Treatment With MK6592 and an Anti-cancer Drug in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors (6592-001)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00359671 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
First Posted : August 2, 2006
Last Update Posted : November 29, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Advanced Solid Tumors | Drug: MK6592 Drug: comparator: docetaxel | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 38 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase I Study Evaluating MK6592 in Combination With Docetaxel in Adult Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Advanced Solid Tumors |
Study Start Date : | December 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2007 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Arm 1: study drug
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Drug: MK6592
MK6592 delivered as a 48-hour CIV as monotherapy in Cycle 1; 48-hour CIV of MK6592 in Cycle 2 and subsequent cycles. |
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Arm 2: study drug + comparator
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Drug: MK6592
MK6592 delivered as a 48-hour CIV as monotherapy in Cycle 1; 48-hour CIV of MK6592 in Cycle 2 and subsequent cycles. Drug: comparator: docetaxel docetaxel, delivered as a standard IV infusion. |
- Safety and tolerability of MK6592 alone and in combination with docetaxel [ Time Frame: 6 Months ]
- Observance of objective tumor responses in patients treated with MK6592 combined with docetaxel [ Time Frame: 6 Months ]

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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:
- Patients with advanced solid tumors (metastatic or local) unresponsive to standard therapy, progressed on standard therapy, or no standard therapy exists. No limit to the number of prior treatment regimens
- Patients may be fully active without physical restrictions, ambulatory with restrictions on strenuous physical activity, or ambulatory and capable of self-care but not work activities (i.e., Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of greater than or equal to 2)
- Demonstrates adequate organ function (liver, kidneys, hematologic)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Chemotherapy or radiation therapy within 2 weeks of dosing; or unresolved side effects(s) from prior treatment regimen
- Participation in an investigational study within 14 days of dosing
- Primary central nervous system tumor
- Active brain or spinal cord metastases. Patients who completed a course of therapy for CNS metastases may be eligible if considered clinically stable for 3 months prior to study entry
- Symptoms from fluid in the abdomen or around the lungs
- Requires certain drugs or other products known to be metabolized by the liver enzyme CYP3A4

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00359671
Study Director: | Medical Monitor | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. |
Responsible Party: | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00359671 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
6592-001 MK6592-001 2006_508 |
First Posted: | August 2, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 29, 2016 |
Last Verified: | November 2016 |
Neoplasms Docetaxel Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators |
Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |