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Biological Therapy and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer or Colorectal Cancer
This study has been completed.
First Received: February 14, 2002   Last Updated: April 18, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsored by: Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00030342
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Biological therapies use different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop cancer cells from growing. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining biological therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of biological therapy combined with chemotherapy in treating patients who have metastatic kidney cancer or colorectal cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Colorectal Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Biological: recombinant interferon alfa
Biological: sargramostim
Biological: therapeutic autologous lymphocytes
Drug: fluorouracil
Phase I
Phase II

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase I/II Study Of Interleukin-12-Primed Activated T Cells In Combination With 5FU, GM-CSF And Interferon Alfa-2b In Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Or Colorectal Carcinoma

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Response as measured by RECIST guidelines and Kaplan-Meier method at 5 years [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Survival as measured by the Kaplan-Meier method at 5 years [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Safety as measured by NCI common toxicity table at study completion [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment: 60
Study Start Date: November 2001
Primary Completion Date: October 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the safety of a repeat course of interleukin-12-primed activated T cells (12ATC) in combination with fluorouracil, sargramostim (GM-CSF), and interferon alfa-2b in patients with metastatic renal cell or colorectal carcinoma.
  • Determine the clinical responses of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the efficacy of 12ATC in these patients.
  • Determine whether there are changes in immunologic parameters related to 12ATC as measured by lymphocyte phenotype and cytokine secretion in these patients.
  • Determine the correlation between clinical responses in patients treated with this regimen and in vitro immune functions of lymphocytes.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to disease type (renal cell carcinoma vs colorectal carcinoma).

Patients receive sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) daily on days 1-5 and then undergo collection of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) on days 6 and 7 of week 1. The PBMC are treated ex vivo to form interleukin-12-primed activated T cells (12ATC).

Patients receive fluorouracil IV over 24 hours on day 6 of week 2 and interferon alfa-2b SC and GM-CSF SC 3 times weekly on weeks 3-5. Patients receive 12ATC IV over 15-30 minutes twice weekly and interferon alfa-2b SC (at least 24 hours after 12ATC infusion) once weekly on weeks 6-8. Patients with complete or partial response or stable disease at 3 weeks after the last 12ATC infusion may receive an additional 8-week course as above.

Patients are followed every 2-3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2 years or at any time when the physical examination or symptoms are suspicious for tumor progression.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients (30 per stratum) will be accrued for this study within 2-3 years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic renal cell carcinoma or colorectal carcinoma, meeting 1 of the following criteria:

    • Obtained no benefit from prior standard or salvage therapy
    • Ineligible for standard therapy because of concurrent illness
    • Declined standard therapy
  • At least 1 site of measurable disease that can be measured in at least 1 dimension

    • At least 20 mm with conventional techniques OR at least 10 mm with spiral CT scan
  • No untreated or unstable, treated brain metastasis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • More than 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC at least 4,000/mm^3
  • Granulocyte count at least 2,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL
  • No coagulation disorders

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 mg/dL*
  • ALT/AST less than 3 times upper limit of normal*
  • PT no greater than 1.5 times control (unless therapeutically anticoagulated)
  • PTT less than 1.5 times control (unless therapeutically anticoagulated) NOTE: *Patients whose cancer has led to values that do not fall within the above ranges may be eligible at the discretion of the investigators

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL* NOTE: *Patients whose cancer has led to values that do not fall within the above range may be eligible at the discretion of the investigators

Cardiovascular:

  • No symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No cardiac arrhythmia
  • No thrombophlebitis

Pulmonary:

  • FEV_1 and FVC at least 65% predicted
  • No uncontrolled pulmonary embolism

Other:

  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except resected basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No prior allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to interleukin-12-primed activated T cells or other study agents
  • No active autoimmune disease
  • No uncontrolled thyroid abnormalities
  • No ongoing or active infection
  • No other uncontrolled concurrent illness
  • No psychiatric illness or social situations that would preclude study compliance
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for up to 2 years after study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • More than 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy

Chemotherapy:

  • More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin) and recovered

Endocrine therapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior steroid therapy or steroid-containing compounds
  • At least 2 weeks since prior topical or inhaled steroids

Radiotherapy:

  • More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered

Surgery:

  • More than 4 weeks since prior major surgery

Other:

  • No other concurrent investigational agents
  • No other concurrent commercial anticancer agents
  • No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00030342

Locations
United States, Wisconsin
Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53215
Sponsors and Collaborators
Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Investigators
Study Chair: John P. Hanson, MD Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Responsible Party: Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center ( John P. Hanson, Jr )
Study ID Numbers: CDR0000069153, STLMC-IMM-0104, STLMC-L-01108, NCI-V01-1686
Study First Received: February 14, 2002
Last Updated: April 18, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00030342     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage IV colon cancer
stage IV rectal cancer
recurrent colon cancer
recurrent rectal cancer
stage IV renal cell cancer
recurrent renal cell cancer

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Antimetabolites
Urinary Tract Neoplasm
Interferon Type I, Recombinant
Interleukin-12
Immunologic Factors
Rectal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Urogenital Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Rectal Diseases
Renal Cancer
Urologic Diseases
Kidney Neoplasms
Kidney Diseases
Interferon-alpha
Kidney Cancer
Digestive System Neoplasms
Interferons
Rectal Neoplasm
Intestinal Diseases
Immunosuppressive Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Antiviral Agents
Intestinal Neoplasms
Recurrence
Carcinoma
Digestive System Diseases
Rectal Cancer
Fluorouracil

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Antimetabolites
Anti-Infective Agents
Interferon Type I, Recombinant
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunologic Factors
Antineoplastic Agents
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Colonic Diseases
Urogenital Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Rectal Diseases
Neoplasms by Site
Urologic Diseases
Kidney Neoplasms
Therapeutic Uses
Growth Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Kidney Diseases
Interferon-alpha
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Digestive System Neoplasms
Growth Substances
Interferons
Intestinal Diseases
Immunosuppressive Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Antiviral Agents
Pharmacologic Actions

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