Treatment for Patients With Metastatic Thyroid Cancer

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is being done to find out the good and bad effects of an investigational drug that is not approved for sale, called AG-013736. Tumors need blood vessels in order to continue to grow, and AG-013736 is thought to work by playing a role in preventing new blood vessels from growing. We want to see if AG-013736 has any effect on your disease by making your tumor smaller and if so, for how long. We also want to test the safety [the effect on your body] of AG-013736 and to measure the amount of AG-013736 that gets into your blood. AG-013736 has been given to over 140 patients with cancer on other studies.

Clinical Trial Description

The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be about 23,600 new cases of thyroid cancer (5,960 in men and 17,640 in women) annually in the United States, and about 1,460 people (620 men and 840 women) will die from this disease.1 It is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. Depending upon type and stage, thyroid cancer may be treated with surgery, radioactive iodine (131I), hormone treatment, external radiation, or chemotherapy.

The systemic therapy of metastatic disease remains palliative until new agents are found that might afford a better prognosis. Thyroid tumors are often vascular, and a decrease in the number of blood vessels that supply the tumor may starve it of needed nutrients. An approach to blocking the growth of blood vessels that supply the tumor is to inhibit the VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR TK) signaling pathway. The VEGFR TK inhibitor SU011248 has produced 4 objective responses in 15 patients receiving the drug on Phase 1 studies.2 AG-013736 is another VEGFR TK inhibitor. Besides having potential anti-angiogenesis properties through VEGFR TK inhibition, it also has additional potential antitumor through platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) TK inhibition. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00176748
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of Michigan Cancer Center
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 2
Start date	July 2005
Completion date	June 2009

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