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A Study of Temsirolimus Plus Capecitabine in Patients With Advanced Cancer

NCT01050985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 47

Last updated 2014-02-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is for people with advanced cancer for which no curative treatment exists.

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of the combination of the drugs Temsirolimus and Capecitabine and see what effects it has on cancer.

Temsirolimus is a drug that is given by vein that targets a protein important for the growth of cancer cells known as mTOR. By inhibiting this protein, Temsirolimus can inhibit cancer cell growth and even lead to their death.

Capecitabine is a more traditional chemotherapy. It is an oral pill that gets converted in the body to the very common chemotherapy known as 5-fluorouracil.

This research is being done because it is not known if the combination of Temsirolimus and Capecitabine will work better than Capecitabine or Temsirolimus alone.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Temsirolimus and capecitabine

temsirolimus in escalating doses starting at 15-mg IV on days 1 and 8 of a 14 day cycle capecitabine in escalating doses starting at 1000 mg/m2 by mouth twice a day on days 1-7 of a 14-day cycle

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Georgetown University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael J Pishvaian, Md, PhD · Georgetown University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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