A Phase I Study of Vorinostat in Combination With Vincristine, Irinotecan, and Temozolomide in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors and CNS Malignancies
New York Medical College
Summary
Investigators are testing new experimental drug combinations such as the combination of vorinostat, vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide in the hopes of finding a drug that may be effective against tumors that have come back or that have not responded to standard therapy. The goals of this study are: * To find the highest safe dose of vorinostat that can be given together with vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide without causing severe side effects; * To learn what kind of side effects this four drug combination can cause; * To learn about the effects of vorinostat and the combination of vorinostat, vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide on specific molecules in tumor cells; * To determine whether the combination of vorinosat, vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide is a beneficial treatment.
Description
This first cycle will be used to determine whether the patient can tolerate the chemotherapeutic backbone without developing a DLT. The baseline disease evaluation will be obtained following hematologic recovery from the first cycle of chemotherapy, after which combination therapy with vorinostat will be given in subsequent cycles (2-12) w/ modifications if needed. Vorinostat dose escalation in subsequent patient cohorts will occur based on DLT to determine a MTD.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 1–30 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Age: Patients must be less than or equal to 1 year and less than or equal to 30 years of age at initiation of protocol therapy. * Diagnosis: Patients must have a confirmed histologic diagnosis of a relapsed or refractory solid tumor or CNS malignancy. * Performance status: Patients over 16 years of age must have a Karnofsky score greater than or equal to 50. Children under 16 years of age must have a Lansky score greater than or equal to 50. * Prior therapy: Patients may have received prior therapy with vincristine, irinotecan, or temozolomide. They may not however have…
Interventions
- DrugVorinostat
This is a phase I study of the combination of four drugs: vorinostat, vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide. This is called a Phase I study because the goal is to find the highest dose of vorinostat that investigators can give safely when it is used together with the chemotherapy drugs vincristine, irinotecan and temozolomide. Investigators are using vorinostat because it seems to work against cancer in test tubes and animals. It may be most effective when it is given with chemotherapy. The combination of these three agents together has never been given to children. Vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide are approved and used for the treatment of other types of cancer in adults and children. Vorinostat is approved and used to treat cancer in adults. The combination of these four drugs together is experimental. Investigators do not know if this combination of medicines will work in people. There is a lot that investigators do not yet know about this combination of medicines.
Location
- New York Medical CollegeValhalla, New York