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Esophageal CancerPhase 2NCT00004233

S9915 Triacetyluridine, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin in Treating Patients With Unresectable, Locally Advanced, or Metastatic Cancer of the Esophagus or Stomach

A Phase 2 study testing fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium and triacetyluridine in people with Esophageal Cancer and Gastric Cancer, run by SWOG Cancer Research Network at 97 sites 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. Chemoprotective drugs such as triacetyluridine may protect normal cells from the side effects of chemotherapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
What is being tested?
fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium and triacetyluridine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
65 participants
Where
97 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Feb 2001to Jan 2007
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 or cytologically proven unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction
  • No known brain metastases
  • Negative brain imaging required for neurologic signs and symptoms

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

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

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT or SGPT no greater than 1.5 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver tumor present)

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than ULN

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Must be able to swallow oral medication
  • No AIDS syndrome or HIV-associated complex
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer in complete remission

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior biologic therapy
  • No concurrent biologic therapy

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic gastric cancer
  • At least 6 months since prior chemotherapy as adjuvant or radiation sensitizer

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 1 month since prior radiotherapy and recovered
  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • At least 3 weeks since prior major surgical resection of intra-abdominal organs and recovered

Trial locations and contacts

97 sites in 1 country.

97 sites in 1 country

United States97 sites
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany

    Albany, New York, 12208

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108-5138

  • MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105

  • CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106

  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0752

  • CCOP - Atlanta Regional

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1701

  • CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

    Billings, Montana, 59101

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

    Biloxi, Mississippi, 39531-2410

  • Boston Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29401-5799

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425-0721

  • MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612-7323

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2288

  • Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267-0502

  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

  • CCOP - Columbus

    Columbus, Ohio, 43206

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

    Dayton, Ohio, 45428

  • CCOP - Central Illinois

    Decatur, Illinois, 62526

  • University of Colorado Cancer Center

    Denver, Colorado, 80010

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

    Denver, Colorado, 80220

  • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1379

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1932

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202

  • Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010-3000

  • CCOP - Duluth

    Duluth, Minnesota, 55805

  • Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

    Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905-5650

  • Brooke Army Medical Center

    Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston, Texas, 77555-0209

  • CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

  • CCOP - Greenville

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29615

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

    Hines, Illinois, 60141

  • Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813

  • University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030-4009

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

    Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160-7357

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64128

  • CCOP - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64131

  • Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

    Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 39534-2576

  • CCOP - Dayton

    Kettering, Ohio, 45429

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40511-1093

  • Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

    Los Angeles, California, 90033-0804

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90073

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781

  • Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

    Martinez, California, 94553

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153

  • MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

    Mobile, Alabama, 36688

  • MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Tulane University School of Medicine

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • St. Vincents Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10011

  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032

  • CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

    Oakland, California, 94609-3305

  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Orange, California, 92868

  • CCOP - Greater Phoenix

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85006-2726

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85012

  • Oregon Cancer Center

    Portland, Oregon, 97201-3098

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

    Portland, Oregon, 97207

  • CCOP - Columbia River Program

    Portland, Oregon, 97213

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642

  • University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817

  • Huntsman Cancer Institute

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78284-7811

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

    San Antonio, Texas, 78284

  • UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

    San Francisco, California, 94143-0128

  • CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

    Santa Rosa, California, 95403

  • CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98101

  • Swedish Cancer Institute

    Seattle, Washington, 98104

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

    Seattle, Washington, 98108

  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130

  • Providence Hospital - Southfield

    Southfield, Michigan, 48075-9975

  • CCOP - Upstate Carolina

    Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303

  • CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807

  • St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110-0250

  • CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

    St Louis, Missouri, 63141

  • CCOP - Northwest

    Tacoma, Washington, 98405-0986

  • Madigan Army Medical Center

    Tacoma, Washington, 98431-5000

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

    Temple, Texas, 76504

  • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

    Temple, Texas, 76508

  • CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

    Toledo, Ohio, 43623-3456

  • David Grant Medical Center

    Travis Air Force Base, California, 94535

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

    Tucson, Arizona, 85723

  • Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85724

  • CCOP - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67218

  • CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27104-4241

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study of PN-401, 5-FU and Leucovorin in Unresectable or Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Chemoprotective drugs such as triacetyluridine may protect normal cells from the side effects of chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of triacetyluridine, fluorouracil, and leucovorin in treating patients who have unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic cancer of the esophagus or stomach.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Assess the 6-month survival rate in patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction treated with triacetyluridine, fluorouracil, and leucovorin calcium.
  • Evaluate the qualitative and quantitative toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours and fluorouracil IV over 30 minutes beginning 1 hour into leucovorin calcium infusion on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36. Patients receive oral triacetyluridine every 8 hours on days 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 29-31, and 36-38 beginning 8 hours after completion of each fluorouracil infusion. Courses repeat every 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 6 months for up to 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 53 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, triacetyluridine
Keywords
stage III gastric cancer, stage IV gastric cancer, recurrent gastric cancer, stage III esophageal cancer, stage IV esophageal cancer, recurrent esophageal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the stomach, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
Medical subject headings
Esophageal Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms, Adenocarcinoma Of Esophagus

What participants receive

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

Study groups in NCT00004233
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
5-FU, Leucovorin and PN-401ExperimentalPN401 is given on Days 1-3 weekly for six weeks; 5FU and leucovorin are given on Day 1 weekely for six weeks; followed by two weeks of rest. Continued in 8 week cycles until one of the criteria for removal from treatment is met.
Receives: Drug: fluorouracil; Drug: leucovorin calcium; Drug: triacetyluridine

What is being measured

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

  1. Six month survival

    Measured: six months after registration

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. evaluate quantitative and qualitative toxicities

    Measured: three years at most

Timeline

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

  1. First posted25 Aug 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2001
  3. Primary completionJan 2007
  4. Study completionJan 2007

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
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
65 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00004233
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000067477
Other IDs
CA32102, S9915
Status last verified
May 2010
First submitted
28 Jan 2000
Last updated
25 Jul 2011
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Doroshow JH, McCoy S, Macdonald JS, Issell BF, Patel T, Cobb PW, Yost KJ, Abbruzzese JL. Phase II trial of PN401, 5-FU, and leucovorin in unresectable or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach: a Southwest Oncology Group study. Invest New Drugs. 2006 Nov;24(6):537-42. doi: 10.1007/s10637-006-9244-8.

    PubMed 16832602

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium and triacetyluridine in people with Esophageal Cancer and Gastric Cancer, run by SWOG Cancer Research Network at 97 sites 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 25 Jul 2011. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 97 sites 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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Six month survival (time frame: six months after registration). 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 NCT00004233, 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 25 Jul 2011.

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