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S0028, Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Cancer of the Urinary Tract

This study has been terminated.
(Permanently Closed Due to Poor Accrual)
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Southwest Oncology Group
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00022633
First received: August 10, 2001
Last updated: October 5, 2012
Last verified: October 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining gemcitabine and paclitaxel in treating patients who have advanced or recurrent cancer of the urinary tract.


Condition Intervention Phase
Bladder Cancer
Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
Urethral Cancer
 Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
Drug: paclitaxel
 Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Protocol for Assessment of Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel for Metastatic Urothelial Cancer in Patients Aged 70 Years or Older (and in a Cohort of Patients Younger Than 60 Years)

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Southwest Oncology Group:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Study treatment feasibility [ Time Frame: monthly for duration of accrual ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Objective response rate (confirmed and unconfirmed complete and partial response) [ Time Frame: at weeks 10 and 19, then every 3 months for first year, and every 6 months for 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Survival at 2 years [ Time Frame: at weeks 10 and 19, then every 6 months for 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Toxicity and tolerability [ Time Frame: weeks 1-5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Feasibility of standardized self-report measures of comorbidity, depression, and functional status [ Time Frame: upon completion of patient accrual ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Comparison of clinical pharmacologic parameters between elderly patients and patients under 60 years of age [ Time Frame: upon completion of patient accrual ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 65
Study Start Date: July 2001
Study Completion Date: July 2011
Primary Completion Date: June 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: gemcitabine, paclitaxel Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride Drug: paclitaxel
Other Name: Taxol

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the feasibility of enrolling patients aged 70 years and older with advanced or recurrent urothelial cancer to a structured phase II study.
  • Determine the anticancer efficacy of gemcitabine and paclitaxel, in terms of objective response rate and 2-year survival, in these elderly patients.
  • Assess the toxicity and tolerability of this regimen in these elderly patients.
  • Determine the feasibility of using standardized self-report measures of comorbidity, depression, and functional status in these patients.
  • Determine the pharmacokinetics of this regimen in these elderly patients and validate this data against similar parameters in patients aged under 60 years.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age (70 and over vs under 60).

Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 and gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 21 days for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80 patients (60 age 70 and over and 20 under age 60) will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed urothelial cancer

    • Transitional cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, or squamous carcinoma (bladder, renal pelvis, ureter, or urethra)
  • Previously untreated metastatic or locoregionally advanced (i.e., bulky pelvic nodes) disease OR
  • Locally recurrent carcinoma after radiotherapy or cystectomy and no longer eligible for further radiotherapy or surgery
  • Measurable disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 70 and over OR
  • Under 60

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,200/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2 times ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than ULN

Other:

  • HIV negative
  • No other concurrent life-threatening medical disorder that would preclude study participation
  • No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer in complete remission
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Prior adjuvant chemotherapy is allowed provided administered more than 10 years ago
  • No prior gemcitabine, taxanes, or platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 28 days since prior radiotherapy and recovered

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 28 days since prior surgery and recovered
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00022633

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Southwest Oncology Group
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
Study Chair: Derek Raghavan, MD, PhD, FRACP, FACP The Cleveland Clinic
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Southwest Oncology Group
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00022633     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068837, S0028, U10CA032102
Study First Received: August 10, 2001
Last Updated: October 5, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Southwest Oncology Group:
recurrent bladder cancer
stage IV bladder cancer
transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder
adenocarcinoma of the bladder
recurrent urethral cancer
 anterior urethral cancer
posterior urethral cancer
urethral cancer associated with invasive bladder cancer
metastatic transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter
regional transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter
recurrent transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Urethral Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell
Kidney Neoplasms
Ureteral Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Urinary Bladder Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Urethral Diseases
Carcinoma
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
 Kidney Diseases
Ureteral Diseases
Gemcitabine
Paclitaxel
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors

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