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Pilot study of gefitinib and irinotecan in young patients With Relapsed or Refractory Cancer

Pilot study of gefitinib and irinotecan in young patients With Relapsed or Refractory Cancer - Ir2 for Relapsed Pediatric and AYA cancer pilot trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000001730
Enrollment
6
Registered
2009-02-23
Start date
2009-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Relapse/ refractory pediatric and adolescent and young adult cancer

Interventions

gefitinib and irinotecan regimen in which gefitinib 112.5mg/m2/day p.o. on days 1-12, irinotecan 30mg/m2 DIV over 30 min on days 1-5, and cefixime 8mg/kg/day p.o. on days -1-14 on to be repeated every

Sponsors

Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious diseases Center Komagome Hospital pediatric division/musculoskeltal oncology division/ neurology division
Lead Sponsor
NPO SUCCESS Support Center for Therapeutic Development
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, undifferentiated sarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma family of tumor, osteosarcoma, glioma, meduloblastoma, germ cell tumor 2. relapse or progression following disease specific first-line standard chemotherapies 3. no prior use of irinotecan, gefitinib, erlotinib, or cetuximab 4. evidence of progression in clinical signs or symptoms or on imaging studies 5. > 14 days since prior antitumor cytotoxic agents except nitrosourea and > 28 days since prior nitrosourea 6. >= 14 days for local palliative radiation and > 6 months must have elapsed if prior craniospinal XRT or if >= 50% radiation of pelvis and >= 8 weeks must have elapsed if conventional radiation for brain tumor and >= 6 weeks must have elapsed if other substantial BM radiation 7. > 14 days since prior surgery (containing open biopsy) 8. 0-2 in ECOG PS 9. no findings of interstitial pneumonia on CT 11. no signs or symptoms equivalent to CTC-AE Grade2 diarrhea 12. confirming the following laboratory results within 14 days (1) Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/mm~3 (at least 4days since prior G-CSF administration) (2) Platelet count >= 75,000/mm~3 (platelet transfusions allowed) (3) serum total Bilirubin <= 1.2mg/dl (4) ALT <= 100 IU/l (5) Creatinine adjusted according to age as follows: <= 0.6 mg/dl (1 year-23 months) <= 0.8 mg/dl (2 years-5 years) <= 0.9 mg/dl (6 years-9 years) <= 1.1 mg/dl (10 years-12 years [male]) <= 1.0 mg/dl (10 years-12 years [female]) <= 1.5 mg/dl (13 years-15 years [male]) <= 1.2 mg/dl (13 years and over [female]) <= 1.7 mg/dl (16 years and over [male]) 13. legal adult: Written informed consent 14. 16 years and over, but, no legal adult: written informed consent from both patient and legal guardian 15. 15 years and under: written informed consent from legal guardian

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. >4 weeks since prior CYP3A4 inducer uptake 2. >1 week since prior CYP3A4 inhibitor uptake 3. Active double cancer (synchronous double cancer and metachronous double cancer within 5 disease-free years), excluding carcinoma in situ (lesions equal to intraepithelial or intramucosal cancer) judged to have been cured with local treatment 4. Active infection requiring systemic medication 5. abnormality in electrocardiogram tested within 28 days, requiring intervention 6. respiratory or heart disorder requiring oxygen supply, except from malignant pleural effusion 7. Women during pregnancy or breast-feeding 8. Psychosis 9. Systemic steroids or immunosuppressants medication except for continuous steroid use for increased intracranial pressure and/or brain edema

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
incidence of dose limiting toxicity

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
incidence of adverse event, pharmacokinetic parameter, feasibility of concurrent administration of gefitinib and irinotecan

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactHiroshi Kawamoto

Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious diseases Center Komagome Hospital pediatric division/ clinical reserch division

03-3823-2101

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026