Pemetrexed Disodium in Treating Patients With Recurrent Cancer of the Cervix
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00087113 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 12, 2004
Last Update Posted : February 14, 2014
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as pemetrexed disodium, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well pemetrexed disodium works in treating patients with recurrent cancer of the cervix.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Cervical Cancer | Drug: pemetrexed disodium | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the antitumor activity of pemetrexed disodium in patients with recurrent carcinoma of the cervix that failed higher priority treatment protocols.
- Determine the nature and degree of toxicity of this drug in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Beginning 7 days before and continuing until 3 weeks after the last dose of pemetrexed disodium, patients also receive oral folic acid daily and cyanocobalamin (vitamin B_12) intramuscularly every 9 weeks.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 22-60 patients will be accrued for this study within 1-2 years.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Evaluation Of Pemetrexed (ALIMTA, LY231517, IND #40061) In the Treatment Of Recurrent Carcinoma Of The Cervix |
Study Start Date : | August 2004 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2006 |

- Antitumor activity
- Toxicity

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
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Histologically confirmed carcinoma of the cervix
- Squamous cell or non-squamous cell
- Recurrent disease
- Progressive disease
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Measurable disease
- At least 1 unidimensionally measurable target lesion ≥ 20 mm by conventional techniques, including palpation, plain x-ray, CT scan, or MRI OR ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan
- Tumors within a previously irradiated field are considered non-target lesions unless disease progression is documented or a biopsy is obtained to confirm persistence at least 90 days after completion of radiotherapy
- Not amenable to surgery, radiotherapy, or other therapy
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Must have received 1 prior systemic chemotherapy regimen for persistent or recurrent squamous cell or non-squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix
- Chemotherapy administered with primary radiotherapy as a radiosensitizer is not considered a systemic chemotherapy regimen
- Not eligible for a higher priority GOG protocol (i.e., any active phase III GOG protocol for the same patient population)
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
- Any age
Performance status
- GOG 0-2
Life expectancy
- Not specified
Hematopoietic
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
Hepatic
- AST and ALT ≤ 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN)*
- Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 times ULN*
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN NOTE: * ≤ 5 times ULN if liver metastases are present
Renal
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min
Other
- Not pregnant
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for at least 3 months after study participation
- Neuropathy (sensory and motor) ≤ grade 1
- No active infection requiring antibiotics
- No other invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
- At least 3 weeks since prior biologic or immunologic agents for the malignant tumor
- At least 24 hours since prior growth factors
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One prior non-cytotoxic (biologic or cytostatic) regimen for recurrent or persistent disease allowed, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Monoclonal antibodies
- Cytokines
- Small-molecule inhibitors of signal transduction
- No concurrent routine colony-stimulating factors
Chemotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- Recovered from prior chemotherapy
- No more than 1 prior cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen with either single or combination cytotoxic drug therapy
- No prior pemetrexed disodium
Endocrine therapy
- At least 1 week since prior hormonal therapy for the malignant tumor
- Concurrent hormone replacement therapy allowed
Radiotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered
- No prior radiotherapy to > 25% of bone marrow
Surgery
- Recovered from prior surgery
Other
- At least 3 weeks since other prior therapy for the malignant tumor
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No nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 2-5 days before, during, and for 1-2 days after study drug administration
- Concurrent daily low-dose (≤ 325 mg/day) aspirin therapy allowed
- No prior therapy that would contraindicate study participation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00087113

Study Chair: | David S. Miller, MD | Simmons Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | Gynecologic Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00087113 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GOG-0127T LILLY-H3E-US-JMGS |
First Posted: | July 12, 2004 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 14, 2014 |
Last Verified: | February 2014 |
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