Status:

COMPLETED

A Phase 2 Study of Oral MKC-1 in Patients With Ovarian or Endometrial Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Conditions:

Ovarian Cancer

Endometrial Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Patients will be treated with MKC-1, twice daily for 14 consecutive days every four weeks (a cycle of MKC-1 chemotherapy), until disease progression or unacceptable toxicities. Patients will be strati...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Provide written informed consent (and HIPAA authorization for release of protected health information, as applicable) prior to any study related assessments.
  • Histologically confirmed epithelial ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal carcinomatosis, fallopian tube cancers, or endometrial cancer.
  • Age \> 18 years at the time of consent.
  • Arm A: Ovarian Cancer Patients:
  • Must have failed at least one prior platinum based and one taxane based chemotherapeutic regimen. \[Platinum failure is defined as platinum-refractory (progression while receiving a platinum-containing regimen) or platinum-resistant (disease progression within 6 months from completion of platinum containing regimen)\].
  • Have measurable disease according to RECIST or CA 125 criteria according to GCIG (CA-125 value of \> 2 xULN).
  • Have no more than 3 prior regimens for their disease.
  • Arm B: Endometrial Cancer Patients:
  • Have no more than 3 prior regimens for their disease
  • Have measurable disease according to RECIST.
  • ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2.
  • The following laboratory results, within 10 days of MKC-1 administration:
  • Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 90 g/L (9 g/dL)
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1.5 x 109/L
  • Platelet count greater than or equal to 100 x 109/L
  • Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN (upper limit of normal)
  • AST less than or equal to 2.5 x ULN
  • Serum Albumin greater than or equal to 30 g/L (3.0 g/dL)
  • Total bilirubin less than or equal to ULN

Exclusion

  • Administration of cancer specific therapy within the following periods prior to study drug initiation:
  • chemotherapy less than 3 weeks prior;
  • hormonal therapy less than one week prior;
  • radiation therapy less than 2 weeks prior.
  • Requirement for paracentesis \> 2 liters/week.
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding women. Female patients must be postmenopausal, surgically sterile, or they must agree to use a physical method of contraception. Female patient with childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 10 days before the first MKC-1 administration.
  • Known CNS metastases unless treated, clinically stable, and not requiring steroids.
  • Clinical evidence of significant bowel obstruction, active uncontrolled malabsorption syndromes, or a history of total gastrectomy.
  • Uncontrolled hypercalcemia (serum calcium-corrected \> 3 mmol/L \[12 mg/dL\]).
  • Serious cardiac condition (Class III/IV congestive heart failure according to New York Heart Association classification); documented acute myocardial infarction within the previous 6 months.
  • Any medical conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, would impose excessive risk to the patient. These include: infection requiring parenteral or oral anti-infective treatment, any altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition that would interfere with the understanding of the informed consent.
  • Patients with previous malignancies unless free of recurrence for at least 5 years except cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma-in-situ of the uterine cervix.
  • Treatment with antiretroviral therapy metabolized through CYP3A4 (including indinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir and saquinavir).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

44 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00607607

Start Date

January 1 2008

End Date

January 1 2012

Last Update

January 20 2012

Active Locations (6)

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Juravinski Cancer Centre

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 5C2

2

Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital

Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 5P9

3

London Health Sciences Centre

London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4L6

4

Credit Valley Hospital

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5M 2N1