Cediranib Maleate and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy in Patients With Brain Metastases From Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Stopped early · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Male Breast Cancer, Stage IV Breast Cancer, Stage IV Melanoma, Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer, Stage IVA Colon Cancer, Stage IVA Rectal Cancer, Stage IVB Colon Cancer, Stage IVB Rectal Cancer, Tumors Metastatic to Brain

In brief

This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of cediranib maleate when given together with whole brain radiation therapy in treating patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer. Cediranib maleate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth or by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays and other types of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Giving cediranib maleate together with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells

Key facts

Study ID: NCT00937482
Run by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
People needed: 18
Starts: 2009-08-01
Last updated by the study team: 2013-03-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Patients must have one of the following histologically or cytologically confirmed cancers diagnosed no less than 12 weeks prior to study enrollment: non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, colorectal cancer, or renal cell cancer
Patients must have >= 1 radiologically proven (by gadolinium-enhanced [Gd-] MRI) parenchymal brain metastasis
Patients must have had no prior therapy for brain metastases with the exception of craniotomy for resection of brain metastases within 8 weeks of study entry
At least 2 weeks since last prior radiotherapy or chemotherapy (6 weeks if the last regimen included nitrosoureas, mitomycin C or bevacizumab)
At least 4 weeks since last surgery
There is no limit to the number of extracranial sites of disease
Karnofsky performance status >= 70%
Life expectancy of greater than 8 weeks
Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of reference range (ULRR)
AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) =< 2.5 x ULRR or =< 5 x ULRR for patients with liver metastases
Creatinine =< 1.5 x ULRR or creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min calculated by Cockcroft-Gault for patients with creatinine levels > 1.5 x ULRR
Patients must have a mini-mental status exam (MMSE) score >= 15
Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to study entry; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

You may not qualify if…

Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas, mitomycin C or bevacizumab) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier
Patients receiving any other investigational agents or who have participated in an investigational therapeutic trial within the past 30 days
History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to AZD2171
Patients taking enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAED); patients may be on non-enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (NEIAED) or may be on no antiepileptic drugs (AED); patients off EIAED for >= 2 weeks are eligible
Although the following medications are not contra-indicated on this study, each should be used with extreme caution, due to potential nephrotoxic effects: vancomycin, amphotericin, pentamidine
Patients who have leptomeningeal disease as the only site of CNS involvement are excluded, because disease progression is difficult to evaluate and standard treatment options and the extent of radiation may differ
Patients taking oral anticoagulant drugs are excluded; patients may be taking low molecular weight heparin
Patients with a mean corrected QT interval > 470 milliseconds (with Bezett's correction) or patients with familial prolonged QT syndrome
Patients with > 1+ proteinuria on two successive urine dipstick assessments taken no less than 7 days apart, unless urinary protein is < 1.5 g in a 24-hour period; if first urinalysis shows no protein, then a repeat urinalysis is NOT required
Patients with significant hemorrhage (> 30mL bleeding per episode in previous 3 months) or hemoptysis (> 5mL fresh blood in previous 4 weeks)
Patients who have brain imaging (CT or MRI) evidence of acute intra- or peri- tumoral hemorrhage > grade 1; patients with punctuate hemorrhage or hemosiderin deposition are eligible
Patients who cannot undergo MRI safely
Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, uncontrolled hypertension (> 140 systolic or > 90 diastolic mm Hg), New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
Patients with conditions requiring concurrent drugs or biologics with proarrhythmic potential
Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with AZD2171
HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible

Where it is running

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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