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R115777 in Treating Patients Who Have Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer


2000-05


2004-09


N/A


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Study Overview

R115777 in Treating Patients Who Have Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of R115777 in treating patients who have metastatic pancreatic cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the safety and effectiveness of R115777 in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. II. Determine the response rate, time to progression, and 6 month survival rate of these patients with this treatment regimen. III. Assess the pharmacokinetics of this treatment regimen in this patient population. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive oral R115777 twice daily for 21 consecutive days. Treatment continues every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year.

  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • DRUG: tipifarnib
  • NCI-2012-02335
  • FCCC-00005
  • NCI-45
  • CDR0000067859 (REGISTRY Identifier) (REGISTRY: PDQ (Physician Data Query))

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates Results Reporting Dates Study Record Updates

2000-06-02  

N/A  

2013-02-08  

2004-03-04  

N/A  

2013-02-11  

2004-03-05  

N/A  

2007-04  

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

Design Details

Primary Purpose:
Treatment


Allocation:
Na


Interventional Model:
Single Group


Masking:
None


Arms and Interventions

Participant Group/ArmIntervention/Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Arm I

Patients receive oral R115777 twice daily for 21 consecutive days. Treatment continues every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

DRUG: tipifarnib

Secondary Outcome MeasuresMeasure DescriptionTime Frame

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person’s general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:
ALL

Sexes Eligible for Study:
18 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

    DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
  • Measurable metastatic disease No prior treatment for metastatic disease except immunotherapy (e.g., antibodies, vaccines, cytokines)

  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Age: 18 and over
  • Performance status: ECOG 0-2
  • WBC at least 4,000/mm3 OR granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3
  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
  • SGOT/SGPT no greater than 2 times normal
  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after the study
  • No concurrent illness or active infection which would preclude study
  • No prior malignancy allowed unless disease free for the time period considered appropriate for cure of the specific cancer
  • No history of allergies to imidazole compounds (e.g., fluconazole, ketoconazole, miconazole, itraconazole, clotrimazole)

  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • No prophylactic filgrastim (G-CSF), sargramostim (GM-CSF), or thrombopoietin
  • Primary neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy allowed at least 6 months prior to detection of metastatic disease
  • Primary radiotherapy allowed at least 6 months prior to detection of metastatic disease
  • No concurrent use of proton pump inhibitors (e.g., omeprazole)

Collaborators and Investigators

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    • STUDY_CHAIR: Neal J. Meropol, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center

    Publications

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    General Publications

    • Cohen SJ, Ho L, Ranganathan S, Abbruzzese JL, Alpaugh RK, Beard M, Lewis NL, McLaughlin S, Rogatko A, Perez-Ruixo JJ, Thistle AM, Verhaeghe T, Wang H, Weiner LM, Wright JJ, Hudes GR, Meropol NJ. Phase II and pharmacodynamic study of the farnesyltransferase inhibitor R115777 as initial therapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Apr 1;21(7):1301-6. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.08.040.