Status:
COMPLETED
Sodium Stibogluconate With Interferon Alpha-2b for Patients With Advanced Malignancies
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
VioQuest Pharmaceuticals
Conditions:
Advanced Cancer
Solid Tumors
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
Primary Objective: -To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose limiting toxicity (DLT) of SSG in combination with IFN alpha2b in patients with advanced malignancies. Secondary Objectives...
Detailed Description
Sodium stibogluconate is a drug that is able to block an enzyme in the cells that is responsible for cell growth. By blocking this enzyme, it may be able to prevent cancer cells from multiplying. Int...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who sign a written informed consent document and are able to comply with the study protocol for the duration of the study.
- Patients who have a histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis malignancy (patients with measurable or non-measurable disease) who have progressed following effective therapy or for which no effective therapy exists.
- Patients who are greater than or equal to 18 years of age.
- Patients who have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-2.
- Patients who have an estimated life expectancy of 3 months.
- Patients who have a normal cardiac ejection fraction, \>50% estimated by 2 D Echocardiogram or MUGA.
- Patients who have adequate organ function as indicated by the following laboratory values obtained within 10 days prior to the first dose of SSG: Granulocytes\>/=1,500 microliter, Platelets\>/= 100,000 microliter, Hemoglobin \>/=9.0 g/dL,Creatinine (Cr) \</= 1.5 mg/dL, Bilirubin Normal limits, or \<2.0 x ULN with liver metastases, Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \<2.5 \* ULN or \<5.0 \* ULN with liver metastases, Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)\<2.5 \* ULN or \<5.0 \* ULN with liver metastases.
Exclusion
- Patients on concurrent immunotherapy, including IFN therapy (prior therapy is allowed if \>/= 4 months since immunotherapy).
- Patients who have received investigational drugs including immunotherapy, gene therapy, hormone therapy, biologic therapy, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or had major surgery within 3 weeks of study enrollment
- Patients who have not recovered from acute toxicity of previous therapy prior to enrollment.
- Patients with medically uncontrolled cardiovascular illness, unstable angina, congestive heart failure, history of myocardial infarction, electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities suggestive of cardiac conduction delay (QTc \>0.47 seconds), history of atrial fibrillation or flutter, or other serious clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia
- Patients who have an active, uncontrolled systemic infection considered opportunistic, life threatening, or clinically significant.
- Pregnant or lactating women, and fertile women or men unless surgically sterile or using effective contraception; All female patients of childbearing potential or \< 1 year postmenopausal must have a negative beta human chorionic gonadotropin (βhCG) pregnancy test at baseline and be practicing a medically acceptable method of birth control (oral contraceptives for at least 3 months, implantation of an intrauterine device at least 2 months, or barrier methods \[e.g. vaginal diaphragm, vaginal sponge, or condom with spermicidal jelly\]). These must be continued for 3 months after study initiation
- Patients who use daily glucocorticoids except for physiological replacement.
- Patients who are known to be positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen, Hepatitis C or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- Patients with prior history of solid organ allografts or allogeneic bone marrow transplant.
- Patients who have a psychiatric disorder(s) that would interfere with consent, study participation, or follow-up.
- Patients who have any other severe concurrent disease, which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study.
- Patient who have symptomatic or untreated central nervous system metastases.
- Patients taking the following medications will not be eligible: Amiodarone (Cordarone); Disopyramide (Norpace); Dofetilide (Tikosyn); Procainamide (Procanbid, Pronestyl); Quinidine (Quinaglute); Sotalol (Betapace); Erythromycin; Azithromycin (Z-pack), cont'd
- Clarithromycin (Biaxin); Pentamidine (Pentacarinat); Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim); Bepridil (Vascor); Phenothiazines-prochlorperazine (Compazine), promethazine (Phenergan), chlorpromazine (Thorazine) or any antipsychotic medication; Butyrophenones-Haloperidol (Haldol), cont'd
- Risperidone (Risperdal); Tricyclic or tetracyclic antidepressants-imipramine (Tofranil), amitriptyline (Elavil), desipramine (Norpramin), nortriptyline (Pamelor); Monoamine oxidase inhibitors; High dose methadone; Arsenic trioxide; Dolasetron (Anzemet); Any herbal preparations; or • Chronic need for colony stimulating factors (i.e., GM-CSF), erythropoietin use is permitted.
- Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to IFN a-2b or SSG or any of their components.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 13 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 10 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
33 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00629200
Start Date
September 13 2006
End Date
February 10 2010
Last Update
November 15 2018
Active Locations (2)
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1
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131
2
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030