Safety Study of PT-523 in Cancer Patients to Treat Solid Tumors Including a Preliminary Assessment of Effectiveness
Stopped early · Phase 1
Conditions studied: Neoplasms
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of a short intravenous infusion of PT-523 to patients with solid tumors who have failed curative or survival prolonging therapy or for whom no such therapies exist.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00088023
- Run by
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc
- People needed
- 40
- Starts
- 2004-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-03-31
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Presence of metastatic or inoperable malignancy, other than leukemia or a primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor, for which there is no known curative or survival prolonging palliative therapy, or failure of these therapies .
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years.
- Life expectancy greater than or equal to 2 months.
- ECOG performance status 0 - 2.
- Adequate organ function and bone marrow reserve.
- Use of appropriate contraceptive method.
- Sign patient informed consent.
You may not qualify if…
- Active brain metastases.
- Presence of third-space fluid collections (pleural effusion, ascites).
- Major surgery within 3 weeks prior to dosing.
- Prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy within 3 weeks prior to dosing (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin-C). Prior antifolate therapy is permitted, as long as it has not been administered within 3 weeks prior to dosing with PT-523.
- Prior bone marrow transplantation.
- Presence of uncontrolled serious medical or psychiatric illness.
- Patients requiring radiation therapy.
- There are no limitations on the extent or type of prior therapy received by the patient other than the time intervals indicated above, as long as the patient has demonstrated complete recovery from any adverse effects, and fulfills all relevant inclusion criteria.
Where it is running
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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