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Gefitinib in Treating Children With Refractory Solid Tumors



Gefitinib in Treating Children With Refractory Solid Tumors

For Condition: unspecified childhood solid tumor, protocol specific
Status: Recruiting
Sponsor(s): Children's Oncology Group , National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Synopsis: RATIONALE: Gefitinib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for tumor cell growth. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of gefitinib in treating children who have refractorysolid tumors.
Details: OBJECTIVES: - Determine the maximum tolerated dose of gefitinib in children with refractory solid tumors. - Determine the dose-limiting toxicity of this drug in these patients. - Determine the pharmacokinetics of this drug in these patients. - Determine, preliminarily, the antitumor activity of this drug in these patients. - Correlate the pharmacogenetic polymorphisms of this drug with pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in these patients. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation, multicenter study. If myelosuppression is found to be the dose-limiting toxicity, patients are stratified according to prior therapy (more than 2 multiagent chemotherapy regimens or radiotherapy to more than 20% of the bone marrow or stem cell transplantation with or without total body irradiation vs more than 2 single-agent phase I or phase II agents) and extent of disease (bone marrow involvement vs meeting none of the stratum I criteria). Patients receive oral gefitinib once daily on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of gefitinib until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 3-45 patients will be accrued for this study.
Eligibility:
Study Type:
  Interventional, Treatment
Minimum Age/Maximum Age: /21 Years
Genders: Both
Protocol Entry Criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: - Histologically confirmed solid tumor at original diagnosis - Refractory to conventional therapy and other therapies of higher priority according to the COG Phase I/II priority list or no conventional therapy exists - No primary CNS tumors or known metastases to the CNS PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: - Under 22 Performance status: - Karnofsky 50-100% (over 10 years of age) OR - Lansky 50-100% (10 years of age and under) Life expectancy: - At least 8 weeks Hematopoietic: - Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm^3 - Platelet count at least 50,000/mm^3 (transfusion independent) - Hemoglobin at least 8.0 g/dL (RBC transfusion allowed) Hepatic: - Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) - ALT no greater than 3 times ULN - Albumin at least 2 g/dL Renal: - Creatinine normal for age OR - Glomerular filtration rate at least 70 mL/min Other: - Not pregnant or nursing - Negative pregnancy test - Fertile patients must use effective contraception - No uncontrolled infection PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: - At least 6 months since prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) - No evidence of active graft-versus-host disease - At least 1 week since prior biologic agents - At least 1 week since prior hematopoietic growth factors - Recovered from prior immunotherapy Chemotherapy: - At least 2 weeks since prior myelosuppressive chemotherapy (4 weeks for nitrosoureas) and recovered Endocrine therapy: - No concurrent tamoxifen Radiotherapy: - At least 2 weeks since prior local palliative (small port) radiotherapy - At least 6 months since prior craniospinal radiotherapy or radiotherapy to 50% or more of the pelvis (6 weeks for radiotherapy to other substantial amount of bone marrow) - Recovered from prior radiotherapy Surgery: - Not specified Other: - No concurrent drugs with known corneal toxicity (e.g., chlorpromazine, amiodarone, or chloroquine) - No concurrent enzyme-activating anticonvulsants - No concurrent proton pump inhibitors or H_2 blockers within 4 hours of gefitinib administration
Total Enrollment: 

Location and Contact Information:

Overall Study Official:
NajatDaw,  Study Chair,  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

University of Mississippi Medical Center *Recruiting*
Jackson,  Mississippi,  39216-4505
United States
Recruiting Dale  Pullen 601-984-5220

Hopital Sainte Justine *Recruiting*
Montreal,  Quebec,  H3T 1C5
Canada
Recruiting Mark  Bernstein 514-345-4969

Children's National Medical Center *Recruiting*
Washington D.C.,  District of Columbia,  20010-2916
United States
Recruiting Anne  Angiolillo 202-884-2800

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia *Recruiting*
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  19104-4318
United States
Recruiting Peter  Adamson 215-590-5448

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle *Recruiting*
Seattle,  Washington,  98105
United States
Recruiting John  Holcenberg 206-987-2106

CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation *Recruiting*
Marshfield,  Wisconsin,  54449
United States
Recruiting Tarit  Banerjee 715-387-5134

Simmons Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas *Recruiting*
Dallas,  Texas,  75390-9063
United States
Recruiting Naomi  Winick 214-648-3074

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University *Recruiting*
New York City,  New York,  10032
United States
Recruiting Mitchell  Cairo 212-305-8316

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute *Recruiting*
Boston,  Massachusetts,  02115
United States
Recruiting Holcombe  Grier 617-632-3971

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center *Recruiting*
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  45229-2899
United States
Recruiting Robert  Wells 513-636-4200

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital *Recruiting*
Memphis,  Tennessee,  38105-2794
United States
Recruiting Wayne  Furman 901-495-3300

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University Medical Center *Recruiting*
Palo Alto,  California,  94304
United States
Recruiting Gary  Houten Dahl 650-497-8238

Indiana University Cancer Center *Recruiting*
Indianapolis,  Indiana,  46202-5289
United States
Recruiting James  Croop 317-278-4822

Texas Children's Cancer Center *Recruiting*
Houston,  Texas,  77030-2399
United States
Recruiting Susan  Blaney 832-822-4215

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh *Recruiting*
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  15213
United States
Recruiting Regina  Jakacki 412-692-5055

Hospital for Sick Children *Recruiting*
Toronto,  Ontario,  M5G 1X8
Canada
Recruiting Sylvain  Baruchel 416-813-7795

University of Minnesota Cancer Center *Recruiting*
Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  55455
United States
Recruiting Brenda  Weigel 612-626-8484

University Hospital at State University of New York - Upstate Medical University *Recruiting*
Syracuse,  New York,  13210
United States
Recruiting Ronald  Dubowy 315-464-5294

Children's Hospital Los Angeles *Recruiting*
Los Angeles,  California,  90027-0700
United States
Recruiting Paul  Gaynon 323-669-2163

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center *Recruiting*
Rochester,  Minnesota,  55905
United States
Recruiting Carola  Arndt 507-284-4822

Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support *Recruiting*
Bethesda,  Maryland,  20892-112
United States
Recruiting Patient  Recruitment 888-NCI-1937


Additional Information:
Study ID Numbers:
  CDR0000069406;  NCI-03-C-0062,COG-ADVL0016
Study Start Date: 
Record last reviewed: December 2003
Additional information available at: clinicaltrials.gov
Clinicaltrials.gov Reference link: NCT00040781

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