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A Phase I Study, With Expanded Cohort, of Biweekly Fixed-dose Rate Gemcitabine Plus Capecitabine in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic and Biliary Carcinomas


Phase 1
18 Years
N/A
Not Enrolling
Both
Pancreatic Cancer, Biliary Cancer

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Trial Information

A Phase I Study, With Expanded Cohort, of Biweekly Fixed-dose Rate Gemcitabine Plus Capecitabine in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic and Biliary Carcinomas


Inclusion Criteria:



- Histologically-confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma or biliary tract carcinoma
(cholangiocarcinoma or gallbladder cancer)

- Disease must not be amenable to surgical resection. Patients with either locally
advanced or metastatic disease are eligible

- No prior systemic therapy for their diagnosis

- ECOG performance score of 0-1

- Evidence of either or both of the following:

1. RECIST-defined measurable disease (lesions that can be accurately measured in at
least one dimension with the longest diameter ≥ 20mm using conventional
techniques or ≥10 mm with spiral CT scan)

2. An elevated serum CA19-9 at baseline ( ≥ 2X ULN)

- Female patients must be either surgically sterile or postmenopausal, or if of
childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test (serum or urine) prior to
enrollment and agree to use effective barrier contraception during the period of
therapy. Oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives may be affected by
cytochrome P450 interactions, and are therefore not considered effective for this
study. Male patients must be surgically sterile or must agree to use effective
contraception during the period of therapy. The definition of effective contraception
will be based on the judgment of the investigator.

- Adequate bone marrow function:

1. ANC ≥ 1500/uL

2. platelet count ≥ 100,000/uL

3. hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL

- Adequate hepatic function:

1. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN

2. AST (SGOT) ≤ 2.5 X ULN

3. ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X ULN

- Adequate renal function as determined by either:

1. Calculated or measured creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min (for calculated
creatinine clearance, Cockroft-Gault equation will be used)

2. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 X ULN

- Ability to swallow oral medications

- Ability to understand the nature of this study protocol and give written informed
consent

- Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory
tests, and other study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any prior systemic or investigational therapy for metastatic or locally advanced
pancreatic cancer or biliary cancer. Systemic therapy administered alone or in
combination with radiation in the adjuvant setting is permissible as long as it was
completed > 6 months prior to the time of study enrollment.

- Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures.

- History of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or
clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition
that, in the opinion of the investigator, renders the subject at high risk from
treatment complications or might affect the interpretation of the results of the
study.

- Presence of central nervous system or brain metastases.

- Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test) or lactation.

- Prior malignancy except for adequately treated basal cell skin cancer, in situ
cervical cancer, adequately treated Stage I or II cancer from which the patient is
currently in complete remission, or any other form of cancer from which the patient
has been disease-free for 5 years.

- Clinically significant cardiac disease (e.g. congestive heart failure, symptomatic
coronary artery disease and cardiac arrhythmias not well controlled with medication)
or myocardial infarction within the last 12 months.

- Lack of physical integrity of the upper gastrointestinal tract or malabsorption
syndrome.

- Known, existing uncontrolled coagulopathy.

- Major surgery within 4 weeks of the start of study treatment, without complete
recovery.

- Concurrent/pre-existing use of coumadin.

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

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

Outcome Measure:

To establish the maximum tolerated dose of fixed-dose rate gemcitabine plus capecitabine given by biweekly administration in patients with advanced pancreatic and biliary tract malignancies.

Outcome Time Frame:

2 years

Safety Issue:

Yes

Principal Investigator

Andrew Ko, MD

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

University of California, San Francisco

Authority:

United States: Institutional Review Board

Study ID:

CC#074510

NCT ID:

NCT00626158

Start Date:

February 2008

Completion Date:

December 2010

Related Keywords:

  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Biliary Cancer
  • pancreatic cancer
  • biliary cancer
  • gemcitabine
  • capecitabine
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Biliary Tract Neoplasms

Name

Location

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center San Francisco, California  94115
Huntsman Cancer Center, University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah  84112