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Localized Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and UreterPhase 2NCT00363883

Vorinostat in Treating Patients With Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Cancer of the Urothelium

A Phase 2 study testing vorinostat and laboratory biomarker analysis in people with Localized Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter and Metastatic Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

Vorinostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. This phase II trial is studying how well vorinostat works in treating patients with locally recurrent or metastatic cancer of the urothelium. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
vorinostat and laboratory biomarker analysis
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
14 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jun 2006to Dec 2010
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must have a pathological diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or urothelium with less than 25% component of other cell types such as small cell, neuroendocrine or squamous cell carcinoma; archival tumor tissue must be available for classification and correlates as described in this protocol or otherwise the patient must be willing to undergo biopsy prior to trial entry
  • Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as >= 20 mm with conventional techniques or as >= 10 mm with spiral CT scan; patients with boney metastases are allowed to participate in the study provided they also have non-osseous disease that is measurable
  • Patients must have recurred or progressed on or subsequent to platinum-based chemotherapy in the adjuvant or advanced setting; patients treated with a second line of chemotherapy may be included provided more than six months elapsed from the completion of the first line of chemotherapy to the start of the second; patients may have had any number of prior intravesical therapies for superficial bladder cancer; patients may also have had one experimental biologic therapy for their metastatic urothelial cancer provided this was not an agent known to act through histone deacetylation or demethylation; these compounds include sodium butyrate, trichostatin A (TSA), trapoxin (TPX), MS-27-275 and depsipeptide
  • Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
  • ECOG performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)
  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
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  • Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
  • Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
  • AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal unless there are liver metastases in which case AST/ALT must be =< 5 x the upper limits of institutional normal
  • Creatinine =< 1.5 times normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance >= 40 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above 1.5 times institutional normal
  • Eligibility of patients receiving any medications or substances known to effect or with the potential to effect the activity or pharmacokinetics of SAHA will be determined following review by the principal investigator
  • Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
  • Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to SAHA; these compounds include sodium butyrate, trichostatin A (TSA), trapoxin (TPX), MS-27-275 and depsipeptide
  • Prior treatment with more than 2 cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens for urothelial transitional cell cancer
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
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  • Pregnant women are excluded from this stud; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with SAHA
  • HIV-positive patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible
  • Patients should not have taken valproic acid for at least two weeks prior to study entry

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Southern California, Norris

    Los Angeles, California, 90033

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Study of Oral Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid (SAHA) in Recurrent or Metastatic Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urothelium

Vorinostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. This phase II trial is studying how well vorinostat works in treating patients with locally recurrent or metastatic cancer of the urothelium.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine response rate measured by RECIST criteria for SAHA in patients with recurrent or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine the time to progression and overall survival for SAHA in patients with recurrent or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium.

II. To provide data on safety and toxicity of SAHA in patients with recurrent or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium.

III. To obtain preliminary data on molecular correlates in tissue, oral mucosa and blood to determine feasibility and clinical efficacy.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral vorinostat (SAHA) twice daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo blood and buccal mucosa collection and tumor biopsies (if accessible) at baseline and periodically during study for correlative studies. Samples are examined by gene expression profiling and immunohistochemistry.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for up to 26 weeks.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 37 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
vorinostat, laboratory biomarker analysis

What participants receive

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

  • vorinostatDrug

    Also called L-001079038, SAHA, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, Zolinza

    Given orally

  • laboratory biomarker analysisOther

    Correlative studies

Study groups in NCT00363883
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (vorinostat)ExperimentalPatients receive oral vorinostat (SAHA) twice daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Drug: vorinostat; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis

What is being measured

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

  1. Objective Tumor Response Rate

    Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI or CT: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR

    Measured: Response assessed after every 2 cycles (6 weeks) up to 26 weeks

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Overall Survival

    Will be estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier.

    Measured: Up to 26 weeks

  2. Progression-free Survial

    Will be estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier. Progression defined using RECIST v1.0 criteria, at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or the appearance of one or more new lesions.

    Measured: assessed up to 26 weeks

Timeline

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

  1. First posted15 Aug 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2006
  3. Primary completionDec 2010
  4. Study completionDec 2010

Why it stopped: Trial stopped early for futility

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
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
14 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00363883
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCI-2012-02844
Other IDs
NCI-2012-02844, PHII-61, 6879, N01CM62209, P30CA033572
Status last verified
Jan 2014
First submitted
10 Aug 2006
Last updated
13 Feb 2015

Publications

  • Quinn DI, Tsao-Wei DD, Twardowski P, Aparicio AM, Frankel P, Chatta G, Wright JJ, Groshen SG, Khoo S, Lenz HJ, Lara PN, Gandara DR, Newman E. Phase II study of the histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat (Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid; SAHA) in recurrent or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium - an NCI-CTEP sponsored: California Cancer Consortium trial, NCI 6879. Invest New Drugs. 2021 Jun;39(3):812-820. doi: 10.1007/s10637-020-01038-6. Epub 2021 Jan 6.

    PubMed 33409898

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing vorinostat and laboratory biomarker analysis in people with Localized Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter and Metastatic Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) 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?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Feb 2015. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 13 Feb 2015). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Objective Tumor Response Rate (time frame: Response assessed after every 2 cycles (6 weeks) up to 26 weeks). 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 NCT00363883, 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 13 Feb 2015.

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