Clinical Trials

Cisplatin and Etoposide Phosphate With or Without GDC-0449 or Cixutumumab in Treating Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Location:

Trial status:

Open for Enrollment

Why is this study being done?

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

- To evaluate the progression-free survival of patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer treated with cisplatin and etoposide with or without Hedgehog antagonist GDC-0449 or cixutumumab.

Secondary

- To evaluate the response rate in patients treated with these regimens.

- To evaluated the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.

- To evaluate the toxicity of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to gender. Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms.

- Arm I: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 1-2 hours on day 1 and etoposide phosphate IV over 1-2 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

- Arm II: Patients receive cisplatin and etoposide phosphate as in arm I and oral Hedgehog antagonist GDC-0449 once daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then receive Hedgehog antagonist GDC-0449 alone once daily in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

- Arm III: Patients receive cisplatin and etoposide phosphate as in arm I and cixutumumab IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then receive cixutumumab alone once weekly in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 1 year.

Who is eligible to participate?

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically or cytologically confirmed small cell lung cancer (SCLC)

- Extensive stage disease, as defined by any of the following criteria:

- Extrathoracic metastatic disease

- Malignant pleural effusion

- Bilateral or contralateral supraclavicular adenopathy

- Measurable disease based on RECIST criteria

- CNS metastases allowed provided the patient has completed a course of CNS radiotherapy and has stable neurologic function for ≥ 28 days prior to randomization

- Prophylactic cranial irradiation allowed in those who have a response (in the absence of progressive disease)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- ECOG performance status 0-1

- ANC ≥ 1,500/mm^3

- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3

- Leukocyte count ≥ 3,000/mm^3

- Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL

- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

- AST/ALT ≤ 3 times ULN (≤ 5 times ULN if elevations are due to liver metastases)

- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min

- Fasting serum glucose < 120 mg/dL

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

- Fertile patients must use effective double-method contraception for ≥ 28 days before, during, and for ≥ 12 months after completion of study treatment

- No concurrent uncontrolled illness including, but not limited to, any of the following:

- Ongoing or active infection

- Symptomatic congestive heart failure

- Unstable angina pectoris

- Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia

- Psychiatric illness or social situation that would limit compliance with study requirements

- No poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

- History of diabetes mellitus allowed provided blood glucose is normal and the patient is on a stable dietary or therapeutic regimen

- No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to Hedgehog antagonist GDC-0449, cixutumumab, or other study agents

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- See Disease Characteristics

- No prior chemotherapy or biologic therapy for SCLC

- No prior therapy with other agents targeting the IGFR or the Hedgehog signaling pathway

- No prior irradiation to the only site of measurable or evaluable disease unless that site had subsequent evidence of progression

- Prior palliative radiotherapy to other sites of disease allowed

- More than 14 days since prior radiotherapy (28 days for radiotherapy to the CNS) and recovered

- More than 4 weeks since prior major surgery or hormonal therapy (other than replacement therapy) and recovered

- No other concurrent investigational or anticancer agents

- No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients

Last updated: 03/26/2012

NCT ID: NCT00887159

IRB Number:09-007989