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CompletedNCT00028587Updated Jan 16, 2013

PS-341 and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

A Phase 1 interventional study of bortezomib and paclitaxel in Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-01-16.

Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
96
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining PS-341 and combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have advanced solid tumors. PS-341 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for tumor cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining PS-341 and chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of bortezomib and paclitaxel administered in combination with carboplatin in patients with advanced solid tumors.

II. Compare the tolerability and efficacy of the different sequences of this regimen in these patients.

III. Determine the clinical toxic effects and pharmacokinetics of this regimen in these patients.

IV. Determine, preliminarily, the therapeutic activity of this regimen in these patients.

V. Evaluate p53 accumulation as a marker of PS-341 activity, and the effect of paclitaxel/carboplatin on PS-341 induced accumulation of p53.

VI. Exam the effect of PS-341 on the levels of other proteasome targets, e.g. mdm2, p27, p21, cyclins B, D1,E; IκB and other ubiquitinated proteins in tumor tissue, when available.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of bortezomib and paclitaxel. Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups.

Group A: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 2, 5, and 8.

Group B: Patients receive bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 1, 4, and 8 and paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 2.

Treatment in both groups repeats every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After 6 courses of paclitaxel and carboplatin, patients with stable or responding disease may continue with bortezomib alone at the discretion of the investigator. Cohorts of 3-6 patients in each group receive escalating doses of bortezomib and paclitaxel until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed at 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 24-96 patients will be accrued for this study within 25 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
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In context

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the lead sponsor of 3,506 studies on the registry; 334 are open to participants now.

Of its 402 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 365 (91%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically confirmed malignancy for which no known standard therapy that is potentially curative or definitely capable of extending life expectancy exists
  • No hematologic malignancies
  • No symptomatic CNS metastases

    • Brain metastases allowed if previously treated (radiotherapy and/or surgery)and patient is stable for at least 8 weeks
  • Performance status - ECOG 0-2
  • At least 12 weeks
  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST no greater than 2.5 times ULN
  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN
  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease
  • HIV negative
  • No peripheral neuropathy grade 2 or greater
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • More than 4 weeks since prior biologic therapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy
  • No prior bone marrow transplantation
  • No concurrent immunotherapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin) and recovered
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy to more than 30% of bone marrow
  • No concurrent radiotherapy
  • No concurrent investigational ancillary therapy
  • No concurrent enrollment in another study involving a pharmacologic agent (e.g., drugs, biologics, immunotherapy, or gene therapy) for symptom control or therapeutic intents
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
96 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group I (paclitaxel, carboplatin, bortezomib)

    Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 2, 5, and 8.

    Drug: bortezomib · Drug: paclitaxel · Drug: carboplatin · Other: laboratory biomarker analysis

  • Experimental
    Group II (bortezomib, paclitaxel, carboplatin)

    Patients receive bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 1, 4, and 8 and paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 2

    Drug: bortezomib · Drug: paclitaxel · Drug: carboplatin · Other: laboratory biomarker analysis

Interventions

  • Drugbortezomib

    Given IV

    Also known as: LDP 341, MLN341, VELCADE

  • Drugpaclitaxel

    Given IV

    Also known as: Anzatax, Asotax, TAX, Taxol

  • Drugcarboplatin

    Given IV

    Also known as: Carboplat, CBDCA, JM-8, Paraplat, Paraplatin

  • Otherlaboratory biomarker analysis

    Optional correlative studies

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. MTD of paclitaxel, bortezomib, and carboplatin defined as the highest safely-tolerated dose where =< 1 patient experience dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) with the next higher dose having at least 2 patients who experience DLT as assessed by CTC version 2.0

    Time frame: 21 days

  2. Number of toxicity incidents as assessed by CTC Version 2.0

    Frequency distributions and other descriptive measures will form the basis of the analysis of these variables.

    Time frame: 21 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of responses

    Responses will be summarized by simple descriptive summary statistics delineating complete and partial responses.

    Time frame: Up to 3 months

  2. Change in p53 accumulation

    Time frame: From baseline to up to 3 months

  3. Change in other proteasome levels

    Time frame: From baseline to up to 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 16, 2013, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00028587
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 27, 2003
Start date
Dec 2001
Primary completion
Apr 2006
Last update
Jan 16, 2013

Study contacts

Alex Adjei
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic
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