Raltitrexed in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma That Cannot Be Surgically Removed

Malignant Mesothelioma Clinical Trial

Official title:

Phase II Study on Tomusex in Malignant Mesothelioma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00004254
• Other study ID #: EORTC-08992
• Secondary ID: EORTC-08992
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: January 28, 2000
• Last updated: July 17, 2012
• Start date: November 1999

Study information

• Verified date: July 2012
• Source: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
• 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 raltitrexed in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma that cannot be surgically removed.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the therapeutic activity and toxicities of raltitrexed in patients with inoperable malignant mesothelioma. II. Determine the objective response rate and duration of response in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Within 2 weeks of staging procedures, patients receive raltitrexed IV over 15 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 6 weeks until disease progression and then every 8 weeks thereafter for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 24 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. primary completion date: June 2001
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven inoperable malignant mesothelioma All tumor stages eligible At least 1 target lesion with measurable disease in at least 1 dimension (20 cm or more with conventional techniques OR 10 cm or more with spiral CT scans) Outside irradiated field Prior surgery allowed if evidence of disease progression thereafter No signs or symptoms of CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: ZUBROD/ECOG/WHO 0-2 (after palliative measures such as pleural drainage) Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Hemoglobin at least 10.0 g/dL WBC at least 4,000/mm3 Absolute neutrophil count at least 2,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.46 mg/dL Albumin at least 3.0 g/dL ALT and AST less than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (less than 5 times ULN if liver involvement) Renal: Creatinine less than 1.69 mg/dL Creatinine clearance at least 65 mL/min Other: No other malignancies (including melanoma, hypernephroma, or breast carcinoma) within the past 5 years except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No uncontrolled infection No psychologic, familial, sociologic, or geographic condition that could interfere with compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No concurrent anticancer immunotherapy before first disease progression Chemotherapy: No prior systemic or intracavitary cytotoxic drugs No concurrent intrapleural or other systemic cytotoxic drugs Endocrine therapy: No concurrent anticancer hormonal agents (except corticosteroids) before first disease progression Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Concurrent palliative radiotherapy allowed for painful lesions, needle tracts, or surgical scars or prevention of metastases along biopsy tracks At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy No prior radiotherapy to sole indicator lesion unless lesion is clearly progressive Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Prior pleurodesis allowed except with cytotoxic drugs (e.g., bleomycin) Concurrent pleurodesis with noncytotoxic drugs allowed Other: At least 1 month since other prior investigational agent No other concurrent anticancer agents before first disease progression

Study Design

Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lung Neoplasms
• Malignant Mesothelioma
• Mesothelioma

Intervention

Drug:
• raltitrexed

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Ospedale Bellaria	Bologna
Italy	Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro	Genoa
Italy	Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori	Naples
Italy	Universita Degli Studi di Udine	Udine
Netherlands	Antoni van Leeuwenhoekhuis	Amsterdam
Netherlands	Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum	Amsterdam

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

Italy,  Netherlands, 

References & Publications (2)

Baas P, Ardizzoni A, Grossi F, Nackaerts K, Numico G, Van Marck E, van de Vijver M, Monetti F, Smid-Geirnaerdt MJ, van Zandwijk N, Debruyne C, Legrand C, Giaccone G; EORTC Lung Cancer Group. The activity of raltitrexed (Tomudex) in malignant pleural mesot — View Citation

Francart J, Legrand C, Sylvester R, Van Glabbeke M, van Meerbeeck JP, Robert A. Progression-free survival rate as primary end point for phase II cancer clinical trials: application to mesothelioma--The EORTC Lung Cancer Group. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jul 1;24(19):3007-12. — View Citation