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DX-8951f in Treating Children With Advanced Solid Tumors or Lymphomas

Study Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of DX-8951f in treating children who have advanced solid tumors or lymphomas that have not responded to previous therapy.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages N/A - 21 Years
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • - Histologically confirmed advanced solid tumors, including brain tumors and lymphomas, that have failed standard therapy (surgery, radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, or chemotherapy) or for which no standard therapy exists.
  • - Histology requirement waived for brain stem gliomas.
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age:
  • - 21 and under at diagnosis.
Performance status:
  • - ECOG 0-2.
Life expectancy:
  • - At least 8 weeks.
Hematopoietic:
  • - Absolute neutrophil count at least 750/mm^3.
  • - Platelet count at least 75,000/mm^3.
  • - Hemoglobin at least 8.5 g/dL.
Hepatic:
  • - Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL.
  • - SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (5 times ULN if liver metastases) Renal: - Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN OR.
  • - GFR at least 70 mL/min.
Other:
  • - Not pregnant or nursing.
  • - Negative pregnancy test.
  • - No history of severe or life-threatening hypersensitivity to camptothecin analogs.
  • - HIV negative.
  • - No other concurrent severe or uncontrolled medical illness.
  • - No systemic infection.
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy:
  • - Recovered from prior immunotherapy.
Chemotherapy:
  • - See Disease Characteristics.
  • - Recovered from prior chemotherapy.
Endocrine therapy:
  • - See Disease Characteristics.
Radiotherapy:
  • - See Disease Characteristics.
  • - At least 4 weeks since prior extensive radiotherapy involving cranial, whole pelvic, or at least 25% of bone marrow reserve.
  • - Recovered from prior radiotherapy.
  • - Concurrent localized radiotherapy for pain allowed.
Surgery:
  • - See Disease Characteristics.
  • - Recovered from prior surgery.
Other:
  • - No other concurrent antitumor therapy.
- No concurrent drugs that induce or inhibit CYP3A enzyme

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT00004212
Phase

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Phase 1
Lead Sponsor

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Daiichi Sankyo
Principal Investigator

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Robert L. DeJager, MD, FACP
Principal Investigator Affiliation Daiichi Sankyo
Agency Class

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Industry
Overall Status Completed
Countries United States
Conditions

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Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Lymphoma, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Additional Details

OBJECTIVES:

  • - Determine the maximum tolerated dose of exatecan mesylate (DX-8951f) with and without filgrastim (G-CSF) in pediatric patients with advanced solid tumors or lymphomas.
  • - Determine the toxic effects, including dose-limiting toxicity, of exatecan mesylate in these patients.
  • - Determine the pharmacokinetics of exatecan mesylate in these patients.
  • - Determine the recommended dose of exatecan mesylate for phase II study.
  • - Determine the antitumor activity of this regimen in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of exatecan mesylate (DX-8951f). Patients are stratified according to prior treatment (minimally treated vs.#46;heavily treated). Patients receive exatecan mesylate IV over 30 minutes daily for 5 days. Patients in dose levels 5 and above also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously beginning on day 6 and continuing for at least 7 days or until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 1-6 patients receive escalating doses of exatecan mesylate with and without G-CSF until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 45 patients will be accrued for this study.

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10021

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, 38105-2794

Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas

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Children's Medical Center of Dallas

Dallas, Texas, 75235

Institute for Drug Development, San Antonio, Texas

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Institute for Drug Development

San Antonio, Texas, 78245-3217