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Ovarian CancerPhase 2NCT00004066

Gemcitabine, Docetaxel, and Filgrastim in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Leiomyosarcoma or Soft Tissue Sarcoma

A Phase 2 study testing filgrastim, docetaxel and gemcitabine hydrochloride in people with Ovarian Cancer and Sarcoma, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Colony-stimulating factors such as filgrastim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Ovarian Cancer, Sarcoma, Small Intestine Cancer
What is being tested?
filgrastim, docetaxel and gemcitabine hydrochloride
How many people
82 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jun 1999to Oct 2003
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
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed leiomyosarcoma (LMS) or other soft tissue sarcoma
  • No gastrointestinal stromal tumors, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, osteosarcoma, or mesotheliomas
  • Recurrent or progressive disease defined as an increase in the size of any existing tumor (or the development of new tumors) that is not amenable to definitive surgical therapy
  • No prior chemotherapy OR
  • Failed no more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens for LMS of the uterus or other soft tissue sarcoma
  • Bidimensionally measurable disease by physical examination or medical imaging techniques
  • Ascites and pleural effusions are not considered measurable disease
  • No uncontrolled CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Other:

  • No active or uncontrolled infection
  • No other prior malignancy except non-metastatic squamous cell or basal cell skin cancer or non-invasive carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No history of grade 3 or 4 peripheral neuropathy
  • Not pregnant or nursing

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy
  • No prior gemcitabine or docetaxel

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 6 weeks since prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine and Docetaxel in Patients With Unresectable Leiomyosarcoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Colony-stimulating factors such as filgrastim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining gemcitabine, docetaxel, and filgrastim in treating patients who have recurrent or persistent leiomyosarcoma or soft tissue sarcoma that cannot be removed by surgery.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Evaluate the activity of gemcitabine plus docetaxel administered with filgrastim (G-CSF) support, in terms of disease response, in patients with recurrent or persistent unresectable leiomyosarcoma or other soft tissue sarcoma.
  • Determine the tolerability of this regimen in these patients.
  • Correlate response with tumor expression of the apoptosis-regulating proteins bax, bcl-2, and survivin in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to prior radiotherapy to the pelvis (yes vs no).

Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 90 minutes on days 1 and 8 followed by docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 8 and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously on days 9-15. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with a partial response may receive 2 additional courses of therapy.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year or until disease progression.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 38-82 patients (19-43 with uterine leiomyosarcoma and 19-39 with other soft tissue sarcoma) will be accrued for this study.

Keywords
adult leiomyosarcoma, recurrent adult soft tissue sarcoma, small intestine leiomyosarcoma, stage IV uterine sarcoma, recurrent uterine sarcoma, uterine leiomyosarcoma, ovarian sarcoma, recurrent small intestine cancer, stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma
Medical subject headings
Ovarian Neoplasms, Sarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma

What participants receive

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

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 startJun 1999
  3. Primary completionOct 2003
  4. Study completionOct 2003

Resources

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
82 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00004066
Sponsor's protocol ID
99-027
Other IDs
P30CA008748, MSKCC-99027, NCI-G99-1576
Status last verified
Mar 2013
First submitted
10 Dec 1999
Last updated
7 Mar 2013
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Hensley ML, Maki R, Venkatraman E, Geller G, Lovegren M, Aghajanian C, Sabbatini P, Tong W, Barakat R, Spriggs DR. Gemcitabine and docetaxel in patients with unresectable leiomyosarcoma: results of a phase II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Jun 15;20(12):2824-31. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.11.050.

    PubMed 12065559

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing filgrastim, docetaxel and gemcitabine hydrochloride in people with Ovarian Cancer and Sarcoma, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Mar 2013. 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00004066, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 7 Mar 2013.

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