S0423 Pemetrexed Disodium in Treating Patients With Recurrent and Unresectable or Metastatic Chondrosarcoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00107419 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 6, 2005
Last Update Posted : January 18, 2012
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RATIONALE: Pemetrexed disodium may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well pemetrexed disodium works in treating patients with recurrent and unresectable or metastatic chondrosarcoma.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Sarcoma | Drug: pemetrexed disodium | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Determine the response rate (confirmed and unconfirmed complete response and partial response) in patients with recurrent and unresectable or metastatic chondrosarcoma treated with pemetrexed disodium.
Secondary
- Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.
- Correlate, preliminarily, response rates with deletions of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP), as analyzed by fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH), in patients treated with this drug.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to prior chemotherapy (yes vs no).
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 the first dose of pemetrexed disodium and continuing until 21 days after the completion of pemetrexed disodium, patients receive cyanocobalamin (vitamin B_12) intramuscularly once every 63 days and oral folic acid once daily.
NOTE: *The duration of course 1 is 28 days; the duration of all subsequent courses is 21 days.
Patients achieving a complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses beyond CR. Patients achieving a confirmed partial response (PR) that is resectable, proceed to surgical resection and then receive 2 additional courses of therapy after recovering from surgery. Patients achieving a confirmed PR that is not resectable continue treatment in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months until disease progression and then every 6 months for up to 5 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40-75 patients (20-40 in the previously treated stratum and 20-35 in the previously untreated stratum) will be accrued for this study within 20-37.5 months.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 75 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase II Trial of Pemetrexed for Advanced Chondrosarcomas |
Study Start Date : | September 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | August 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: pemetrexed
pemetrexed
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Drug: pemetrexed disodium
pemetrexed, 500 mg/m2, IV, every 21 days until two cycles after complete response or until progression |
- Response rate as measured by RECIST criteria [ Time Frame: every 9 weeks during treatment ]x-rays or scans
- Toxicity as measured by CTC v 3.0 [ Time Frame: every 3 weeks during treatment ]side-effect evaluation
- Response rate compared with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) deletions as measured by fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) retrospectively [ Time Frame: end of study ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
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Histologically or cytologically confirmed chondrosarcoma
- Histologic grade G2 or G3
- Recurrent and unresectable OR metastatic disease
- Measurable disease by x-ray, scan, ultrasound, or physical examination
- No known CNS metastases
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
- 18 and over
Performance status
- Zubrod 0-2
Life expectancy
- Not specified
Hematopoietic
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
Hepatic
- Bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- SGOT or SGPT < 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases are present)
Renal
- Creatinine clearance > 45 mL/min
Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- Able to swallow oral medication
- No other 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
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
- More than 28 days since prior biologic therapy for this malignancy
Chemotherapy
- More than 28 days since prior chemotherapy for this malignancy
Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
Radiotherapy
- At least 60 days since prior radiotherapy to the target lesion*
- No concurrent radiotherapy NOTE: *Target lesion must have demonstrated disease progression after completion of therapy
Surgery
- At least 21 days since prior surgery and recovered
Other
- More than 28 days since prior investigational drugs for this malignancy
- At least 60 days since prior embolization or radiofrequency ablation to the target lesion*
- No more than 2 prior treatment regimens for this malignancy
- No concurrent antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients NOTE: *Target lesion must have demonstrated disease progression after completion of therapy

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00107419

Study Chair: | Warren A. Chow, MD | City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Study Chair: | Ernest C. Borden, MD | The Cleveland Clinic | |
Study Chair: | Vivien H.C. Bramwell, MB, BS, PhD, FRCP | Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary | |
Study Chair: | George D. Demetri, MD | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |
Study Chair: | Margaret von Mehren, MD | Fox Chase Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | Southwest Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00107419 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000415848 S0423 ( Other Identifier: SWOG ) U10CA032102 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | April 6, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 18, 2012 |
Last Verified: | January 2012 |
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