Decitabine in Treating Patients With Unresectable Lung or Esophageal Cancer or Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pleura
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of decitabine in treating patients who have unresectable lung or esophageal cancer or malignant mesothelioma of the pleura.
Description
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the pharmacokinetics, toxicity, and maximum tolerated dose of decitabine in patients with unresectable primary small cell or non-small cell lung cancer, unresectable esophageal cancer, or malignant pleural mesothelioma.
- Measure the expression of NY-ESO-1 in tissue samples of these patients before and after receiving this drug.
- Assess the serologic response to NY-ESO-1 in these patients before and after receiving this drug.
- Measure the expression of p16 tumor suppressor gene in these patients before and after receiving this drug.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study for each stratification group. Patients are stratified according to number of prior therapies (2 or fewer vs 3 or more).
Patients receive decitabine IV continuously on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 5 weeks for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with stable or responding disease after completion of the second course receive 2 additional courses.
Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of decitabine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Once the MTD is determined for a particular stratum, additional patients from that stratum are treated at the MTD.
Patients are followed for 1 month.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 72 patients (36 per stratum) will be accrued for this study.
Study Design
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions
Esophageal Cancer
Intervention
decitabine
Location
Center for Cancer Research
Bethesda
Maryland
United States
20892
Status
Completed
Source
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00019825
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Published on BioPortfolio: 2014-08-27T03:56:47-0400
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Esophageal Neoplasms
Tumors or cancer of the ESOPHAGUS.
Diverticulosis, Esophageal
A pathological condition characterized by the presence of a number of ESOPHAGEAL DIVERTICULA in the ESOPHAGUS.
Heller Myotomy
Surgical incision of the lower esophageal sphincter near the CARDIA often used to treat ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA.
Esophageal Mucosa
Circular innermost layer of the ESOPHAGUS wall that mediates esophageal PERISTALSIS which pushes ingested food bolus toward the stomach.
Esophageal Motility Disorders
Disorders affecting the motor function of the UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; the ESOPHAGUS body, or a combination of these parts. The failure of the sphincters to maintain a tonic pressure may result in gastric reflux of food and acid into the esophagus (GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX). Other disorders include hypermotility (spastic disorders) and markedly increased amplitude in contraction (nutcracker esophagus).
