Status:

COMPLETED

Alanosine in Treating Patients With Progressive or Recurrent Malignant Gliomas

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as alanosine, use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects an...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the maximum tolerated dose of alanosine (SDX-102) with or without enzyme-inducible antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs) in patients with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP)-defic...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed malignant glioma of 1 of the following types:
  • Anaplastic astrocytoma
  • Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
  • Glioblastoma multiforme
  • Progressive or recurrent disease after prior radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy
  • Low-grade glioma that progressed after prior radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy and is found to be high-grade glioma after biopsy allowed
  • No more than 2 prior treatment regimens
  • Measurable disease by CT scan or MRI
  • Documented absence of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) on fixed tumor specimens
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Performance status
  • Karnofsky 60-100%
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Transaminases ≤ 4 times upper limit of normal
  • Renal
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception before, during, and for 4 weeks after study participation
  • Mini mental state exam score of ≥ 15
  • No psychological or sociological condition, addictive disorder, or family problem that would preclude study compliance
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast
  • No concurrent serious infection or medical illness that would preclude study participation
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • No concurrent prophylactic growth factors (e.g., filgrastim \[G-CSF\] or sargramostim \[GM-CSF\])
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas)
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Must be maintained on a stable or lower corticosteroid regimen from the time of the baseline scan until the start of study treatment
  • No concurrent steroids as antiemetics
  • Radiotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 3 months since prior radiotherapy
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • Recovered from prior therapy
  • More than 10 days since prior anticonvulsant drugs that induce hepatic metabolic enzymes
  • No other concurrent investigational agents

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    18 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00075894

    Start Date

    March 1 2004

    Last Update

    January 13 2009

    Active Locations (5)

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    1

    H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at University of South Florida

    Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612-9497

    2

    Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410

    3

    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

    4

    Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202