Combination Chemotherapy In Patients With Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome And Tumors Of The Pancreas

Study Overview

Combination Chemotherapy in Patients With Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and Tumors of the Pancreas

Patients with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome suffer from ulcers of the upper gastrointestinal tract, higher than normal levels of gastric acid, and tumors of the pancreas known as non-beta islet cell tumors. Prior to the use of drugs to cure the ulcers, patients typically died due to severe ulcers. Because of such effective drugs to treat the ulcers it is more common to see patients dying due to the pancreatic tumors. The study will observe patients suffering from Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and non-beta islet cell tumors and determine the effectiveness of combined chemotherapy with streptozotocin, 5-fluorouracil, and doxorubicin.

Heretofore morbidity and risk of death in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome were caused by severe ulcer disease. The advent of specific drugs to cure ulcer disease now extends life until metastases from the non-beta-islet cell tumor cause death. The present study proposes to continue to test the effect of combined chemotherapy with streptozotocin, 5-fluorouracil and doxorubicin in biopsy-proven cases of metastatic non-beta-islet cell tumor in patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. We published our initial experience with this protocol in 1988. An objective response was observed in 40% of patients.

Islet Cell Adenoma
Neoplasm Metastasis
Zollinger Ellison Syndrome

DRUG: combined chemotherapy with streptozotocin, 5-fluorouracil, and doxorubicin

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Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates	Results Reporting Dates	Study Record Updates
First Submitted 1999-11-03	Results First Submitted N/A	Last Update Submitted that met QC Criteria 2008-03-03
First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 1999-11-03	Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria N/A	Last Update Posted (ESTIMATED) 2008-03-04
First Posted (ESTIMATED) 1999-11-04	Results First Posted N/A	Last Verified 2003-08

Study Plan

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Design Details

Primary Purpose:
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Arms and Interventions

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Participation Criteria

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General Publications

Wolfe MM, Jensen RT. Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Current concepts in diagnosis and management. N Engl J Med. 1987 Nov 5;317(19):1200-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198711053171907.
Moertel CG, Lavin PT, Hahn RG. Phase II trial of doxorubicin therapy for advanced islet cell carcinoma. Cancer Treat Rep. 1982 Jul;66(7):1567-9.
Broder LE, Carter SK. Pancreatic islet cell carcinoma. II. Results of therapy with streptozotocin in 52 patients. Ann Intern Med. 1973 Jul;79(1):108-18. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-79-1-108. No abstract available.

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