Interleukin-2 in Metastatic Kidney Cancer

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2014-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Interleukin-2 at the dose and schedule used in this study will help increase tumor shrinkage.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Western Regional Medical Center
• Treatments: Interleukin-2

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients must have a histologic diagnosis of metastatic kidney cancer. Patients may have received prior systemic therapy or may be previously untreated

2. Patients must have bi-dimensional measurable disease on physical exam or radiologic studies.

3. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 and estimated survival of at least 3 months.

4. White blood count of > 3500/mm3, platelet count > 100,000/mm3, hemoglobin > 9.0 gm/dl; bilirubin, ALT, AST < 3 x upper limit of normal; serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dl.

5. Patients must undergo a low-level cardiac stress test as a screen for possible atherosclerotic heart disease. Patients with a positive stress test would be excluded from this trial.

6. Patients with elevated temperatures > 100.5 F must have sources of occult infection excluded.

7. Patients must be felt to have recovered from effects of prior therapy, such as > 2 weeks after prior chemotherapy.

8. Patient consent must be obtained prior to entrance onto study.

9. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and must take adequate precautions to prevent pregnancy during treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Medical illness requiring corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agents (such as cyclosporin or methotrexate.

2. Autoimmune disease such as inflammatory arthritis which could be exacerbated by immune-based therapy.

3. Prior history of psychiatric disorder which could be exacerbated by interleukin-2.

4. Lactation or pregnancy.

5. Evidence of significant cardiovascular disease including history of recent (< 6 months prior) myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, primary cardiac arrhythmias (not due to electrolyte disorder or drug toxicity, for example) beyond occasional PVC's, angina, positive low-level stress test, or cerebrovascular accident.

6. Current brain metastasis.