Perillyl Alcohol in Treating Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase II Trial of Perillyl Alcohol (NSC 641066) Administered Daily in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00003219
• Other study ID #: CDR0000066080
• Secondary ID: R21CA072500WCCC-
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: May 1998
• Est. completion date: May 1998

Study information

• Verified date: October 2012
• Source: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• 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 perillyl alcohol in treating patients with metastatic breast cancer that has not responded to previous chemotherapy.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the clinical effectiveness (i.e., objective tumor response, time to treatment failure, and survival) of perillyl alcohol in patients with previously treated metastatic breast cancer. II. Define the acute and chronic toxic effects of perillyl alcohol in this patient population.

OUTLINE: Patients are given oral perillyl alcohol 4 times per day. Dose escalation of perillyl alcohol may occur in individual patients if no unacceptable toxicity is observed. Treatment is continued as long as the patient benefits from treatment, does not show progressive disease, and does not experience irreversible or life threatening toxicity. Patients are evaluated for response monthly while receiving treatment on this study. Patients are followed at 2-4 weeks after the last treatment.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 40 patients will be accrued over 2 years.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: May 1998
• Est. primary completion date: May 1998
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 120 Years

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Microscopically confirmed metastatic breast cancer Must be refractory or have recurred after at least 1 systemic chemotherapy regimen Estrogen receptor positive tumors must have failed or recurred after hormonal therapy At least 1 site of measurable disease required Previously radiated lesions are not considered measurable unless there is evidence of disease progression after completion of radiation therapy No known brain metastases Hormone receptor status: Unspecified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: Zubrod 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: WBC at least 4000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Absolute neutrophil count at least 1500/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT no greater than 2 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL BUN no greater than 30 mg/dL Other: Effective birth control must be used by fertile patients (barrier method preferred) Not pregnant or nursing

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Recovered from toxic effects of prior treatment Biologic therapy:

No immunologic therapy within the past 2 weeks Chemotherapy: No chemotherapy within the past 4 weeks (6 weeks for mitomycin or nitrosoureas) See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: No hormonal therapy within the past 2 weeks See Disease Characteristics Radiotherapy: No radiotherapy within the past 4 weeks See Disease Characteristics Surgery: Not specified Other: No concurrent cholesterol lowering agents, supplemental vitamins, or other antioxidants

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• perillyl alcohol

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center	Madison	Wisconsin

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Wisconsin, Madison	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Bailey HH, Attia S, Love RR, Fass T, Chappell R, Tutsch K, Harris L, Jumonville A, Hansen R, Shapiro GR, Stewart JA. Phase II trial of daily oral perillyl alcohol (NSC 641066) in treatment-refractory metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2 — View Citation