Pyrazoloacridine in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

PHASE II CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PYRAZOLOACRIDINE IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00002656
• Other study ID #: CDR0000064199
• Secondary ID: P30CA022453WSU-C
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: November 1, 1999
• Last updated: April 25, 2013
• Start date: October 1995
• Est. completion date: February 2008

Study information

• Verified date: April 2013
• Source: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy with pyrazoloacridine in treating patients with stage IIIB or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the antitumor activity of pyrazoloacridine (PZA) administered by 3-hour infusion to patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). II. Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxicities of PZA administered on this schedule. III. Determine the response and survival durations of NSCLC patients treated with PZA.

OUTLINE: Single-Agent Chemotherapy. Pyrazoloacridine, PZA, NSC-366140.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: If 2 or 3 responses are observed in the first 18 evaluable patients, 12 additional patients will be entered. Accrual is expected to take 5-12 months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: February 2008
• Est. primary completion date: December 2001
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed non small cell lung cancer ineligible for higher priority protocols Sputum cytology acceptable Stage IIIB/IV Must have measurable or evaluable disease Lesion outside prior radiotherapy fields Cytology-positive pleural effusion and ascites are neither measurable nor evaluable No brain metastases on CT

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: Zubrod 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: Absolute granulocyte count greater than 2,000/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL Other: No pregnant or nursing women Negative pregnancy test required of fertile women Effective contraception required of fertile patients Blood/body fluid analyses within 7 days prior to registration Imaging/exams for tumor measurement within 28 days prior to registration

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: One prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy allowed Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since radiotherapy and recovered AND Progressive disease outside of radiation port Surgery: Recovered from any prior surgery

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• pyrazoloacridine
Pyrazoloacridine 750 mg/m2 by 3 hour infusion, every 21 day s in the absence of progressive disease or prohibitive toxicity. Depending on the prior cycle toxicity the dose should be escalated, maintained or reduced, utilizing levels: -1, 0 (initial dose level), 1 - Level +1 (820mg/m2); Level 0 (750mg/m2); Level -1 (600mg/m2)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute	Detroit	Michigan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Evaluate toxicity of pyrazoloacridine.		Weekly prior to each treatment cycle.	Yes
Secondary	Evaluate the response frequency of pyrazoloacridine.		After 2 treatment cycles then every 2 months	No