Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002985 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: May 19, 2004
Last Update Posted
: February 4, 2013
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether doxorubicin is more effective than daunorubicin for AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
PURPOSE: Randomized double-blinded phase III trial to determine if doxorubicin is more effective than daunorubicin in treating patients who have AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Sarcoma | Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Drug: pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride | Phase 3 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the clinical benefit of doxorubicin HCl liposome (Doxil) compared to baseline status in the treatment of AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. II. Determine tumor response to Doxil as a corollary to clinical benefit. III. Evaluate the safety of Doxil.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, prospective, double blind, multicenter study. Patients are randomly assigned to receive doxorubicin HCl liposome (Doxil) or daunorubicin (DaunoXome) in a 3:1 ratio. Both Doxil and DauonoXome are given every 2 weeks for 6 courses by intravenous infusion over 60 minutes into a peripheral vein.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 80 patients will be studied.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Double-Blind Randomized Evaluation of Clinical Benefits of DOXIL in Patients With AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma Treated With DOXIL or DaunoXome |
Study Start Date : | November 1996 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2007 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma that requires systemic chemotherapy One or more of the following (Kaposi's sarcoma- or AIDS-associated): Edema that impairs functional activity Symptomatic, evaluable pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma documented within 3 months before study Symptomatic, evaluable GI Kaposi's sarcoma documented within 3 months before study Moderate or severe pain despite the use of analgesics Lesion(s) that patient feels are disfiguring and impair patient's self-image or daily activities At least 5 bidimensionally measurable monocutaneous lesions
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: Karnofsky 40-100% Life expectancy: At least 120 days Hematopoietic: Neutrophil count at least 1,200 cells/mm3 Platelet count at least 75,000 cells/mm3 Hemoglobin at least 9.0 g/dL Hepatic: Creatinine less than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Bilirubin less than 2 times ULN Renal: Not specified Cardiovascular: Cardiac ejection fraction at least 50% No histopathological evidence of antracycline-induced cardiomyopathy Pulmonary: No significant non-Kaposi's sarcoma associated pulmonary insufficiency (defined as oxygen saturation less than 90%) Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile women must be using medically proven method of birth control No opportunistic infection in the past 4 weeks No other active malignancies except basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ cervical or anal carcinoma No neuropsychiatric history or altered mental status that prevents informed consent or compliance with protocol requirements
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 14 days since prior anti-Kaposi's sarcoma therapy No prior Doxil or DaunoXome No concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No concurrent radiation therapy Surgery: Not specified Other: Antiviral therapy allowed Colony stimulating factors allowed Erythropoietin allowed Prophylactic therapy, maintenance therapy and treatment for HIV-associated opportunistic infections allowed

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00002985
United States, New York | |
Roswell Park Cancer Institute | |
Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263-0001 |
Study Chair: | Lawrence P. Leichman, MD | Albany Medical College |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00002985 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
DS 96-28 RPCI-DS-96-28 SEQUUS-30-38 NCI-G97-1241 |
First Posted: | May 19, 2004 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 4, 2013 |
Last Verified: | February 2013 |
Keywords provided by Roswell Park Cancer Institute:
AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sarcoma Sarcoma, Kaposi Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Herpesviridae Infections DNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue |
Doxorubicin Liposomal doxorubicin Daunorubicin Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Antineoplastic Agents Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |