O(6)-Benzylguanine and Carmustine in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-02-01
• 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 I trial to study the effectiveness of O(6)-benzylguanine and carmustine in treating patients who have solid tumors.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Carmustine; O(6)-benzylguanine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed solid tumor for which no standard treatment exists (including surgery, radiotherapy, or systemic agents) No primary CNS malignancy No CNS metastases Only disease that can be sequentially biopsied is eligible for determination of the biochemical modulating dose that decreases AGT in tumor tissue

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 4,000/mm3 Absolute neutrophil count greater than 2,000/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL AST less than 3 times normal Prothrombin time less than upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Calcium normal Electrolytes normal Other: Diabetes controlled by diet or insulin allowed Not pregnant Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 2 months after study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 4 weeks since chemotherapy (6 weeks since mitomycin) and recovered No prior nitrosoureas Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Surgery: Not specified