S9716: Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Merkel Cell Cancer

Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Skin Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase II Trial of Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate and 5-Fluorouracil (CMF) in Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Skin (Merkel Cell Carcinoma)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00003549
• Other study ID #: CDR0000066606
• Secondary ID: U10CA032102S9716
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: November 1, 1999
• Last updated: October 5, 2012
• Start date: October 1998
• Est. completion date: January 2003

Study information

• Verified date: October 2012
• Source: Southwest Oncology Group
• 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. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil in treating patients with Merkel cell cancer.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Investigate the ability of the Southwest Oncology Group Melanoma Committee to enroll patients with unresectable Merkel cell carcinoma that is local-regional or metastatic. II. Determine the overall survival rate and objective response rate of these patients after treatment with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to local-regional disease versus metastatic disease. Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV, methotrexate IV, and fluorouracil IV on day

1. Courses repeat every 21 days for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicities. Patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years, then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80 patients (40 patients per stratum) will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: January 2003
• Est. primary completion date: September 2001
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven unresectable Merkel cell carcinoma Local-regional OR Metastatic Bidimensionally measurable disease If all known sites previously irradiated, disease must be progressive CNS metastases allowed if not only site of measurable disease No pleural effusions or ascites

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: SWOG 0-2 Life expectancy:

Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute granulocyte count at least 1500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other prior malignancy within 5 years except: Adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer Adequately treated stage I or II cancer In situ cervical cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior biologic therapy or immunotherapy No concurrent immunotherapy Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease At least 4 weeks since prior adjuvant chemotherapy No prior adjuvant cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, or fluorouracil No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent hormone therapy Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 14 days since prior radiotherapy Surgery: At least 2 weeks since prior surgery

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Carcinoma
• Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
• Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
• Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Skin
• Skin Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• CMF regimen

• cyclophosphamide

• fluorouracil

• methotrexate

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC	Albuquerque	New Mexico
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque	Albuquerque	New Mexico
United States	University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	CCOP - Atlanta Regional	Atlanta	Georgia
United States	CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium	Billings	Montana
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi	Biloxi	Mississippi
United States	Boston Medical Center	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn	Brooklyn	New York
United States	Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital	Cincinnati	Ohio
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Ohio
United States	Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center	Cleveland	Ohio
United States	CCOP - Columbus	Columbus	Ohio
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton	Dayton	Ohio
United States	CCOP - Central Illinois	Decatur	Illinois
United States	University of Colorado Cancer Center	Denver	Colorado
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver	Denver	Colorado
United States	Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Henry Ford Hospital	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center	Fort Gordon	Georgia
United States	Brooke Army Medical Center	Fort Sam Houston	Texas
United States	University of Texas Medical Branch	Galveston	Texas
United States	CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program	Grand Rapids	Michigan
United States	CCOP - Greenville	Greenville	South Carolina
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)	Hines	Illinois
United States	Cancer Research Center of Hawaii	Honolulu	Hawaii
United States	University of Mississippi Medical Center	Jackson	Mississippi
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson	Jackson	Mississippi
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)	Jamaica Plain	Massachusetts
United States	CCOP - Kansas City	Kansas City	Missouri
United States	University of Kansas Medical Center	Kansas City	Kansas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City	Kansas City	Missouri
United States	Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB	Keesler AFB	Mississippi
United States	CCOP - Dayton	Kettering	Ohio
United States	Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky	Lexington	Kentucky
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington	Lexington	Kentucky
United States	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock	Arkansas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)	Little Rock	Arkansas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach	Long Beach	California
United States	Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope	Los Angeles	California
United States	Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA	Los Angeles	California
United States	USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center	Los Angeles	California
United States	Texas Tech University Health Science Center	Lubbock	Texas
United States	Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez	Martinez	California
United States	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood	Illinois
United States	MBCCOP - University of South Alabama	Mobile	Alabama
United States	MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	Tulane University School of Medicine	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center	New York	New York
United States	CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute	Oakland	California
United States	Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
United States	CCOP - Greater Phoenix	Phoenix	Arizona
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)	Phoenix	Arizona
United States	CCOP - Columbia River Program	Portland	Oregon
United States	Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University	Portland	Oregon
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland	Portland	Oregon
United States	University of California Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	California
United States	CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau	Saint Louis	Missouri
United States	St. Louis University Health Sciences Center	Saint Louis	Missouri
United States	Huntsman Cancer Institute	Salt Lake City	Utah
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City	Utah
United States	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio	Texas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)	San Antonio	Texas
United States	UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute	San Francisco	California
United States	CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital	Santa Rosa	California
United States	CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center	Seattle	Washington
United States	Swedish Cancer Institute	Seattle	Washington
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle	Seattle	Washington
United States	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport	Shreveport	Louisiana
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport	Shreveport	Louisiana
United States	Providence Hospital - Southfield	Southfield	Michigan
United States	CCOP - Upstate Carolina	Spartanburg	South Carolina
United States	CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks	Springfield	Missouri
United States	CCOP - Northwest	Tacoma	Washington
United States	CCOP - Scott and White Hospital	Temple	Texas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple	Temple	Texas
United States	David Grant Medical Center	Travis Air Force Base	California
United States	Arizona Cancer Center	Tucson	Arizona
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson	Tucson	Arizona
United States	CCOP - Wichita	Wichita	Kansas
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita	Wichita	Kansas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Southwest Oncology Group	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,