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Filter by:In this phase II trial, we plan to evaluate the combination of Tarceva and Avastin in the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. This trial will be one of the first phase II trials to evaluate a combination of targeted agents in the treatment of a common solid tumor with a strong biologic rationale based on Cancer Biology (VHL/HIF/VEGF/EGFr).
This research study is for subjects with cancer of the kidney (also known as renal cell carcinoma) that cannot be treated with surgery. The purpose of this study is to see if the combination of bevacizumab and bortezomib is safe and tolerable and can help people with kidney cancer. The investigators would also like to find out what dose of the study drugs can be used safely and effectively, whether the combination of these two drugs can decrease cancer symptoms and stop tumor growth, and how frequently serious side effects might occur with this combination. The study will be conducted in two phases—Phase 1 and Phase 2. In Phase 1, subjects will be assigned to a fixed dose of bevacizumab and different strengths of bortezomib given at 2 different schedules. Phase 2 will depend on how subjects tolerate the doses and schedules of bortezomib in Phase 1. Bortezomib is a type of drug known as a "proteasome inhibitor." By blocking the "proteasome" in cancer cells, bortezomib affects the way these cells divide. Bevacizumab is an inhibitor (blocker) of blood vessel formation. Tumors need blood vessels in order to continue to grow and bevacizumab is thought to work by preventing new blood vessels from growing. Bortezomib (also called Velcade or PS-341) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of myeloma, but has not been approved for the treatment of kidney cancer. Bevacizumab (also called Avastin) has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of colon cancer, but has not been approved for the treatment of kidney cancer. However, the FDA is permitting the combined use of bortezomib and bevacizumab in this research study. The bevacizumab that will be given in this study is not a commercially marketed product. Although it is expected to be very similar in safety and activity to the commercially available drug, it is possible that some differences may exist. Because this is not a commercially marketed drug, bevacizumab can only be administered to subjects enrolled in this study and may only be administered under the direction of physicians who are investigators in this study. Approximately 40-52 subjects will take part in this study.
This phase II trial is studying how well ixabepilone works in treating patients with metastatic, recurrent, or unresectable kidney cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as ixabepilone, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing
RATIONALE: When irradiated donor lymphocytes are infused into the patient they may help the patient's immune system kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well giving irradiated donor lymphocytes works in treating patients with metastatic kidney cancer.
-Overall study design: A randomized Phase II study in patients with metastatic RCC Patients will receive chemotherapy with gemcitabine and 5-FU. Prior to each chemotherapy the patient will receive a combination of Leukine alone (study cohort 1) or Leukine-dexamethasone (study cohort 2). -Chemotherapy: gemcitabine 1.0 g/m2 intravenously (infused in the vein)over 30 minutes on Days 7 and 21, Folinic acid 200 mg/m2 on Days 7-8 and 21-22, then 5-FU 400 mg/m2, intravenously (infused in the vein) over 30 minutes followed by 5-FU 600 mg/m2 intravenously (infused in the vein) over 24 hours. •Study drugs: - Cohort 1, Leukine, 250 ug/m2 daily (8 am) subcutaneously (under the skin) on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19; - Cohort 2, Leukine, 250 ug/m2 daily (8 am) subcutaneously (under the skin)on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 and dexamethasone 12 mg every 12 hours (8 am and 8 pm) orally (by mouth) on days 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21.
It is the aim of this clinical study to evaluate the skeletal-related event rate under therapy with zoledronic acid in patients with renal cell cancer having at least one cancer-related bone lesion.
Patients with rectal cancer who are candidates for pre-operative radiation therapy may be enrolled in the Phase I, single center study. Patients will have a full blood count, biochemistry, urinalysis, and ECG for safety evaluation. Sequential cohorts of three patients will be given increasing doses of oral topotecan and fixed doses of concurrent radiation (45 Gy) over five weeks. The starting dose of oral topotecan is 0.25 mg/m2 to be concomitantly administered with radiation (45 Gy) x 5 days every week unless the radiation is interrupted for Holidays/Weekends or toxicity requiring treatment delays occurs. A total of 25 doses are planned.
This Phase I, dose finding study evaluates the safety and tolerability of lapatinib, a dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and GW786034, an anti-angiogenesis agent, when given together. The study first will find the best doses using safety and blood concentration data of both agents. This is done enrolling stepwise, cohorts of 3 patients each and the last patient enrolled must reach at least Day 22 of continuous daily dosing before the next cohort at an increased dose can begin. If a patient in a cohort has a dose limiting toxicity before Day 22, then 3 more patients are studied at that same dose. If 2 of 6 patients have dose limiting toxicities within the first 22 days, the next cohort receives the next lowest dose. Otherwise each cohort has an increasing dose of one of the two agents. The second stage of the study will administer the best doses of the agents to about 16 patients to further study safety and collect more blood concentration data (more blood samples in the second phase compared to the first phase). The second stage has the advantage of using the best dose (decreases chance of receiving a sub-therapeutic dose) while it collects more blood samples and requires slightly more long clinic visits.
Renal cell carcinoma represents today 3% of the solid tumors of the adult. Their bad prognosis is due to the frequency of metastasis and the resistance to chemotherapy. Immunotherapy (interferon-α, interleukin-2) has shown some good results but an important toxicity. In our study, we evaluate the response to a new therapeutic strategy which combines an injection of patient's own activated lymphocytes to a classic immunotherapy with interferon-α and interleukin-2.
This was a Phase I/II, single-center, dose-escalation study. 177-Lutetium-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid-cG250 (177-Lu-DOTA-cG250) was administered at a starting dose of 30 mCi/m^2 of 177-Lu (fixed dose of 10 mg cG250) and escalated in increments of 10 mCi/m^2 of 177-Lu in sequentially enrolled cohorts according to a standard 3 + 3 design until determination of the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). The primary objectives were to determine the safety, targeting, and dosimetry of 177-Lu-DOTA-cG250 in subjects with advanced renal cell carcinoma. The secondary objective was measurement of tumor response according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.0.