Lonafarnib and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Recurrent Primary Supratentorial Gliomas

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

Summary

RATIONALE: Lonafarnib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for their growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving lonafarnib together with temozolomide may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of lonafarnib when given together with temozolomide in treating patients with recurrent primary supratentorial glioma.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
• Treatments: Dacarbazine; Lonafarnib; Temozolomide

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Histologically confirmed primary supratentorial glioma

• Multifocal disease allowed

• Recurrent disease after prior surgery and/or radiotherapy

• Radiological evidence of increased and/or enhanced target lesion

• Amenable to temozolomide therapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

• Over 18

Performance status

• ECOG 0-2 OR

• WHO 0-2

Life expectancy

• Not specified

Hematopoietic

• Neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3

• Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3

• Hemoglobin ≥ 10.0 g/dL

Hepatic

• Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

• Transaminases < 2.5 times ULN

• Bilirubin < 1.5 times ULN

Renal

• Creatinine < 1.7 mg/dL

Cardiovascular

• Cardiac function clinically normal

• Normal 12-lead ECG

• QTc ≤ 440 msec on ECG

• No ischemic heart disease within the past 6 months

Other

• Not pregnant or nursing

• Negative pregnancy test

• Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study participation

• No unstable systemic disease

• No active uncontrolled infection

• No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study compliance and follow-up

• No other active or recurrent malignancy within the past 5 years except cone biopsied carcinoma of the cervix or adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

• No concurrent anticancer biologic agents

Chemotherapy

• At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for temozolomide)

• Prior adjuvant chemotherapy allowed

• No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for recurrent disease

• No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

• Concurrent corticosteroids allowed provided treatment remains at a stable or decreasing dose for at least 2 weeks

Radiotherapy

• See Disease Characteristics

• No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery

• See Disease Characteristics

• At least 3 months since prior surgery for primary brain tumor

Other

• Concurrent anticonvulsants allowed

• No other concurrent anticancer agents

• No other concurrent investigational therapy