S0400, FR901228 in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer of the Urothelium

NCT00087295 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2012-11-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as FR901228 (depsipeptide), work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well FR901228 works in treating patients with advanced cancer of the urothelium that has progressed or recurred after receiving one chemotherapy regimen.

Conditions

  • Bladder Cancer
  • Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
  • Urethral Cancer

Interventions

DRUG

Depsipeptide

Depsipeptide wil be given 13 mg/m\^2 through an intravenous (IV) over 4 hours on day 1, 8, and 15 for every 28 days (1 cycle = 28 days) until progression. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) will receive two additional cycles of treatment, and then be removed from protocol treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • SWOG Cancer Research Network

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel P. Petrylak, MD · Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-06-30
Primary Completion
2006-04-30
Completion
2006-04-30

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