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Trial of Lapatinib and Weekly Paclitaxel for Advanced Urothelial Cancer

NCT01700010 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2013-01-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will involve subjects who have advanced urothelial cancer who are platinum refractory (platinum based chemotherapies that are not effective in treating the cancer), and who are over-expressing EGFR and/or HER2, or do not over-express EGFR and HER2. Genetic expression is a process that takes inherited information in genes (like DNA sequence), and from that information makes a specific functional product (sometimes called a gene product) such as RNA (ribonucleic acid) or protein. Normal tissue cells have a particular genetic expression, which changes when they turn into cancer. EGFR and HER2 are involved in the process by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells.

The main purpose of the study is to look at the proportion of subjects, who over-express EGFR and/or HER2, who do not progress (cancer gets worse) after 16 weeks of study treatment with daily lapatinib and weekly paclitaxel. The study will also look at the safety and effectiveness of this therapy in all subjects.

Another part of this study will look at blood and tissue samples. Blood samples will be collected to see how many cells express EGFR and HER2 before study treatment and at the time the cancer gets worse. Tumor tissue will be analyzed to look at the expression of certain genes in advanced urothelial cancer. Some gene expression tests can reveal how cancer cells are different from normal cells and the results might lead to more accurate diagnosis and treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Lapatinib and Paclitaxel

Lapatinib comes in tablet form and is taken by mouth at a dose of 1,000 mg every day. Paclitaxel will be given through the vein (IV) at a dose of 80 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, and 15 at each 28 day cycle. If cancer does not progress and study treatment can be tolerated after 6 cycles of paclitaxel and lapatinib, paclitaxel will be stopped and lapatinib will continue until disease progression, side effects cannot be tolerated, participant is removed from or withdraws from study, or for other reasons. Subjects with locally advanced disease who respond to treatment and are felt to be appropriate for local therapy may proceed to receive local therapy as deemed appropriate by the managing physician after a minimum of 6 cycles or upon achieving complete remission followed by an additional 2 cycles. Subjects who proceed to receive local therapy will be removed from protocol therapy. Subjects who elect not to receive or are not candidates for local therapy may continue treatment on protocol.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • GlaxoSmithKline

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ajjai S. Alva, M.D. · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2019-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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