Gemcitabine and ISIS 2503 in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Cancer of the Pancreas

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-01-01
• 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 II trial to study the effectiveness of combining gemcitabine with ISIS 2503 in treating patients who have advanced or metastatic cancer of the pancreas.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Gemcitabine; Pancreatin; Pancrelipase

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas not amenable to standard curative therapy Duct cell Undifferentiated The following cellular types are not eligible: Islet cell carcinoma Acinar cell carcinoma Cystadenocarcinoma No CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 No underlying disease associated with active bleeding Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times ULN AST no greater than 3 times ULN PT and PTT normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 4 weeks since prior biologic therapy or immunotherapy No concurrent immunotherapy No colony-stimulating factors during first course of therapy Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy except radiosensitizing agents used in adjuvant setting or in treatment of locally advanced disease No prior gemcitabine No prior ISIS 2503 No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy to 25% or greater of bone marrow No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified