High-Dose or Low-Dose Vorinostat in Combination With Carboplatin or Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Running, not enrolling · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Adult Solid Neoplasm

In brief

This randomized pilot clinical trial studies high-dose or low-dose vorinostat in combination with carboplatin or paclitaxel in treating patients with advanced solid tumors. Vorinostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving different doses of vorinostat together with carboplatin or paclitaxel may kill more tumor cells.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01281176
Run by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
People needed: 20
Starts: 2011-02-09
Expected to finish: 2027-04-17
Last updated by the study team: 2026-04-20

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Patients must have histologically confirmed malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which no superior curative or palliative measures are known
At least 4 weeks must have passed since prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy; 6 weeks if the last regimen included BCNU or mitomycin C
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
Leukocytes > 3,000/mcL
Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/mcL
Platelets > 100,000/mcL
Total bilirubin < institutional upper limits of normal
Potassium < institutional upper limits of normal
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) < 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal, or < 5 x ULN if liver metastases are present
Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
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 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier (except alopecia, lymphopenia, hyperglycemia, hypoalbuminemia and elevated serum alkaline phosphatase); all other toxicities should have resolved to grade 1 or less prior to beginning treatment
Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
Patients with known brain metastases that are untreated or have progressed after definitive therapy should be excluded from this clinical trial; patients with treated brain metastases, who are no longer receiving steroids for at least 14 days, are not receiving enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic drugs, and have no unstable neurologic symptoms may be enrolled at the discretion and joint decision of the principal investigator and treating physician
Prior or current use of valproic acid, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor
History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to paclitaxel, vorinostat or carboplatin
Inability to swallow oral medications
Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
Women that are pregnant or breastfeeding are excluded from this study; all women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test before receiving vorinostat; women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of the study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with vorinostat; these potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study; subjects that become pregnant or think they may be pregnant while taking part in this study should notify their treating physician immediately
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible; appropriate studies will be undertaken in patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated

Where it is running

University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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