Mithramycin for Children and Adults With Solid Tumors or Ewing Sarcoma
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2014-05-21
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Background:
- Mithramycin is a drug that was first tested as a cancer therapy in the 1960s. It acted
against some forms of cancer, but was never accepted as a treatment. Research suggests that
it may be useful against some solid tumors, particularly Ewing sarcoma. Researchers want to
see if mithramycin can be used to treat solid tumors in children and adults. It will be
tested in different groups of people, including those with a type of Ewing sarcoma that
contains a chemical called Ewings sarcoma - friend leukemia integration 1 transcription
factor (EWS-FLI1).
Objectives:
- To see if mithramycin is safe and effective against solid tumors and Ewing sarcoma in
children and adults.
Eligibility:
- Children and young adults between 1 and 17 years of age with solid tumors that have not
responded to standard treatment.
- Adults at least 18 years of age with EWS-FLI1 Ewing sarcoma that has not responded to
standard treatment.
- Children and young adults between 1 and 17 years of age with EWS-FLI1 Ewing sarcoma that
has not responded to standard treatment.
Design:
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine
samples will be collected. Imaging studies and tumor tissue samples will be used to
monitor the cancer before treatment. Individuals with solid brain tumors will not be
eligible.
- Participants will receive mithramycin every day for 7 days, followed by 14 days without
treatment. Each 28-day round of treatment is called a cycle.
- Treatment will be monitored with frequent blood tests and imaging studies.
- Participants will continue to take the drug for as long as the side effects are not
severe and the tumor responds to treatment.