Ecteinascidin 743 in Treating Patients With Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Phase II Study on ET-743 in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Adult

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00003939
• Other study ID #: EORTC-62982-16993
• Secondary ID: EORTC-62982
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: November 1, 1999
• Last updated: September 20, 2012

Study information

• Verified date: September 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 ecteinascidin 743 in treating patients who have advanced soft tissue sarcoma.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the therapeutic activity of ecteinascidin 743 in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas. II. Determine the duration of response in these patients. III. Determine the acute side effects in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive ecteinascidin 743 (ET-743) IV over 24 hours every 3 weeks. Treatment continues for at least 2-6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 6 weeks until disease progression and every 12 weeks after disease progression.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 28-44 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 132
• Est. primary completion date: November 2000
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven soft tissue sarcoma, including the following cell types: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Liposarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Synovial sarcoma Malignant paraganglioma Fibrosarcoma Leiomyosarcoma Angiosarcoma including hemangiopericytoma Neurogenic sarcoma Unclassified sarcoma Miscellaneous sarcoma including mixed mesodermal tumors of the uterus Cell types NOT allowed: Malignant mesothelioma Chondrosarcoma Neuroblastoma Osteosarcoma Ewing's sarcoma Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma Measurable lesion with evidence of progression within 6 weeks prior to study (osseous lesions, hepatomegaly, lymphedema, ascites, and pleural lesions are not considered measurable) No symptomatic or known CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: WHO 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Neutrophil count at least 2,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.75 mg/dL Albumin at least 2.5 g/dL AST and ALT less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (2.5 times ULN if liver metastasis present) Alkaline phosphatase less than 2.5 times ULN No other significant hepatic disease (e.g., active hepatitis, cirrhosis, etc.) Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.36 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: No prior cardiovascular disease Other: No other severe medical illness No psychosis No prior or concurrent second primary malignant tumors, except adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell carcinoma Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy No more than 1 prior regimen of combination chemotherapy OR No more than 2 prior single agent regimens No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy to sole index lesion No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified Other: No other concurrent investigational drugs

Study Design

Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
• Central Nervous System Neoplasms
• Endometrial Cancer
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
• Nervous System Neoplasms
• Ovarian Cancer
• Sarcoma
• Small Intestine Cancer

Intervention

Drug:
• trabectedin

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

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

References & Publications (4)

Blay JY, Le Cesne A, Verweij J, Scurr M, Seynaeve C, Bonvalot S, Hogendoorn P, Jimeno J, Evrard V, van Glabbeke M, Judson I. A phase II study of ET-743/trabectedin ('Yondelis') for patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours. Eur J Cancer. 200 — View Citation

Le Cesne A, Blay JY, Judson I, Van Oosterom A, Verweij J, Radford J, Lorigan P, Rodenhuis S, Ray-Coquard I, Bonvalot S, Collin F, Jimeno J, Di Paola E, Van Glabbeke M, Nielsen OS. Phase II study of ET-743 in advanced soft tissue sarcomas: a European Organ — View Citation

Le Cesne A, Judson I, Blay JY, et al.: Phase II study of ET-743 in advanced soft tissue sarcoma (ASTS) in adults: a STBSG-EORTC trial. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A-2182, 2000.

Therasse P, Le Cesne A, Van Glabbeke M, Verweij J, Judson I; EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group. RECIST vs. WHO: prospective comparison of response criteria in an EORTC phase II clinical trial investigating ET-743 in advanced soft tissue sarcoma. Eur J Cancer. 2005 Jul;41(10):1426-30. — View Citation