Status:
COMPLETED
Donepezil in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumors
Lead Sponsor:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Brain Tumors
Metastatic Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Donepezil may help lessen confusion and fatigue and improve mood and quality of life in patients who have undergone radiation therapy for brain tumors. It is not yet known whether donepezil...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Compare the effect of donepezil hydrochloride vs placebo, in terms of improving neurocognitive symptom cluster (i.e., cognitive impairment, subjective confusion, and fatigue), ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Adults \>18 years old.
- Life expectancy of at least \> 30 weeks.
- Must have received a prior course of at least 30 Gy fractionated whole or partial brain irradiation for treatment of a primary brain tumor or metastatic disease to the brain.
- Must have completed radiation \> 6 months prior to enrollment and have no radiographic evidence of brain disease, or stable brain disease defined as no evidence of tumor progression in the 3 months prior to enrollment.
- Patients who have undergone one or more treatments with single fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in addition to whole or partial brain irradiation are eligible, as long as the SRS was completed \> 6 months prior to registration if NED or stable disease.
- Radiation treatment records must be available for all prior radiation treatments (external beam and/or SRS).
- Patients who have received PCI (prophylactic cranial irradiation) are eligible.
- Karnofsky Performance Status must be \> 60 or ECOG 0-2.
- Treatment with steroids, anti-cholinergics, anti-epileptics, anti-depressants, and /or sedatives/benzodiazepines is acceptable, but the patient must be on a stable or decreasing dose at the time of study entry.
- Patients using narcotic analgesics on a stable dose and/or prn basis are eligible.
- Patients currently on a stable dose of Methylphenidate or Dextramphetamine are eligible.
- For patients with brain metastases, if extracranial primary or metastatic disease is present, it must have responded to local and/or systemic treatment. Must be stable in the 3 months prior to enrollment.
- Must not be receiving chemotherapy at the time of enrollment.
- Patient must not have any planned therapy, including surgery, brain radiation of any type, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy during the next 30 weeks for brain or extracranial primary metastatic disease.
- Hormonal therapy for patients with breast or prostate cancer is acceptable.
- Breast patients receiving therapy with Herceptin are allowed.
- Patients must be able to give informed consent to participate in the study, including signing the consent form.
- Patients must have a telephone.
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Patients cannot be currently taking dementia drugs, cognitive enhancers, neuroleptics, and/or anti-parkinsonian agents. For patients who have used these drugs in the past, they must not have used them in the 2 weeks prior to enrolling on the study.
- Hypersensitivity to donepezil.
- Patients may not currently be taking Ketoconazole or Quindine
- Arrythmias including bradycardia or heartblock
- Patients who have received, GliaSite or other type of brain brachytherapy, (Gliadel Wafers permitted) convection enhanced delivery of immunotoxins, and/or any other investigational modalities for treatment of their brain tumor. The effects of donepezil on the developing human fetus at the recommended therapeutic dose are unknown. For this reason, 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.
- It is unknown whether donepezil is excreted in breast milk, for this reason women who are currently breast-feeding are not eligible for this study.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
198 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00369785
Start Date
February 1 2008
End Date
July 1 2012
Last Update
October 20 2021
Active Locations (16)
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Associates in Womens Health, PA - North Review
Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208
2
Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower
Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67208
3
Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita
Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
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CCOP - Wichita
Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214