Overview

7-hydroxystaurosporine and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors

Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining UCN-01 with cisplatin in treating patients who have advanced solid tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. UCN-01 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for tumor cell growth and may help cisplatin kill more cancer cells by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug.
Phase:
Phase 1
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Treatments:
7-hydroxystaurosporine
Cisplatin
Staurosporine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Advanced or metastatic, histologcally/cytologically confirmed malignant solid tumor,
not expected to clinically benefit from standard therapy

- Life expectancy greater than 3 months

- Previous chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy must have been completed at least four weeks
(six weeks for prior treatment with mitomycin or nitrosoureas) and patients should
have recovered from all toxicities of that therapy before treatment under this
protocol

- All patients must have recovered from any surgical procedure

- Serum creatinine must be within the institutional limits of normal and an estimated
creatinine clearance of >= 60 ml/min

- Normal bilirubin is required

- SGOT/AST must be less than or equal to 2.5 times the upper limit of institutional
normal

- WBC >= 4000/mm^3

- Absolute neutrophil count >= 2000/mm^3

- Platelet count >= 150,000/mm^3

- Patients must have a Karnofsky Performance Status of 60% or greater

- Subjects who are fertile must use a medically acceptable contraceptive throughout the
treatment period and for three months following cessation of treatment; subjects must
be made aware, before entering this trial, of the risk in becoming pregnant or in
fathering children

- A signed informed consent (approved by the IRB) must be obtained prior to trial entry

- Tumor site accessible for both pre-treatment and post-treatment biopsy is preferred
during dose-finding, and is required for patients entering the expanded cohort at the
MTD

- All patients require a central indwelling venous catheter prior to treatment under
this protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

- Peripheral neuropathy > grade I

- Any prior mediastinal radiotherapy

- Any history of coronary artery disease

- Class III or IV congestive heart failure according to the New York Heart
Classification

- History of allergic reactions to appropriate diuretics or antiemetics (e.g., 5-HT3
antagonists) to be administered in conjunction with protocol directed chemotherapy

- Brain metastasis

- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would preclude tolerance and completion of the
protocol treatment, including vigorous hydration prior and subsequent to cisplatin
therapy

- Lactating or pregnant women are excluded to avoid potential harm to the unborn child
or infant; documentation of a negative, serum beta-HCG pregnancy test must be
available for pre-menopausal women with intact reproductive organs and for women less
than two years after menopause

- Receipt of any investigational drug within 30 days before beginning treatment with
study drug

- Medical, social, or psychological factors that would prevent the patient from
completing the treatment protocol

- Patients with clinically significant hearing loss