Status:
COMPLETED
FR901228 in Treating Patients With Previously Treated Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
SWOG Cancer Research Network
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Colorectal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as FR901228, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well FR9012...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Determine the confirmed response (complete and partial) in patients with previously treated unresectable locally advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer treated with FR901228 (depsipep...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed colorectal cancer meeting 1 of the following criteria:
- Locally advanced unresectable disease
- Distant metastatic disease
- Measurable disease
- Previously treated with at least 1, but no more than 2, prior chemotherapy regimens for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease
- May have included irinotecan or oxaliplatin
- No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen (not oxaliplatin-based) for advanced or metastatic disease if previously treated with oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy
- No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen (not irinotecan-based) for advanced or metastatic disease if previously treated with irinotecan-based adjuvant chemotherapy
- No known brain metastases
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age
- Over 18
- Performance status
- Zubrod 0-1
- Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Hematopoietic
- WBC ≥ 3,000/mm\^3
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
- Hepatic
- Bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN)
- SGOT and SGPT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
- Renal
- Creatinine ≤ ULN
- Cardiovascular
- No New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure
- No myocardial infarction within the past year
- No uncontrolled dysrhythmias
- No poorly controlled angina
- No prior serious ventricular arrhythmia (e.g., ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation ≥ 3 beats in a row)
- No left ventricular hypertrophy
- QTc \< 500 msec
- No other significant cardiac disease
- Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
- No prior allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to FR901228
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Biologic therapy
- No concurrent anticancer immunotherapy
- Chemotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 28 days since prior chemotherapy and recovered
- No prior FR901228 (depsipeptide)
- No other concurrent anticancer chemotherapy
- Endocrine therapy
- No concurrent anticancer hormonal therapy
- Radiotherapy
- At least 28 days since prior radiotherapy and recovered
- No concurrent anticancer radiotherapy
- Surgery
- At least 28 days since prior surgery and recovered
- Other
- No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients
- No concurrent agent that causes QTc prolongation
- No concurrent hydrochlorothiazide
- No other concurrent investigational agents
- No other concurrent drugs that have histone deacetylase inhibitor activity (e.g., valproic acid)
- No other concurrent anticancer therapy
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
April 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00077337
Start Date
April 1 2004
End Date
April 1 2006
Last Update
June 24 2013
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