Status:

COMPLETED

Paclitaxel and ABI-007 in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and ABI-007, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining paclitaxel with ABI-007 may kill ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine whether a change in the formulation alters the pharmacokinetic profile of paclitaxel in the plasma of patients with incurable locally advanced or metastatic solid tum...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed malignant solid tumor
  • Considered incurable
  • Locally advanced or metastatic disease
  • Likely to be responsive to taxane-based therapy
  • Patients who are refractory to prior paclitaxel are ineligible
  • No symptomatic or untreated brain metastasis or carcinomatous meningitis
  • No patients who are unable to remain free of corticosteroid therapy for \> 4 weeks due to CNS disease
  • No previously untreated locally advanced breast cancer
  • No hematologic malignancy
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • At least 3 months
  • Hematopoietic
  • Granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin normal
  • ALT and AST ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Renal
  • Creatinine normal OR
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • Cardiovascular
  • LVEF ≥ 40%
  • No clinical signs or symptoms of heart failure
  • No symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 2 months after study participation
  • No history of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to paclitaxel (e.g., docetaxel, Cremophor\^® EL \[CrEL\], polysorbate 80 \[Tween 80\], or CrEL-containing medications \[e.g., cyclosporine\])
  • No history of seizure disorder requiring anticonvulsant therapy
  • No active serious infection
  • No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
  • No other uncontrolled illness
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • No concurrent immunotherapy
  • No concurrent filgrastim (G-CSF) during courses 1 and 2
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin)
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 2 weeks since prior hormonal therapy
  • Concurrent luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists for prostate cancer allowed
  • Radiotherapy
  • At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No concurrent radiotherapy
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • More than 2 weeks since prior drugs, herbal preparations, or dietary supplements known to influence CYP3A4 (e.g., phenytoin, rifampin, Hypericum perforatum \[St. John's wort\], garlic supplements, or grapefruit juice) and/or CYP2C8
  • No concurrent substances known or likely to interfere with the pharmacokinetics of paclitaxel (e.g., verapamil or cyclosporine)
  • No other concurrent investigational agents
  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    End Date :

    March 1 2009

    Estimated Enrollment :

    Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00095914

    Start Date

    September 1 2004

    End Date

    March 1 2009

    Last Update

    March 15 2012

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    Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support

    Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892-1182