NCT00033735

Irofulven Compared With Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

Phase III Trial Of Irofulven Vs. 5-Fluorouracil In Patients With Gemcitabine-Refractory Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 158 (actual)
• Sponsor: Eisai Inc. · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether irofulven is effective in treating pancreatic cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of irofulven with that of fluorouracil in treating patients who have locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer that has not responded to previous treatment with gemcitabine.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Compare survival of patients with gemcitabine-refractory, advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma when treated with irofulven vs fluorouracil. II. Compare the objective tumor response rate in patients treated with these regimens. III. Compare the clinical benefit of these regimens as measured by improvement in pain and performance status in these patients. OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are randomized 2:1 to irofulven and fluorouracil treatment arms. Arm I: Patients receive irofulven IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 15. Arm II: Patients receive fluorouracil IV continuously on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 350 patients (233 for arm I and 117 for arm II) will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

• Pancreatic Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	fluorouracil	5-fluorouracil will be administered via central venous catheter or PICC beginning at 250mg/m2/ day as continous infusion for a 28 day period.
DRUG	Irofulven	Irofulven will be given at 0.55 mg/kg per infusion on Day 1 and and Day 15 every 28 days as a 30 minute iv infusion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2000-01-01
• Primary completion: 2003-06-01
• First posted: 2004-01-15
• Last updated: 2012-12-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States