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Trial Description
     Summary
     Eligibility Criteria
Trial Contact Information

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase II, Phase ITreatmentActive18 and overPharmaceutical / IndustryD1600C00001
2008-002606-19, NCT00731263

Trial Description

Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of AZD8055 and determine the maximum tolerated dose to take into phase II trials.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histological or cytological confirmation of an advanced solid malignant tumour or lymphoma
  • Cancer which is refactory to standard therapies or for which no standard therapy exists, patients with measurable or non-measurable disease (according to RECIST criteria) can be recruited
  • Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative urine/serum pregnancy test for pre-menopausal female patients

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with severe laboratory abnormalities for haematology, liver or renal function. Also treatment with any haemopoietic growth factors are not allowed within two weeks from first dose of study drug.
  • Patients with abnormal fasting glucose, have type I or II Diabetes or have uncontrolled blood fats and cholesterol
  • Patients with a history of neurological disease, peripheral or central neuropathy, brain metastases or family history of myopathy are excluded
  • Patients with severe cardiac condition of ischemia, impaired ventricular function and arrhythmias, evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic or current unstable or uncompensated respiratory or cardiac conditions

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations/Sponsors

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

Stanley Bernard KayePrincipal Investigator

Dr Carol AghajanianPrincipal Investigator

Dr Aung NaingPrincipal Investigator

AstraZeneca Cancer Locator ServicePh: 877-400-4656
  Email: astrazeneca@emergingmed.com

Trial Sites

U.S.A.
New York
  New York
 Research Site
Texas
  Houston
 Research Site
United Kingdom
  Sutton
 Research Site

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
NLM Identifer NCT00731263
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on April 16, 2009

Note: Information about this trial is from the ClinicalTrials.gov database. The versions designated for health professionals and patients contain the same text. Minor changes may be made to the ClinicalTrials.gov record to standardize the names of study sponsors, sites, and contacts. Cancer.gov only lists sites that are recruiting patients for active trials, whereas ClinicalTrials.gov lists all sites for all trials. Questions and comments regarding the presented information should be directed to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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