Capecitabine in Treating Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01823679 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Low accrual)
First Posted : April 4, 2013
Results First Posted : March 10, 2017
Last Update Posted : April 12, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin Recurrent Skin Cancer | Drug: Capecitabine | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 2 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 2 Study of Capecitabine in Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin |
Study Start Date : | March 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Capecitabine 1000 mg/m²
Participants will receive oral capecitabine twice-a-day (BID) as 500 mg/m² doses on days 1 to 14. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. |
Drug: Capecitabine
Given orally
Other Names:
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- Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: 9 weeks (3 cycles) ]Response assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1)
- Progression-free Survival (PFS) at 1 Year [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Proportion of participants with progression-free survival (PFS) at 1 year, as calculated based on Kaplan-Meier estimates.
- Progression-free Survival (PFS) at 2 Years [ Time Frame: 2 years ]Proportion of participants with progression-free survival (PFS) at 2 years, as calculated based on Kaplan-Meier estimates.
- Overall Survival (OS) at 1 Year [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Proportion of participants with overall survival (OS) at 1 year, as calculated based on Kaplan-Meier estimates.
- Overall Survival (OS) at 2 Years [ Time Frame: 2 years ]Proportion of participants with overall survival (OS) at 2 years, as calculated based on Kaplan-Meier estimates.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
INCLUSION CRITERIA
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or "unknown primary lesions" at the time of diagnosis if metastatic disease present with a history of plausible primary skin site removed in the past. Example: squamous cell carcinoma in neck or parotid lymph nodes with no identifiable mucosal primary but with a history of the removal of one or more early stage squamous cell carcinomas of the skin in an anatomically relevant lymphatic drainage region would be eligible
- Measurable disease, defined as at least 1 lesion that can be accurately measured in at least 1 dimension as ≥ 10 mm with computed tomography (CT) scan; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); or calipers during clinical exam
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2 (Karnofsky ≥ 60%)
- Life expectancy greater than 3 months
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mcL
- Platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL
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Total bilirubin
- Within normal institutional limits OR
- ≤ 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN) if participant has Gilbert's syndrome (elevated unconjugated bilirubin from decreased UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1 [UGT1A1] activity)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) ≤ 2.5 x institutional ULN or up to 5 X ULN if known to be caused by liver metastases
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Creatinine OR
- < 1.3 mg/dL OR
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal (Note creatinine clearances between 30 and 49 mg/dL necessitate dose modification)
- For participants with a history of coronary artery disease (CAD)/myocardial infarction (MI) or congestive heart failure (CHF), ejection fraction (EF) ≥ 50% by multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) or echocardiogram (exceptions by PI discretion)
EXCLUSION CRITERIA
- Prior treatment with systemic capecitabine or prodrugs
- Prior treatment with systemic fluorouracil (5-FU) or prodrugs (prior topical treatment with 5FU is permitted if recovered from any toxicities > grade 1, and after at least 5 half-lives of the last systemically administered agent have passed)
- Receiving any other investigational agents or anti-cancer treatments
- Candidates for curative locoregional treatment (patients with recurrent locoregional disease following surgery and/ or radiation for which a resection is unacceptably morbid and unlikely to be curative are eligible)
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to capecitabine
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Uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to:
- Ongoing or active infection
- Symptomatic congestive heart failure
- Unstable angina pectoris
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant
- Lactating

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01823679
United States, California | |
Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics | |
Stanford, California, United States, 94305 |
Principal Investigator: | Alexander Colevas | Stanford University |
Responsible Party: | A. Dimitrios Colevas, Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01823679 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IRB-26699 NCI-2013-00710 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) SKIN0016 ( Other Identifier: OnCore ) |
First Posted: | April 4, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | March 10, 2017 |
Last Update Posted: | April 12, 2018 |
Last Verified: | March 2018 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Skin Neoplasms Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Squamous Cell |
Neoplasms by Site Skin Diseases Capecitabine Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents |