Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Vorinostat and Azacitidine in Treating Patients With Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer or Nasal Natural Killer T-Cell Lymphoma

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Adult Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma

Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Keratinizing Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

21+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of vorinostat when given together with azacitidine in treating patients with nasopharyngeal cancer or nasal natural killer T-cell lymphoma tha...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Define toxicity profile of escalating doses of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) given in conjunction with a fixed dose of 5 Azacytidine (5AC) (azacitidine) in patients wi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Biopsy proven nasopharyngeal carcinoma (World Health Organization \[WHO\] type 3) or extranodal NK-T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, nasal type (recurrence or metastases does not require tissue documentation)
  • Patients must have metastatic disease or locally recurrent disease that is not amendable to surgical resection
  • Patients must have locally recurrent disease that is not amendable to further treatment with radiotherapy with curative intent
  • Patients must have metastatic disease or locally recurrent disease that has been treated with at least one regimen of chemotherapeutic agents after relapse; patient must be at least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =\< 2 (Karnofsky \>= 60%)
  • Life expectancy greater than 6 months
  • Leukocytes \>= 3,000/ul
  • Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500/ul
  • Platelets \>= 100,000/ul
  • Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 X normal institutional limits
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) =\< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
  • Prothrombin time =\< 1.5 X normal institutional limits
  • Serum albumin \>= 2.7 grams/deciliter
  • Creatinine =\< 1.5 X normal institutional limits or a calculated creatinine clearance of \> 50 mls/min
  • Sexually active women of child-bearing potential should have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 21 days of enrolling on trial; women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
  • Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of the treatment, results that might be expected, and potential toxicities; they must be able to give informed written consent according to federal and institutional guidelines

Exclusion

  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
  • Patients with known central nervous system (CNS) involvement (brain metastases or carcinomatous meningitis should be excluded from this clinical trial; patients with skull base involvement are eligible for this study
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to 5AC or SAHA
  • Patients should not have taken sodium valproate for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with 5AC and SAHA
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients receiving combination anti-retroviral therapy are excluded from the study
  • Patients with chronic active hepatitis B are excluded from the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 3 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 19 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

18 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00336063

Start Date

March 3 2006

End Date

March 19 2026

Last Update

August 20 2025

Active Locations (5)

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1

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

2

Chinese University of Hong Kong-Prince of Wales Hospital

Shatin, Hong Kong

3

National Cancer Center Hospital

Tokyo, Japan, 104 0045

4

National University Hospital Singapore

Singapore, Singapore, 119074