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Liver CancerPhase 2NCT01079767

Temsirolimus in Treating Patients With Advanced Liver Cancer and Cirrhosis

A Phase 2 study testing temsirolimus in people with Liver Cancer, run by Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive at 1 site in France.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Temsirolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well temsirolimus works in treating patients with advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Liver Cancer
What is being tested?
temsirolimus
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
6 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
Jan 2010to Dec 2010
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:

  • Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) according to the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) criteria
  • Advanced disease
  • Must be morphologically evaluable
  • HCC not accessible to other treatment (e.g., surgery, radiofrequency, or chemoembolization) and can not benefit from antiangiogenic therapy
  • CLIP score ≤ 3 (except for patients with tumors invading more than 50% of tumor volume)
  • Child-Pugh cirrhosis score between B7 and B9, meeting the following criteria:
  • Diagnosed clinically, biologically (e.g., prothrombin time, platelets, or albumin), endoscopically (signs of portal hypertension) and morphologically (dysmorphic liver on ultrasound or CT scan), or by liver biopsy
  • Not a candidate for transplantation and has not received a liver transplant

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
  • Platelet count ≥ 50,000/mm^3
  • Neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • GFR ≥ 30 mL/min
  • Serum cholesterol ≤ 350 mg/dL
  • Triglycerides ≤ 300 mg/dL
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for more than 2 months after completion of study therapy
  • No history of other cancer on treatment
  • No cardiopulmonary disease impairment, including a history of stable or unstable angina or myocardial infarction
  • No active infection except for viral hepatitis
  • No HIV positivity

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 2 weeks since prior inhibitors or inducers of P-glycoprotein, CYP3A4, or CYP3A5
  • At least 4 weeks since prior surgery, radiotherapy (except radiotherapy to the bone), transarterial chemoembolization, immunotherapy, or other investigational drug for HCC
  • At least 6 months since prior chemotherapy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor

    Créteil, 94010

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About this study

Official title: Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma on Child B Cirrhosis: Tolerance and Efficacy of Torisel® (Temsirolimus)

RATIONALE: Temsirolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well temsirolimus works in treating patients with advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To determine the 3-month disease-control rate according to RECIST criteria in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and Child-Pugh class B cirrhosis.

Secondary

  • To determine the 3-month objective response rate according to RECIST criteria in these patients.
  • To determine the 1-month metabolic response rate on PET/CT scan in these patients.
  • To determine the 1-month perfusion response rate on hepatic perfusion CT scan in these patients.
  • To determine the time to progression in patients treated with this drug.
  • To determine the progression-free survival of patients treated with this drug.
  • To determine the overall survival of patients treated with this drug.
  • To assess quality of life according to QLQ-C30 and QLQ-HCC18 questionnaires.
  • To determine the clinical and biological tolerance of this drug in these patients.
  • To determine the rate of m-TOR pathway activation and VEGF level.
  • To evaluate the pharmacokinetics of this drug in select patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive temsirolimus IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats once a week in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo fludeoxyglucose F 18 (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan and perfusion CT scan of the liver at baseline and periodically during study treatment.

Patients complete quality of life questionnaires (QLC-C30 and QLQ-HCC18) periodically. Some patients undergo blood and tissue sample collection periodically for pharmacological and laboratory studies.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed for up to 24 months.

Conditions
Liver Cancer
Being tested
temsirolimus
Keywords
adult primary hepatocellular carcinoma, advanced adult primary liver cancer, localized unresectable adult primary liver cancer, recurrent adult primary liver cancer
Medical subject headings
Liver Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

What participants receive

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

  • temsirolimusDrug

Study groups in NCT01079767
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
TemsirolimusOtherTemsirolimus
Receives: Drug: temsirolimus

What is being measured

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

  1. 3-month disease-control rate according to RECIST criteria

    Measured: 2010

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. 3-month objective response rate according to RECIST criteria

    Measured: 2010

Timeline

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

  1. First posted3 Mar 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2010
  3. Primary completionDec 2010

Why it stopped: The study treminated early according to DSMB recommendantions

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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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
6 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01079767
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000666229
Other IDs
FFCD-0903, EUDRACT-2009-014443-36, EU-21004
Status last verified
Mar 2010
First submitted
2 Mar 2010
Last updated
4 Mar 2014
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing temsirolimus in people with Liver Cancer, run by Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive at 1 site in France.

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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Mar 2014. 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 France. 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 was stopped early (reason given: The study treminated early according to DSMB recommendantions). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

3-month disease-control rate according to RECIST criteria (time frame: 2010). 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 4 Mar 2014.

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