Irinotecan Plus ICI D1694 in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

• 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 irinotecan plus ICI D1694 in treating patients with advanced solid tumors.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Camptothecin; Irinotecan; Raltitrexed

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed solid tumor for which no effective therapy exists Measurable or evaluable disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0 or 1 Hematopoietic:

WBC at least 3,000 AGC at least 1,500 Platelets at least 100,000 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL AST/ALT no greater than 5 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Metabolic: Glucose no greater than 200 mg/dL Electrolytes within 10% normal Other: No active infection that contraindicates entry No significant medical problem that contraindicates entry Effective contraception required of fertile patients Able and willing to participate in pharmacokinetic sampling

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: At least 3 weeks since chemotherapy (6 weeks since mitomycin or nitrosoureas) and recovered At least 3 weeks since radiotherapy and recovered