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Amreen Husain, MD

AZD6244 in Treating Woman With Recurrent Low-Grade Ovarian Cancer

Contact Information

Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305

Primary Contact:

Maureen Sutton (650) 725-9167
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Brief

RATIONALE: AZD6244 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well AZD6244 works in treating patients with recurrent low-grade ovarian cancer.

Recruiting Status:

Recruiting

Stanford Recruiting Status:

Recruiting

Condition(s):

Intervention(s):

  • Drug: MEK inhibitor AZD6244
  • Procedure: diagnostic procedure
  • Procedure: immunohistochemistry staining method
  • Procedure: mutation analysis
  • Procedure: pharmacological study
  • Procedure: protein expression analysis
  • Procedure: protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy

Phase:

Phase 2

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

19 years to Any Age

Genders Eligible for Study:

Female

Health of Volunteers:

People with the conditions listed in this trial can participate as controls.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Meeting 1 of the following diagnosis:
o Low-grade ovarian carcinoma that recurred as low-grade serous carcinoma (invasive micropapillary serous carcinoma or invasive grade I serous carcinomas as defined by GOG, FIGO WHO, or S. G. Silverberg)
o Serous borderline ovarian carcinoma that recurred as low-grade serous carcinoma (invasive micropapillary serous carcinoma or invasive grade I serous carcinomas as defined by GOG, FIGO WHO, or S. G. Silverberg)
- Measurable disease, defined as >= 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion >= 20 mm by conventional techniques including palpation, plain x-ray, CT scan, or MRI scan, OR >= 10 mm by spiral CT scan
- Must have a pretreatment tumor tissue sample available from previous surgery or biopsy documenting low-grade serous carcinoma (invasive micropapillary serous)
- No known brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- GOG performance status 0-1
- Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3
- ANC count >= 1,500/mm^3
- Bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Creatinine < 1.5 times ULN
- Transaminases < 2.5 times ULN
- Neuropathy <= grade 1
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception prior to, during, and for 4 weeks after completion of study therapy
- QTc interval <= 450 msec and no factors that increase the risk of QT prolongation or arrhythmic events including, but not limited to, any of the following:
o Heart failure
o Hypokalemia
o Family history of long QT interval syndrome
o NYHA class III-IV heart failure
- No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to AZD6244 or its excipient Captisol?
- No refractory nausea and vomiting, chronic gastrointestinal diseases (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease), or significant bowel resection that would preclude adequate absorption
- No uncontrolled intercurrent illness including ongoing or active infection, psychiatric illness, or social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) and recovered
- No prior AZD6244
- No prior MEK inhibitor
- No HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy
- No concurrent medications with the potential to prolong the QT interval
- No concurrent grapefruit or grapefruit juice during AZD6244 administration
- No other concurrent investigational or commercial agents for this cancer

Key Exclusion Criteria:

Additional Study Details

Official Title:

A Phase II Trial of AZD6244 (NSC #741078, IND #77782) in Women With Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary

Anticipated start date:

5/27/2008

Lead Sponsor:

GOG

Collaborator(s):

  • NCI

Investigator(s):

Study Type:

Interventional

Purpose:

Treatment

Allocation:

Non-randomized

Masking:

Open

Control:

none

Assignment:

Single Group

Endpoints:

Safety/Efficacy

Primary Outcomes:

  • Tumor response rate (complete and partial response) [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcomes:

  • Progression-free survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Overall survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Toxicity as assessed by CTCAE version 3.0 [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Relationship of tumor response rate with DNA isolation and sequencing of BRAF and ras mutation analysis [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Levels of BRAF and ras mutation in the tumor [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Protein levels of p-ERK/ERKERK [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Pharmacokinetic profile of AZD6244 [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Total Number to be Enrolled:

71

Total Number to be Enrolled at Stanford:

2

More Information

Trial Unique Id: SU-05192008-1165

Secondary ID(s):

  • CDR0000563965
  • GOG-0239
  • GOG0239
  • NCT00551070

Locations & Contacts

Stanford Locations & Contacts:

Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305

Primary Contact:

Maureen Sutton (650) 725-9167

Non-Stanford Locations:

The Stanford website does not have any locations outside of Stanford listed for this trial. You may want to check clinicaltrials.gov for posible additional locations.

This listing was last updated:

8/24/2009

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