Study of Pemetrexed for Second-Line Pancreas Cancer
Stopped early · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Pancreas Cancer
In brief
This study is for patients with pancreatic cancer that has grown and/or spread after having previously received the standard chemotherapy drug called gemcitabine. In this study a drug called pemetrexed is being tested. This drug is approved by the FDA for use in lung cancer and mesothelioma. The purpose of this study is to see if pemetrexed keeps pancreas cancer that has grown and/or spread after gemcitabine from growing. Subjects will receive pemetrexed IV once every 21 days until disease progression or unacceptable side effects occur.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00864513
- Run by
- Georgetown University
- People needed
- 17
- Starts
- 2007-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-12-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
- Prior treatment for distant or locally advanced disease with gemcitabine-based therapy
- Measurable or evaluable disease
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Adequate hematological parameters
- Adequate baseline liver function
- At least 28 days from any major surgery
- At least 2 weeks from the last radiation treatment
- Must have recovered from reversible toxicities of prior chemotherapy
- Must be able to discontinue any nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications
- Must be willing to receive intramuscular vitamin B12 shots and take oral folate supplements
You may not qualify if…
- Any prior treatment with pemetrexed
- More than one prior chemotherapy regimen
- HIV positive on antiretroviral therapy
- Pregnant or lactating
- Prior organ allograft
- On concurrent antitumor therapy including radiation therapy or other chemotherapies
- Creatinine clearance 45 ml/min or less
- Absolute neutrophil count < 1500
- Platelets < 75,000
- Bilirubin > 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
- Transaminases > 3 times the upper limit of normal except in known liver metastasis wherein they may be </= 5 times upper limit of normal
- Clinically significant ascites or pleural effusion that cannot be drained
- Any medical or psychiatric condition that may interfere with the ability to comply with protocol treatment
Where it is running
- Georgetown University Hospital/Lombardi Cancer Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
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