O6-benzylguanine Followed by Surgery in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors That Can Be Removed During Surgery

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed during surgery.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of O6-benzylguanine followed by surgery in treating patients who have solid tumors that can be removed during surgery.

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Key information

Conditions

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60637-1470, United States

About this study

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the minimal O6-benzylguanine (O6-BG) dose required to deplete tumor activity to less than 10 fmol/mg protein at a specified time after administration in patients with surgically resectable solid tumors. II. Correlate tumor tissue AGT depletion with AGT depletion in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained at a specified time after O6-BG administration in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study. Patients receive a single dose of O6-benzylguanine (O6-BG) IV over 1 hour at one of two dose levels. Patients undergo surgery 16-20 hours after administration of O6-BG. Up to 13 patients receive the lower dose level of O6-BG. If more than 3 patients have detectable AGT levels, additional patients receive the higher dose. The optimal biologic dose (OBD) is defined as the lowest dose level at which at least 11 of 13 patients have AGT activity less than 10 fmol/mg protein after O6-BG dosing. Patients are followed at 1 and 3 weeks post surgery.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 13-26 patients will be accrued for this study over approximately 10 months.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed surgically resectable solid tumor

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: CALGB 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN Other: Not pregnant or nursing Medically cleared for surgery No active medical or psychiatric disease that would prevent compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified

Treatment and study plan

O6-benzylguanine

Drug

Primary outcomes

Determine minimal dose

Time frame: 2 years

Determine minimal dose of 06-benzylguanine (06-BG) at which there is a depletion of tumor 06-BG DNA alkyltransferase activity to <10 fmol/mg protein

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Chicago

Other

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Registry information

Official study title

Determination of Optimal O6-Benzylguanine Dose to Achieve O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase Depletion in Patients With Surgically Resectable Solid Tumors

Important dates

Study start: 1999
Primary completion: 2001
Study completion: 2001
First posted: Feb 20, 2004
Registry last updated: Mar 6, 2014

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