A Study of Romidepsin (Depsipeptide) in Combination With Gemcitabine in Patients With Pancreatic and Other Advanced Solid Tumors

Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase I/II Study of Romidepsin (Depsipeptide) in Combination With Gemcitabine in Patients With Pancreatic and Other Advanced Solid Tumors.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00379639
• Other study ID #: GPI-06-0003
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: July 1, 2006
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2008

Study information

• Verified date: October 2019
• Source: Celgene
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This was a phase I dose escalation trial designed to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for the combination of romidepsin (depsipeptide) and gemcitabine. The study was originally planned as a Phase I/II; however only Phase I of the study was conducted.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2008
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• histologically confirmed advanced solid tumors

• measurable or evaluable disease

• written informed consent

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior treatment with romidepsin or gemcitabine

• Prior chemotherapy treatment within 3 weeks prior to the first day of treatment or prior treatment with an investigational agent within 4 weeks prior to the first day of treatment. Patients must have recovered from all therapy-related toxicities (Common Terminology Criteria grade = 1)

• Prior radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to the first day of treatment. Patients who have not fully recovered or whose acute toxicity related to prior radiotherapy has not returned to baseline are ineligible.

• Prior surgery within 3 weeks prior to the first day of treatment, excluding surgical biopsies and port placements

• Concomitant use of any other anti-cancer therapy

• Concomitant use of any investigational agent

• Use of any investigational agent within 4 weeks of study entry

• Any known cardiac abnormalities, including congenital long QT syndrome, QTcF interval >480 milliseconds, myocardial infarction within 12 months of study entry, coronary artery disease (CAD), congestive heart failure (CHF), evidence of cardiac ischemia at screening, known history of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), Torsade de Pointes, or cardiac arrest, hypertrophic cardiomegaly or restrictive cardiomyopathy chronic hypertension, any cardiac arrhythmia requiring anti-arrhythmic medication

• Serum potassium <3.8 mmol/L or serum magnesium <2.0 mg/dL (electrolyte abnormalities can be corrected with supplementation to meet inclusion criteria)

• Concomitant use of drugs that may cause a prolongation of the QTc

• Concomitant use of CYP3A4 inhibitors

• Clinically significant active infection

• Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, or hepatitis C

• Inadequate bone marrow or other organ function as evidenced by:

• Hemoglobin <9 g/dL (Transfusions and/or erythropoietin are permitted.)

• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) =1.5 x 10^9 cells/L

• Platelet count <100 x 10^9 cells/L or platelet count <75 x 10^9 cells/L if bone marrow disease involvement is documented

• Total bilirubin >2.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN)

• Aspartate transaminase/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (AST/SGOT) and alanine transaminase/serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALT/SGPT) >2.0 x ULN or >3.0 x ULN in the presence of demonstrable liver metastases

• Serum creatinine >2.0 x ULN

• Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding

• Any significant medical or psychiatric condition that might prevent the patient from complying with all study procedures

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancreatic Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• Romidepsin
7, 10 or 12 mg/m^2 via intravenous infusion over 4 hours on either Days 1, 8 and 15 or Days 1 and 15 of each 28-day cycle.
• Gemcitabine
800 or 1000 mg/m^2 via intravenous infusion over 30 minutes on either Days 1,8 and 15 or Days 1 and 15 of each 28 day cycle.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Sarah Cannon Research Institute	Nashville	Tennessee

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Celgene

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Jones SF, Infante JR, Spigel DR, Peacock NW, Thompson DS, Greco FA, McCulloch W, Burris HA 3rd. Phase 1 results from a study of romidepsin in combination with gemcitabine in patients with advanced solid tumors. Cancer Invest. 2012 Jul;30(6):481-6. doi: 10 — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Participants With a Dose-limiting Toxicity (DLT)	Toxicities were assessed according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE), V 3.0. A DLT was one of the following, if considered at least possibly related to study treatment: Grade 4 neutropenia for =5 days or febrile neutropenia; Grade 4 thrombocytopenia or need for a platelet transfusion; = Grade 3 nausea and/or emesis despite using optimal antiemetic therapy; = Grade 3 diarrhea despite using maximal supportive therapy; Any clinically significant Grade 3 or 4 nonhematologic toxicity; Inability to administer all doses in cycle 1.	28 days
Primary	Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)	AEs were graded for severity according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria (NCI CTCAE), V 3.0: Grade 1: Mild; Grade 2: Moderate; Grade 3: Severe (prevents normal everyday activities); Grade 4: Life-threatening or disabling; Grade 5: Death.; A serious AE is associated with events that pose a threat to a patient's life or functioning, require hospitalization, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect or is an important medical event or condition that may jeopardize the patient and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the above outcomes.	From the date of first dose to 30 days after last dose (up to 236 days).
Primary	Best Overall Response	Disease response was determined by the Investigator according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria using computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging: Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions; Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions or the appearance of =1 new lesions; Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD.	Disease assessments were performed within 4 weeks of first dose and every 8 weeks thereafter (up to 236 days).