is a common mediator of hypoxic and non-hypoxic pathways that affects a transcriptional program leading to survival, angiogenesis, migration and invasion of cancer cells. We have demonstrated that chronic administration of topotecan inhibits HIF-1alpha expression, angiogenesis and tumor growth in human xenografts. Notably, the mechanism by which topotecan inhibits HIF-1alpha protein expression is independent of replication-mediated DNA damage, suggested a mechanism of action distinct from its cytotoxic effects.

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Objectives:

This clinical trial is designed to explore the hypothesis that chronic administration of topotecan (TPT) inhibits Hypoxia Inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) expression and angiogenesis in patients with metastatic tumors over-expressing HIF-1alpha.

Eligibility:

Adult patients with metastatic solid tumors expressing HIF-1alpha, for whom standard therapy does not exist or would likely not be effective, will be evaluated for study eligibility. Due to safety concerns, pregnant women and HIV-infected individuals are excluded from this study. Prior to enrollment, archival tumor tissue wil be evaluated for the expression of HIF-1alpha as assessed by IHC. Only patients who have tumors that express HIF-1alpha and who meet all eligibility criteria will be enrolled on this study. Patients will be asked to undergo a biopsy to evaluate HIF-1alpha expression before starting treatment and at the end of treatment on cycle 2 (day 12 or 13 cycle 2).

Design:

Topotecan at the dose of 1.2 mg/m(2) will be administered orally daily x 5 for 2 weeks, during a 28 days cycle. Imaging studies including CT, FDG-PET and DCE-MRI will be performed at baseline, at the end of treatment on cycle 1 (day 9 or 10), end of treatment on cycle 2 (day 12 or 13) and then every 2 cycles and will provide information on clinical response as well as tumor metabolism and angiogenesis. The repeat scans on day 9 or 10 of cycle 1 will be performed solely for research purposes to evaluate for early changes in tumor metabolism and angiogenesis. Additional correlative studies include evaluation of mRNA expression of HIF-1 target genes in tumor tissue, circulating markers of angiogenesis, and measurement of circulating endothelial precursor cells (CEP). The goal of this trial is to establish whether topotecan inhibits HIF-1alpha and angiogenesis in human cancers....

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Background:

HIF-1 is a common mediator of hypoxic and non-hypoxic pathways that affects a transcriptional program leading to survival, angiogenesis, migration and invasion of cancer cells. We have demonstrated that chronic administration of topotecan inhibits HIF-1alpha expression, angiogenesis and tumor growth in human xenografts. Notably, the mechanism by which topotecan inhibits HIF-1alpha protein expression is independent of replication-mediated DNA damage, suggested a mechanism of action distinct from its cytotoxic effects.

Objectives:

This clinical trial is designed to explore the hypothesis that chronic administration of topotecan (TPT) inhibits Hypoxia Inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) expression and angiogenesis in patients with metastatic tumors over-expressing HIF-1alpha.

Eligibility:

Adult patients with metastatic solid tumors expressing HIF-1alpha, for whom standard therapy does not exist or would likely not be effective, will be evaluated for study eligibility. Due to safety concerns, pregnant women and HIV-infected individuals are excluded from this study. Prior to enrollment, archival tumor tissue wil be evaluated for the expression of HIF-1alpha as assessed by IHC. Only patients who have tumors that express HIF-1alpha and who meet all eligibility criteria will be enrolled on this study. Patients will be asked to undergo a biopsy to evaluate HIF-1alpha expression before starting treatment and at the end of treatment on cycle 2 (day 12 or 13 cycle 2).

Design:

Topotecan at the dose of 1.2 mg/m(2) will be administered orally daily x 5 for 2 weeks, during a 28 days cycle. Imaging studies including CT and DCE-MRI will be performed at baseline, at the end of treatment on cycle 1 (day 9 or 10), end of treatment on cycle 2 (day 12 or 13) and will provide information on clinical response as well as tumor angiogenesis. The repeat scans on day 9 or 10 of cycle 1 will be performed solely for research purposes to evaluate for early changes in tumor angiogenesis. Additional correlative studies include evaluation of mRNA expression of HIF-1 target genes in tumor tissue, circulating markers of angiogenesis, and measurement of circulating endothelial precursor cells (CEP). The goal of this trial is to establish whether topotecan inhibits HIF-1alpha and angiogenesis in human cancers.

Conditions
Neoplasms
Being tested
Fluorine-19-Fluoroded Xyglucose, Topotecan
Keywords
Phase I, Antiangiogenesis, Targeted Therapy, Chronic Schedule, VEGF, Cancer, Metastatic Solid Tumor
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis

What participants receive

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

  • Fluorine-19-Fluoroded XyglucoseDrug

  • TopotecanDrug

What is being measured

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

  1. To determine whether chronic oral administration of topotecan inhibits HIF-1alpha expression.

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. To assess tumor angiogenesis in cancers using DCE-MRI.

Timeline

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

  1. First posted1 Jul 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study start28 Jun 2005
  3. Primary completion25 Oct 2010
  4. Study completion25 Oct 2010

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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Enrolment
16 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00117013
Sponsor's protocol ID
050186
Other IDs
05-C-0186
Status last verified
25 Aug 2011
First submitted
30 Jun 2005
Last updated
2 Jul 2017
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Semenza GL. Targeting HIF-1 for cancer therapy. Nat Rev Cancer. 2003 Oct;3(10):721-32. doi: 10.1038/nrc1187.

    PubMed 13130303
  • Schioppa T, Uranchimeg B, Saccani A, Biswas SK, Doni A, Rapisarda A, Bernasconi S, Saccani S, Nebuloni M, Vago L, Mantovani A, Melillo G, Sica A. Regulation of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 by hypoxia. J Exp Med. 2003 Nov 3;198(9):1391-402. doi: 10.1084/jem.20030267.

    PubMed 14597738
  • Zhong H, De Marzo AM, Laughner E, Lim M, Hilton DA, Zagzag D, Buechler P, Isaacs WB, Semenza GL, Simons JW. Overexpression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha in common human cancers and their metastases. Cancer Res. 1999 Nov 15;59(22):5830-5.

    PubMed 10582706

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Fluorine-19-Fluoroded Xyglucose and Topotecan in people with Neoplasms, 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 8 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 2 Jul 2017. 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?

To determine whether chronic oral administration of topotecan inhibits HIF-1alpha expression.. 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 NCT00117013, which also lists 3 linked publications.

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 2 Jul 2017.

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