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Study Evaluating Gefitinib (IRESSA®) in Subjects With Solid Malignancies That Are Locally Advanced, Recurrent or Metastatic (AGUS)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by AstraZeneca, August 2008
Sponsored by: AstraZeneca
Information provided by: AstraZeneca
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00127829
  Purpose

This study will determine the safety profile and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of orally administered gefitinib on a weekly and twice weekly schedule.


Condition Intervention Phase
Tumors
Drug: Gefitinib
Phase I

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer
Drug Information available for: ZD1839
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Pharmacokinetics Study
Official Title: A Phase I, Open-Label, Dose Escalation Study Evaluating High-Dose Gefitinib (IRESSA®) on Weekly and Twice Weekly Schedules in Subjects With Solid Malignancies That Are Locally Advanced, Recurrent or Metastatic

Further study details as provided by AstraZeneca:

Estimated Enrollment: 66
Study Start Date: July 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date: April 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental
Gefitinib (IRESSA®)
Drug: Gefitinib
Oral tablet

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically confirmed solid tumor refractory to conventional treatment or whom no standard of treatment exists
  • Life expectancy of > 12 weeks
  • World Health Organization (WHO) performance status of < 2

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known severe hypersensitivity to gefitinib or any of the excipients of this product
  • Less than 4 weeks since completion of prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy (except nitrosoureas or mitomycin-C which must have a wash out period of 6 weeks)
  • Incomplete healing from previous oncologic or other major surgery
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00127829

Contacts
Contact: AstraZeneca Clincal Information Center 1-800-236-9933 information.center@astrazeneca.com

Locations
United States, California
Research Site Recruiting
Los Angeles, California, United States
Research Site Recruiting
Palm Springs, California, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
AstraZeneca
  More Information

Responsible Party: AstraZeneca ( Alison Armour, MD, IRESSA Medical Science Director )
Study ID Numbers: D7913C00022
Study First Received: August 5, 2005
Last Updated: August 27, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00127829  
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
Solid Tumors

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Gefitinib
Recurrence

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Enzyme Inhibitors
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009