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Study to Assess Prevention of Oxaliplatin-induced Neurotoxicity Through Vitamin D Pathway

NCT01499940 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2021-11-10

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Summary

Many patients with cancer that are treated with a drug called oxaliplatin. This drug is used with other drugs to treat cancer. The drug can cause problems with the nerves in the hands and feet called peripheral neuropathy (a side effect of the drug). Peripheral neuropathy may make the hands and feet feel like they are tingling, have a burning feeling, and can cause pain. Almost all patients who receive oxaliplatin as part of their cancer treatment have peripheral neuropathy. Patients who do have this side effect usually have to take a lower dose of or stop taking the oxaliplatin even if the drug is helping their cancer.

So far there is not a lot of information about how to make this side effect better or help it go away completely. There is some information that low levels of Vitamin D in the blood might be linked to problems or diseases of the nervous system like multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's Disease. It is even thought that Vitamin D may help protect the cells in the nervous system. Because of this information, researchers want to see if giving patients Vitamin D while they are receiving the drug oxaliplatin to see if it helps prevent the side effect peripheral neuropathy.

Patients taking oxaliplatin who want to be in this study will take one Vitamin D capsule each day while they take oxaliplatin. Being in this study will not affect how the patient's cancer is treated. There are blood tests in the study to check Vitamin D levels and for a protein called nerve growth factor (NGF). The study team will carefully monitor the patients for any signs of oxaliplatin-related neurologic toxicity during the study.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 will be administered at a dose of 2000 IU orally daily starting on day 1 of the first cycle of oxaliplatin. The vitamin will be continued at this dose and schedule for approximately 6 months if the patient is receiving oxaliplatin in the adjuvant setting and neither dosage nor interval has been modified for neurological toxicity. The duration of therapy if oxaliplatin is given for metastatic disease will vary. Nonetheless, the study vitamin will be continued using the same criteria as in the adjuvant setting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gerald Higa, PharmD.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerald Higa, PharmD · West Virginia University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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