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Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary Squamous Cell CarcinomaPhase 2NCT00507767

Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing dasatinib, pharmacological study and laboratory biomarker analysis in people with Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Recurrent Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

This phase II trial studies how well dasatinib works in treating patients with head and neck cancer that has come back or spread to other areas of the body. Dasatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
dasatinib, pharmacological study and laboratory biomarker analysis
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
15 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2007to Feb 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

  • Patient has histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck that is recurrent after surgery and/or radiation therapy or chemoradiation therapy or is metastatic and disease must be measurable by RECIST criteria
  • Patients must have measurable disease as defined by RECIST criteria
  • Patients have received =< 1 prior chemotherapeutic regimen for recurrent or metastatic disease
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
  • Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
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  • Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
  • Hemoglobin (Hgb) >= 9.0 g/dL
  • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 X upper limit of normal
  • Albumin >= 2.5 g/dL
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 1.5 X upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine =< 3 mg/dl
  • Paraffin embedded tumor tissue that is appropriate for immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis must be available or patient must be amenable to biopsy to obtain tissue for the study
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
  • Patient must not be pregnant or breastfeeding; all sexually active females of child-bearing potential and all sexually active males with sexual partners of child-bearing potential should practice contraception (e.g. barrier, hormonal, intrauterine device [IUD]) or sexual abstinence while in the study and for two months following completion of therapy
  • Brain metastases permitted provided the patient does not require anticonvulsants or corticosteroids, or has been off them at least 7 days; patients with brain metastases must be either > 4 weeks beyond cranial irradiation or must be felt not to require it at that time
  • The patient's O2 saturation must be >= 92% on room air

Who cannot join

  • Chemotherapy or palliative radiotherapy for recurrent and/or metastatic disease within 3 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or failure to recover to at least grade 1 from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier; concomitant chemoradiation therapy within 6 weeks prior to entering the study or failure to recover to at least grade 1 from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
  • Other anti-neoplastic agents, i.e., cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or investigational therapy, used to treat the primary disease will not be allowed during the study; local radiation (excluding radiotherapy to the target lesion) for supportive reasons involving a small radiation field may be allowed
  • Patient has a history of uncontrolled or severe medical disease which could compromise participation in the study such as uncontrolled diabetes (fasting blood glucose > 200 mg/dl), uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure [BP] > 160 or diastolic BP > 100 mmHg), severe infection (bacterial infection requiring intravenous [IV] antibiotics or human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]), angina at rest, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV, ventricular arrhythmias requiring therapy, myocardial infarction within 6 months, > grade 2 neuropathy
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
  • Patients who require concurrent treatment with any medications or substances that are potent inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) are ineligible; efforts should be made to switch patients with gliomas or brain metastases who are taking enzyme-inducing anticonvulsant agents to other medications
  • Echocardiogram less than institutional normal measured by echocardiogram for subjects with history of congestive heart failure, symptoms of congestive heart failure, clinical evidence suggesting impaired cardiac function
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  • Patients may not have any clinically significant cardiovascular disease including the following:
  • Myocardial infarction or ventricular tachyarrhythmia within 6 months
  • Prolonged correct QT interval (QTc) > 480 msec (Fridericia correction)
  • Major conduction abnormality (unless a cardiac pacemaker is present)
  • Pregnant women and women who are currently breast-feeding may not participate in this study; all women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to enrolling in the study; postmenopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential
  • Patients having pleural effusion

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 2 Study of Dasatinib in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

This phase II trial studies how well dasatinib works in treating patients with head and neck cancer that has come back or spread to other areas of the body. Dasatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine the 12-week progression-free survival rate and the objective response rate, as measured by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria, in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with dasatinib.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To define metabolic response rate by positron emission tomography (PET) scan at 0, 8, and 12 weeks.

II. To define overall survival distribution from initiation of dasatinib. III. To define duration of response. IV. To determine if there is a correlation between clinical benefit from dasatinib (defined as disease response or stabilization) and pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics (phosphorylated Src [pSrc] expression in platelets), or changes in serum levels of cytokines, growth factors, and growth factor receptors relevant to the Src signaling pathway.

  1. To examine the relationship between clinical benefit and mammary tumor and squamous cell carcinoma-associated protein (EMS1) gene amplification and cortactin expression levels in tumor tissue prior to therapy and the modulation of cortactin levels by treatment.

VI. To compare the effects of dasatinib on apoptosis by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay in tumor tissues comparing pre- and post-treatment biopsies.

VII. To assess the tolerability of dasatinib in this patient population. VIII. To describe the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile and relative bioavailability of dasatinib suspension in patients receiving the drug through percutaneous gastrostomy tube.

IX. To descriptively assess safety, toxicity, and efficacy of dasatinib crushed and administered by feeding tube.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive dasatinib orally (PO) or via percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG) tube twice daily (BID). Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for at least 4 weeks.

Being tested
dasatinib, pharmacological study, laboratory biomarker analysis
Medical subject headings
Salivary Gland Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, Tongue Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • dasatinibDrug

    Also called BMS-354825, Sprycel

    Given PO or via PEG tube

  • pharmacological studyProcedure or surgery

    Also called pharmacological studies

    Correlative studies

  • laboratory biomarker analysisProcedure or surgery

    Correlative studies

Study groups in NCT00507767
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (dasatinib)ExperimentalPatients receive dasatinib PO or via PEG tube BID. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Drug: dasatinib; Procedure: pharmacological study; Procedure: laboratory biomarker analysis

What is being measured

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

  1. Number of Participants With Progression-free Survival at 12-weeks

    Progression-free survival (PFS) is defined as stable disease or better. Participants who have received at least one dose of dasatinib and who die or leave the study before 12 weeks will be counted as having progressive disease.

    Measured: At 12-weeks

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jul 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2007
  3. Primary completionFeb 2010
  4. Study completionFeb 2010

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
15 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00507767
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCI-2009-00227
Other IDs
NCI-2009-00227, CDR0000559148, 2006-0571, 7815, N01CM62202, P30CA016672
Status last verified
Apr 2013
First submitted
26 Jul 2007
Last updated
1 Oct 2014

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing dasatinib, pharmacological study and laboratory biomarker analysis in people with Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Recurrent Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary, 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 17 inclusion and 12 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Oct 2014. 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 27 Jul 2012). 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?

Number of Participants With Progression-free Survival at 12-weeks (time frame: At 12-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 NCT00507767.

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 1 Oct 2014.

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