Status:

COMPLETED

Study of NS-9 in Patients With Liver Metastases

Lead Sponsor:

NS Pharma, Inc.

Conditions:

Liver Neoplasms

Neoplasm Metastasis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

This study is to investigate the safety of NS-9 and to see how well it is tolerated in patients with cancer that has metastasized (spread) to the liver from another primary tumor. NS-9 is a drug devel...

Detailed Description

This study requires subjects to undergo 2 treatment cycles of NS-9. Each cycle consists of once daily, 1-hour I.V. infusions of the drug for 5 days followed by a 23-day rest period. During the rest pe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female at least 18 years of age.
  • Patients with liver metastases from various primary cancers for which no other curative treatment options exist.
  • At least one measurable lesion (by CT or MRI)
  • Life expectancy \> 3 months
  • Child-bearing potential women must have a negative serum pregnancy test
  • ECOG performance status: 0-1
  • Fully recovered from any previous cancer therapy or infection (at least 4 weeks from radiation or chemotherapy, at least 3 weeks from a major surgical procedure and at least 2 weeks from an exploration/biopsy)
  • Discontinued from any other investigational drug for at least 30 days
  • Serum calcium \<11 mg/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,500/mm3, without growth factor support
  • Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL
  • Platelet count ≥100,000/mm3
  • Serum creatinine ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin ≤1.5 times ULN
  • ALT and AST ≤3 times ULN
  • Amylase and lipase ≤ ULN
  • PT and PTT \< 1.5 times ULN
  • ECG with no acute abnormalities
  • Afebrile (≤37.5C or 99.5F)
  • Willingness and ability to comply with all study requirements

Exclusion

  • Subject is mentally or legally incapacitated, or has significant emotional or psychiatric problems.
  • Concomitant primary malignant and/or non-malignant liver disease (primary liver cancer, acute or chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, alcoholic liver disease).
  • History of pancreatic disease (e.g., pancreatitis, pancreatic malignancy).
  • New York Heart Association classification Class III or IV
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illnesses including but not limited to: hypertension, seizure disorder, renal, gastrointestinal, or hematological diseases.
  • Clinically relevant systemic disease (other than the malignancy and malignancy-related hepatic dysfunction) making implementation of the protocol or interpretation of the study results difficult.
  • Pregnant or nursing, or unwilling to or will not agree to use an effective and reliable contraceptive measure.
  • Subject has received radiation to \>25% of the total bone marrow.
  • Subject has a history of any other illness that would preclude study participation.
  • Subject has brain metastases.
  • Subject has allergy to egg yolk.
  • Subject receiving low-molecular weight heparin for treatment of a blood coagulation disorder (e.g., deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2002

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00094003

Start Date

September 1 2002

Last Update

November 11 2005

Active Locations (2)

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756

2

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030