Chemotherapy Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Persistent or Platinum Refractory Stage III or IV Ovarian Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003080 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 14, 2004
Last Update Posted : September 15, 2010
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of sequential chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with persistent or platinum refractory stage III or stage IV ovarian cancer.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Ovarian Cancer | Drug: endocrine-modulating drug therapy Drug: melphalan Drug: mitoxantrone hydrochloride Drug: tamoxifen citrate Drug: thiotepa Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation | Phase 1 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Establish the feasibility of treating patients with persistent or platinum refractory stage III or IV ovarian cancer with sequential high dose chemotherapy followed by peripheral blood stem cell rescue. II. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of thiotepa that can be given in such approach.
OUTLINE: This is a dose escalating study of thiotepa. Initial cytoreduction and mobilization of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are conducted with FHCRC protocol 506.3 (cyclophosphamide and paclitaxel) or 506.3 (cyclophosphamide and etoposide). PBSC from syngeneic twins are collected according to FHCRC protocol 753.0. Patients then undergo leukapheresis. Patients with remaining bulky disease (greater than 2 cm) after cytoreduction/mobilization may undergo surgical debulking. High dose chemotherapy begins 30-40 days after the last chemotherapy in the cytoreduction/mobilization regimen. Patients receive mitoxantrone IV infusion over 15 minutes on days -7 and -5. Thiotepa IV is administered on days -4 and -3. Peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) infusion occurs on day 0. 60-90 days later, melphalan IV is administered over 60 minutes on day -3. Patients undergo PBSC infusion on day 0. Patients are entered in cohorts of 3. In the absence of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), subsequent cohorts of 3 patients each receive escalating doses of thiotepa on the same schedule. If DLT is observed in 2 of 3 patients, then the next cohort of patients each receive treatment at the next lower dose level. Once 12 patients are treated at a particular dose level, then this dose is declared the maximum tolerated dose. After engraftment following melphalan, patients receive oral tamoxifen twice a day for up to 5 years or until relapse. Patients are followed every 3 months for the first year, every 6 months for the next 4 years, then annually.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 20-30 patients will be accrued in 2 years.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase I Trial of Sequential High Dose Chemotherapy Regimens Followed by Autologous or Syngeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Rescue in Patients With Persistent Stage III/IV Ovarian Cancer |
Study Start Date : | September 1996 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2001 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2001 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 60 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven persistent or platinum refractory stage III/IV ovarian cancer
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 60 Performance status: Karnofsky 80-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/mL, unless history of Gilbert's disease SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine clearance at least 50 mg/mL No history of hemorrhagic cystitis Cardiovascular: No history of coronary artery disease No poorly controlled arrhythmia or myocardial infarction Left ventricle ejection fraction at least 50% Pulmonary: Diffusion capacity at least 50% Other: Not pregnant HIV negative No second malignancy in the last 5 years except basal carcinoma of the skin
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No history of allergy to any chemotherapy drugs Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00003080
United States, Washington | |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109 |
Study Chair: | Leona A. Holmberg, MD, PhD | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00003080 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
1144.00 FHCRC-1144.00 NCI-G97-1329 CDR0000065775 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ ) |
First Posted: | April 14, 2004 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 15, 2010 |
Last Verified: | September 2010 |
stage III ovarian epithelial cancer stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer |
Ovarian Neoplasms Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Ovarian Diseases Adnexal Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Endocrine System Diseases Gonadal Disorders Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
Tamoxifen Melphalan Thiotepa Mitoxantrone Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Antineoplastic Agents Myeloablative Agonists Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Estrogen Antagonists Hormone Antagonists Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |