Status:
TERMINATED
Combination Chemotherapy as First-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Gastric Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
University of Miami
Conditions:
Gastric Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-120 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as floxuridine, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the overall response rate in patients with unresectable stage IV gastric adenocarcinoma treated with floxuridine, leucovorin calcium, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel as fi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma meeting the following criteria:
- Stage IV disease OR stage III disease that was re-staged as metastatic disease at time of surgery
- Unresectable disease
- Measurable disease, defined as ≥ 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion ≥ 20 mm by conventional techniques OR ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan
- No CNS metastases
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- ECOG performance status (PS) 0-1 OR Karnofsky PS 70-100%
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
- Bilirubin normal
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
- Alkaline phosphatase (AP), AST, and ALT must meet 1 of the following criteria:
- AP normal AND AST and ALT ≤ 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AP ≤ 2.5 times ULN AND AST and ALT ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- AP ≤ 5 times ULN AND AST and ALT normal
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after completion of study therapy
- No peripheral neuropathy \> grade 1
- No history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to platinum agents (e.g., cisplatin or carboplatin), fluoropyrimidines, or drugs formulated with polysorbate 80
- No concurrent serious illness that would preclude study treatment or compliance
- No active infections requiring intravenous antibiotic therapy
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except for cervical carcinoma in situ, breast ductal carcinoma in situ, colonic polyp, or squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma of the skin
- No clinically significant uncontrolled cardiac disease (e.g., congestive heart failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease, or cardiac arrhythmias) or myocardial infarction within the past 12 months
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- No prior radiotherapy for metastatic gastric carcinoma
- No prior chemotherapy for metastatic gastric carcinoma
- Prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy allowed if completed therapy at least 12 months before study enrollment
- Chemotherapy may have included taxane, platinum, or fluoropyrimidine-based regimen
- At least 2 months since prior surgery and recovered
- No other concurrent investigational agents
- No other concurrent anticancer agents or therapies
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
25 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00448682
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
March 1 2010
Last Update
February 7 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami
Miami, Florida, United States, 33136