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Protocol Number: 09-C-0048

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Title:
A Phase I Study of ABT-888 in Combination with Metronomic Cyclophosphamide in Adults with Refractory Solid Tumors and Lymphomas
Number:
09-C-0048
Summary:
Background:

- Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of certain cancers. It works by causing DNA damage, resulting in cell death, including cancer cells.

- ABT-888 is an experimental drug that has been given to a small number of patients. It works by preventing DNA repair in tumor cells.

Objectives:

- To test the safety of the combination of ABT-888 and CP, and to determine the dose of each drug that can be given together to patients with cancer.

- To see how the body handles ABT-888 when given together with CP

- To evaluate the anti-tumor response of the drug combination.

Eligibility:

- Adults with solid tumors or lymphoid cancers (lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia) whose disease does not respond to standard treatments.

Design:

- Patients take ABT-888 by mouth once a day for 7, 14 or 21 days, depending on the dose level assigned to the individual patient.

- Patients take CP by mouth once a day every day in 21-day cycles. (Some patients take CP for 14 days only.)

- Patients undergo tests and procedures periodically during the study, including:

-Clinic visit and physical examination at the beginning of each cycle

-Blood and urine tests, electrocardiogram, measurement of vital signs

-CT scans, MRI scans or ultrasound tests to check the response of the tumor to treatment

-Tumor biopsies (optional)

-Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

Sponsoring Institute:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Recruitment Detail
Type: Participants currently recruited/enrolled
Gender: Male & Female
Referral Letter Required: No
Population Exclusion(s): Children

Eligibility Criteria:
INCLUSION CRITERIA:

- Patients with histologically documented solid tumors or lymphoid malignancies (lymphoma and CLL) refractory to standard therapy or who have no acceptable standard treatment options. Patients with lymphoid malignancies will be eligible if their disease has progressed following standard therapy and if stem cell transplantation is not indicated or has been refused.

- Any prior therapy must have been completed greater than or equal to 4 weeks (greater than 6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to enrollment on protocol, and the participant must have recovered to eligibility levels (CTCAE Grade less than or equal to 1) from prior toxicity. Prior radiation should have been completed greater than or equal to 4 weeks prior to study enrollment, and all associated toxicities should have resolved to eligibility levels. Patients must be greater than or equal to 2 weeks since any investigational agent administered as part of a Phase 0 study, and should have recovered to eligibility levels from any toxicities.

- Age greater than or equal to 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of ABT-888 in patients less than 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study, but may be eligible for future pediatric Phase I combination trials.

- Karnofsky performance status greater than or equal to 60%, see Appendix A.

- Life expectancy of greater than 3 months.

- Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:

-- absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1,500/microL (mcL)

-- platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/microL (mcL)

-- total bilirubin less than 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal

-- AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) less than or equal to 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal

-- creatinine less than 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal

OR

creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 60 mL/min for patients with creatinine levels 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal.

- The effects of ABT-888 on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because cyclophosphamide hydrochloride used in this trial is known to be teratogenic, women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (abstinence; female use of hormonal methods, or barrier methods of birth control; male use of a condom) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for 3 months after completion of study. Because there is a risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with cyclophosphamide, breastfeeding should be discontinued while the patient is on this trial and for 30 days after completion of treatment on this trial. 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.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

- 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. Patients must be greater than or equal to 2 weeks since any investigational agent administered as part of a Phase 0 study, and should have recovered to eligibility levels from any toxicities.

Patients who have been administered ABT-888 as part of a single or limited dosing study, such as a Phase 0 study, should not be excluded from participating in this study solely because of receiving prior ABT-888.

Patients who have received prior cyclophosphamide should not be excluded solely because of receiving prior cyclophosphamide.

- 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.

- Patients with gliomas, symptomatic CNS metastases or carcinomatous meningitis are excluded from this clinical trial. Patients with history of CNS metastases who have received treatment and whose CNS metastatic disease status has remained stable for greater than or equal to 3 months without steroids or anti-seizure medications may be eligible. These patients may be enrolled at the discretion of the principal investigator.

- Patients with a history of seizures.

- Patients with HIV who are taking protease inhibitors.

- Patients with gastrointestinal conditions that might predispose for drug intolerability or poor drug absorption (e.g., inability to take oral medication or a requirement for IV alimentation, prior surgical procedures affecting absorption, malabsorption syndrome, active peptic ulcer disease) are excluded. Subjects with ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or a partial or complete small bowel obstruction are also excluded.

Special Instructions:
Currently Not Provided
Keywords:
PARP Inhibitor
DNA Damage
Chemotherapy
Advanced Cancer
DNA Repair
Recruitment Keyword(s):
None
Condition(s):
Neoplasms
Lymphoma
Investigational Drug(s):
ABT-888
Investigational Device(s):
None
Intervention(s):
Drug: ABT-888
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Supporting Site:
National Cancer Institute

Contact(s):
NCI Referral Office
National Institute of Health Clinical Center (CC), 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States: NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office
Phone: 1-888-NCI-1937
Fax: Not Listed
Electronic Address: ncicssc@mail.nih.gov

Citation(s):
Alderson T. New targets for cancer chemotherapy--poly(ADP-ribosylation) processing and polyisoprene metabolism. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 1990 Nov;65(4):623-41.

AmŽ JC, Rolli V, Schreiber V, Niedergang C, Apiou F, Decker P, Muller S, Hšger T, MŽnissier-de Murcia J, de Murcia G. PARP-2, A novel mammalian DNA damage-dependent poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jun 18;274(25):17860-8.

AmŽ JC, Spenlehauer C, de Murcia G. The PARP superfamily. Bioessays. 2004 Aug;26(8):882-93.

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