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Phase IB Study of Phenoxodiol in Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors

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Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Phenoxodiol in Treating Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase I


Treatment


Completed


18 and over


Pharmaceutical / Industry


NOVOGEN-NV06-0024
CCF-4269, NCI-V01-1663, NCT00022295

Objectives

  1. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of phenoxodiol in patients with refractory solid tumors.
  2. Determine the steady-state pharmacokinetics of this drug in these patients.
  3. Determine the tumor response in patients treated with this drug.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid tumor
    • Refractory to standard therapy

      OR

    • No standard therapy exists


  • No breast cancer


  • No active CNS metastases
    • Known CNS metastases must be previously treated with radiotherapy or surgery and stable for at least 4 weeks prior to study


Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy:

  • No concurrent systemic anticancer immunotherapy

Chemotherapy:

  • No concurrent systemic anticancer chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • No concurrent systemic anticancer hormonal therapy except luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists or antagonists

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Concurrent localized radiotherapy for control of local disease complications allowed

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other:

  • Recovered from prior antineoplastic therapy
  • At least 4 weeks since prior investigational agents
  • No other concurrent investigational drugs

Patient Characteristics:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

  • At least 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3
  • WBC greater than 3,000/mm3
  • Neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm3
  • Hemoglobin greater than 10 g/dL (9 g/dL for women)

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 1.2 mg/dL
  • Transaminases no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.4 mg/dL

Other:

  • No active infection
  • No contraindication to the insertion of a vascular access device
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

Expected Enrollment

36

Approximately 18-36 patients will be accrued for this study.

Outline

This is a multicenter, dose-escalation study.

Patients receive phenoxodiol IV continuously over days 1-7. Treatment repeats every 14 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of phenoxodiol until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed at 4 weeks.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Novogen, Incorporated

Graham Kelly, PhD, Protocol chair
Ph: 612 9878 088

Registry Information
Official Title Phase IB Study of Phenoxodiol Given by Constant Intravenous Infusion in Patients with Solid Neoplasms (With the Exception of Breast Cancer) Whose Tumors are Refractory to Standard Therapy
Trial Start Date 2001-08-20
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00022295
Date Submitted to PDQ 2001-06-11
Information Last Verified 2007-03-27

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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