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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 26 November 2012
Main ID:  NCT00124605
Date of registration: 26/07/2005
Primary sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Public title: Arsenic Trioxide and Pamidronate in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors or Multiple Myeloma
Scientific title: Phase I Trial of Arsenic Trioxide in Combination With Pamidronate
Date of first enrolment: May 2005
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00124605
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Beckman Research Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid tumors or multiple myeloma

- Advanced disease

- Refractory to standard therapy OR no standard therapy exists

- Brain metastases allowed provided they are controlled and patient does not require
treatment with corticosteroids

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

- 18 and over

Performance status

- WHO 0-2

Life expectancy

- At least 3 months

Hematopoietic

- Absolute neutrophil count > 1,000/mm^3

- Platelet count > 75,000/mm^3

Hepatic

- Bilirubin = 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

- AST and ALT = 2.5 times ULN

Renal

- Creatinine clearance > 50 mL/min

Cardiovascular

- QT interval = 460 msec by ECG AND potassium normal AND magnesium normal

- No history of torsades de pointes-type ventricular arrhythmia

Other

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception

- No history of hypersensitivity to pamidronate or other bisphosphonates

- No uncontrolled electrolyte imbalance, including any of the following:

- Sodium < 132 mmol/L

- Potassium < 3.5 mmol/L

- Magnesium < 1.7 mg/dL

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- More than 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin)
and recovered

- No prior arsenic trioxide

Endocrine therapy

- See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy

- More than 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered

Surgery

- Not specified

Other

- Recovered from prior investigational agents.

- At least 28 days since prior pamidronate or other bisphosphonates.

- No other concurrent bisphosphonates

- No other concurrent antineoplastic therapy

- No concurrent drugs known to prolong the QT interval

- No other concurrent investigational agents



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Intervention(s)
Drug: arsenic trioxide
Drug: pamidronate disodium
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CCC-PHI-45
CDR0000434807
NCI-6458
U01CA062505
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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