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Breast CancerPhase 2NCT00003135

Whole Body Hyperthermia Combined With Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Breast, Ovarian, Endometrial, or Cervical Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing fluorouracil, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride and hyperthermia treatment in people with Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer, run by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Hyperthermia therapy kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above body temperature. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with hyperthermia may kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Endometrial Cancer
What is being tested?
fluorouracil, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride and hyperthermia treatment
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
34 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Nov 1997to Sep 2009
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed metastatic breast, ovarian, endometrial, or cervical carcinoma
  • Measurable and evaluable disease
  • No brain metastases
  • No hepatic involvement greater than 80%
  • No lung involvement greater than 30%
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Sex:

  • Not specified

Menopausal status:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute granulocyte count greater than 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 90,000/mm^3
  • Normal bone marrow cellularity on bone marrow biopsy
  • Thrombin time less than 17 sec
  • Fibrinogen greater than 200 mg/dL
  • FSP less than 40
  • No coagulopathy

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL
  • SGPT less than 2 times normal
  • PT less than 14 sec
  • PTT less than 35 sec

Renal:

  • BUN less than 25 mg/dL
  • Creatinine clearance at least 45 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • Normal cardiovascular system
  • Resting ventricular ejection fraction greater than 40%
  • No prior myocardial infarction
  • No symptomatic coronary artery disease
  • No unstable blood pressure
  • No thromboembolic disease

Neurologic:

  • No seizures or other CNS disorders
  • Negative computerized tomographic scan of brain

Pulmonary:

  • FEV_1 greater than 70% of predicted
  • Arterial pressure of oxygen greater than 60 mmHg on room air with appropriate pressure of carbon dioxide and pH values
  • No history of cardiopulmonary or respiratory disease

Other:

  • No other serious concurrent medical illness
  • No diabetes mellitus

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Prior chemotherapy allowed

Endocrine therapy:

  • No adrenal corticosteroids

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No concurrent cardiac glycosides, antianginal therapy, or antiarrhythmics
  • No concurrent vasodilators, anticoagulants, thrombolytic agents, or aspirin

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site, 1 recruiting

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Houston, Texas, 77225

    Joan M.C. Bull, MD, 713-500-6820, joan.m.bull@uth.tmc.edu

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I-II Trial of Mild Whole-Body Hyperthermia Combined With Liposomal Doxorubicin/5-Fluorouracil in Patients With Advanced Malignancy

RATIONALE: Hyperthermia therapy kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above body temperature. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with hyperthermia may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving fluorouracil and liposomal doxorubicin together with systemic hyperthermia works in treating patients with metastatic breast, ovarian, endometrial, or cervical cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Evaluate tumor response and toxicity induced by fluorouracil and doxorubicin HCl liposome combined with mild systemic hyperthermia in patients with metastatic breast, ovarian, endometrial, or cervical cancer.

OUTLINE: This is a time-escalation study of systemic hyperthermia.

Patients receive fluorouracil IV continuously over 24 hours on days 1-5 and doxorubicin HCl liposome IV over 30 minutes on day 6. Beginning on day 7, patients receive heat applied for 6-24 hours (in 6-hour sequential treatments) using a mild hyperthermia-induction device. Treatment repeats every 4-5 weeks for a total of 4 courses. Patients who achieve less than a complete response but have no disease progression may receive additional courses of chemotherapy alone.

Cohorts of 5 patients receive escalating durations of hyperthermia until the recommended phase II duration is determined. The recommended phase II duration of hyperthermia is defined as the level preceding that at which 1 of 5 patients experiences measurable toxicity. (Phase I closed as of 9/28/01)

Patients are followed at 4 weeks and then every 6 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 34 patients will be accrued for this study within 48 months.

Being tested
fluorouracil, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride, hyperthermia treatment
Keywords
stage IV breast cancer, recurrent breast cancer, recurrent cervical cancer, stage IVB cervical cancer, stage IVA cervical cancer, stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer, recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer, stage IV endometrial carcinoma, recurrent endometrial carcinoma, stage IV ovarian germ cell tumor, recurrent ovarian germ cell tumor, male breast cancer
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Endometrial Neoplasms, Ovarian Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Breast Neoplasms, Male

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • fluorouracilDrug

  • pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochlorideDrug

  • hyperthermia treatmentProcedure or surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Tumor response

  2. Toxicity

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 1997
  3. Primary completionSep 2009 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Enrolment
34 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00003135
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000065903
Other IDs
UTHSC-MS-96205, NCI-V97-1356
Status last verified
Dec 2008
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
30 Apr 2009
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing fluorouracil, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride and hyperthermia treatment in people with Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer, run by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Apr 2009. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Tumor response. The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00003135.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Apr 2009.

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