Dimethylxanthenone Acetic Acid in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1998-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Dimethylxanthenone acetic acid may stop the growth of cancer cells by stopping blood flow to the tumor.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of dimethylxanthenone acetic acid in treating patients with solid tumors that have not responded to previous therapy.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Glasgow
• Treatments: Retinol acetate; Vadimezan

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed solid tumor that is not amenable to any standard therapy or is refractory to conventional therapy Tumor mass larger than 3 cm accessible to MRI scan Documented progression within the past 2 months

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 75 Performance status: WHO 0-2 Life expectancy: Greater than 3 months Hematopoietic: Hemoglobin at least 9 g/dL WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.2 mg/dL ALT less than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Alkaline phosphatase less than 2 times ULN Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL Other: Fertile patients must use effective contraception No concurrent malignancy except cone biopsied carcinoma in situ of the cervix and adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin No other serious medical condition No uncontrolled infection or serious infection within the past 28 days Must live within 1 hour of Mount Vernon Hospital, UK

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: At least 4 weeks since prior anticancer therapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas and mitomycin) and recovered