Adult Solid NeoplasmPhase 1NCT01281176
High-Dose or Low-Dose Vorinostat in Combination With Carboplatin or Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
A Phase 1 study testing Carboplatin, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Paclitaxel in people with Adult Solid Neoplasm, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This randomized pilot clinical trial studies high-dose or low-dose vorinostat in combination with carboplatin or paclitaxel in treating patients with advanced solid tumors. Vorinostat 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 19 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Adult Solid Neoplasm
- What is being tested?
- Carboplatin, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Paclitaxel
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 20 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 9 Feb 2011to 17 Apr 2027
- Phase
- Phase 1
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 19 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients must have histologically confirmed malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which no superior curative or palliative measures are known
- At least 4 weeks must have passed since prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy; 6 weeks if the last regimen included BCNU or mitomycin C
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
- Leukocytes > 3,000/mcL
- Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/mcL
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- Platelets > 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin < institutional upper limits of normal
- Potassium < institutional upper limits of normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) < 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal, or < 5 x ULN if liver metastases are present
- Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
- 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 (except alopecia, lymphopenia, hyperglycemia, hypoalbuminemia and elevated serum alkaline phosphatase); all other toxicities should have resolved to grade 1 or less prior to beginning treatment
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
- Patients with known brain metastases that are untreated or have progressed after definitive therapy should be excluded from this clinical trial; patients with treated brain metastases, who are no longer receiving steroids for at least 14 days, are not receiving enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic drugs, and have no unstable neurologic symptoms may be enrolled at the discretion and joint decision of the principal investigator and treating physician
- Prior or current use of valproic acid, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to paclitaxel, vorinostat or carboplatin
- Inability to swallow oral medications
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- 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
- Women that are pregnant or breastfeeding are excluded from this study; all women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test before receiving vorinostat; women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of the study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with vorinostat; these potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study; subjects that become pregnant or think they may be pregnant while taking part in this study should notify their treating physician immediately
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible; appropriate studies will be undertaken in patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637
About this study
Official title: Vorinostat and Carboplatin or Vorinostat and Paclitaxel in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors: A Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study
This randomized pilot clinical trial studies high-dose or low-dose vorinostat in combination with carboplatin or paclitaxel in treating patients with advanced solid tumors. Vorinostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving different doses of vorinostat together with carboplatin or paclitaxel may kill more tumor cells.
Read the detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
- To determine whether high dose, short course vorinostat achieves higher peak serum concentrations than standard dosing.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
- To determine the toxicity profiles of two different escalated intermittent dosing schedules of vorinostat combined with carboplatin at an area under curve (AUC) of 5.
II. To describe the response rate in patients with advanced solid tumors treated with these regimens.
III. To develop pharmacodynamic markers for vorinostat. IV. To determine the toxicity profiles of escalated intermittent dosing schedule of vorinostat at 1200 mg combined with paclitaxel at 175 mg/m^2 and to describe the response rate in patients with advanced solid tumors treated with this regimen.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 4 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive high-dose vorinostat orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-3 and low-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 8-10 (course 1). After 5 days, patients receive high-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 3 of all subsequent courses.
ARM II: Patients receive high-dose vorinostat and low-dose vorinostat as in arm I. After 5 days, patients receive lower-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 3 of all subsequent courses.
ARM III: Patients receive low-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and high-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 8-10 (course 0). After 5 days, patients receive vorinostat and carboplatin as in Arm I.
ARM IV: Patients receive low-dose vorinostat and high-dose vorinostat as in Arm III. After 5 days, patients receive vorinostat and carboplatin as in Arm II.
ARM V: Patients receive low-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and mid-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 8-10 (course 0). After 5 days, patients receive mid-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 3.
ARM VI: Patients receive mid-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and low-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 8-10 (course 0). After 5 days, patients receive vorinostat and paclitaxel as in Arm V.
In all arms, courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up for 4 weeks.
- Conditions
- Adult Solid Neoplasm
- Being tested
- Carboplatin, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Paclitaxel, Pharmacological Study, Vorinostat
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
CarboplatinDrug
Also called Blastocarb, Carboplat, Carboplatin Hexal, Carboplatino
Given IV
Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOther
Correlative studies
PaclitaxelDrug
Also called Anzatax, Asotax, Bristaxol, Praxel
Given IV
Correlative studies
VorinostatDrug
Also called L-001079038, MSK-390, SAHA, Suberanilohydroxamic Acid
Given PO
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Arm I (high- and low-dose vorinostat and carboplatin) | Experimental | Patients receive high-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and low-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 8-10 (course 0). After 5 days, patients receive high-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 3 of all subsequent courses. Receives: Drug: Carboplatin; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Vorinostat |
| Arm II (high- and low-dose vorinostat and carboplatin) | Experimental | Patients receive high-dose vorinostat and low-dose vorinostat as in Arm I. After 5 days, patients receive lower-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 3. Receives: Drug: Carboplatin; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Vorinostat |
| Arm III (low- and high-dose vorinostat and carboplatin) | Experimental | Patients receive low-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and high-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 8-10 (course 0). After 5 days, patients receive vorinostat and carboplatin as in Arm I. Receives: Drug: Carboplatin; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Vorinostat |
| Arm IV (low- and high-dose vorinostat and carboplatin) | Experimental | Patients receive low-dose vorinostat and high-dose vorinostat as in Arm III. After 5 days, patients receive vorinostat and carboplatin as in Arm II. Receives: Drug: Carboplatin; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Vorinostat |
| Arm V (low- and mid-dose vorinostat and paclitaxel) | Experimental | Patients receive low-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and mid-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 8-10 (course 0). After 5 days, patients receive mid-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 3. Receives: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Drug: Paclitaxel; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Vorinostat |
| Arm VI (mid- and low-dose vorinostat and paclitaxel) | Experimental | Patients receive mid-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 1-3 and low-dose vorinostat PO QD on days 8-10. After 5 days, patients receive vorinostat and paclitaxel as in Arm V. Receives: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Drug: Paclitaxel; Other: Pharmacological Study; Drug: Vorinostat |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Peak concentrations (Cmax) of vorinostat at 400, 1200, and 1600 mg
Measured: 0 (pre-treatment), 60, 120, 180, 240, 360 and 480 minutes and 24 hours after vorinostat administration on days 3 and 10 of course 0 and on day 3 of course 1
Secondary outcomes (2)
Adverse events of two different escalated intermittent dosing schedules of vorinostat combined with carboplatin as assessed by the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0
The percentage of patients with any grade and with grade 3 or higher toxicity will be reported along with 95% confidence intervals.
Measured: Up to 4 weeks
Pharmacodynamic markers of vorinostat activity, including AUC and changes in platelet counts
The correlation between changes in AUC and changes in platelet counts will be analyzed by a non-parametric Spearman's correlation coefficient with 95% confidence intervals. Similar analyses will be performed for Cmax and other pharmacodynamic markers. The association between genetic polymorphisms and vorinostat pharmacokinetics analyzed using analysis of variance.
Measured: 0 (pre-treatment), 60, 120, 180, 240, 360 and 480 minutes and 24 hours after vorinostat administration on days 3 and 10 of course 0 and on day 3 of course 1
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted21 Jan 2011 (estimated)
- Study start9 Feb 2011
- Primary completion30 Apr 2014
- Study completion17 Apr 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Adult Solid NeoplasmStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by National Cancer Institute (NCI)The sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 20 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Sponsor type
- US National Institutes of Health
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Michael L Maitland, Principal investigator, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01281176
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NCI-2011-02575
- Other IDs
- NCI-2011-02575, CDR0000693736, UCCRC-10-652-B, 10-652-B, 8844, P30CA014599, U01CA069852
- Status last verified
- Oct 2026
- First submitted
- 20 Jan 2011
- Last updated
- 20 Oct 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes