Status:

COMPLETED

Abraxane Therapy in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Who Failed First-Line Gemcitabine Therapy

Lead Sponsor:

University of Miami

Conditions:

Pancreatic Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-120 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopp...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To establish preliminary evidence of efficacy of paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation in patients with locally advanced (unresectable) or metastatic pancreati...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must have histologically confirmed, locally advanced (unresectable) or metastatic pancreatic cancer, and have failed first-line treatment with a gemcitabine-containing regimen.
  • Patients have to be 18 years-old or older
  • Able to give signed Informed consent
  • Adequate end-organ function with laboratory parameters as follows:
  • Neutrophils: 1.5 x10\^9/L or greater
  • Plts: 100 x10\^9/L or greater
  • Hemoglobin: ≥ 9.0g/dL
  • Serum Creatinine: ≤ 1.5mg/dL
  • Bilirubin: ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal range (ULN)
  • Alanine transaminase (ALT)/Aspartate transaminase (AST): ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Adequate contraception: For female (or male) patients, either post-menopausal, or for pre-menopausal surgically sterilized, or willing to use an acceptable method of birth control for the duration of the study
  • Measurable or non-measurable disease by RECIST criteria
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2
  • Patients must be at least 3 weeks from prior therapies and must have recovered from prior toxicity
  • Life expectancy greater than 3 months
  • Willing and able to comply with the protocol requirement.
  • Patients must not have any peripheral neuropathy equal or greater than grade 2

Exclusion

  • Chemotherapy within 3 weeks prior to enrollment
  • Radiation therapy or evidence of acute effects of radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Any major surgery within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
  • Peripheral neuropathy equal to or greater than grade 2
  • Clinical AIDS or known positive HIV serology
  • Evidence of concurrent, clinically evident malignancy, except inactive non-melanoma skin cancer and inactive cervical cancer diagnosed or other cancer for which the patient has been disease-free for five years
  • Unstable angina
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) Grade II or greater congestive heart failure
  • History of myocardial infarction within 3 months
  • History of stroke within 3 months
  • Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to enrollment, anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study
  • Pregnant (positive pregnancy test) or lactating
  • Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures
  • Participants with serious medical or psychiatric illness that would render chemotherapy unsafe are ineligible.
  • Participants cannot have been in another experimental drug study within 4 weeks of the first infusion of these study medications.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00691054

Start Date

June 1 2008

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

May 11 2017

Active Locations (2)

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University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami

Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

2

Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre

Singapore, Singapore, 119074