Bryostatin 1 Plus Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of bryostatin 1 plus cisplatin in treating patients who have metastatic or unresectable cancer.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: New York University School of Medicine; NYU Langone Health
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Bryostatin 1; Cisplatin

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable malignant disease Prior brain metastases with no residual signs or symptoms or medications allowed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 3 months Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) AST/ALT no greater than 2.5 times ULN Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No concurrent condition that would preclude study No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that might compromise medical follow up No neuropathy greater than grade 1, including hearing loss

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for mitomycin or nitrosoureas)and recovered Prior cisplatin allowed Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy Prior radiotherapy for brain metastases allowed Surgery: Not specified