A Phase 1/2, Multicenter, Dose-Escalation Study to Determine the Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of TH-302 in Combination With Doxorubicin in Patients With Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma
A broad range of tumors have been shown to contain significant numbers of hypoxic cells and
hypoxia has been shown to be associated with a poor prognosis and an increase in resistance
to chemotherapy and radiotherapy (Brizel 1997, Vaupel 2007, Shannon 2003).
It is likely that an agent that could effectively target hypoxic regions in tumors would
improve efficacy when combined with standard chemotherapy or radiotherapy. TH-302 is
activated at lower oxygen concentrations than other bioreductive prodrugs (Duan 2008) and
tirapazamine, a hypoxic cytotoxin that has been extensively studied in both preclinical and
clinical studies. This should result in an improved therapeutic ratio (tumor vs normal
tissue toxicity) as compared with other bioreductive agents. Because TH-302 is expected to
be minimally toxic to aerobic cancer cells, optimal efficacy would be expected when TH-302
is combined with treatments that are most effective under aerobic conditions such as
radiotherapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy. Preclinical data have shown at least additive
efficacy when TH-302 is combined with chemotherapy. In order to minimize the risk of
additive toxicity, TH-302 is not being evaluated in combination with alkylating agents. The
study will enroll subjects with advanced soft tissue sarcoma. These tumors have evidence
supporting the presence of hypoxia based on pO2 histography, F-MISO and gene expression
profiling (Vaupel 2007, Francis 2007, Rajendran 2003).
Interventional
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
To determine the MTD and DLT(s) of TH- 302 when used in combination with doxorubicin and prophylactic growth factor support in subjects with advanced soft tissue sarcoma
Two years
Yes
Kristen Ganjoo, MD
Principal Investigator
Stanford University
United States: Food and Drug Administration
TH-CR-403
NCT00742963
August 2008
December 2011
Name | Location |
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Arizona Cancer Center | Tucson, Arizona 85724 |
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute | Tampa, Florida 33612 |
Indiana University Cancer Center | Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5265 |
Stanford University | Stanford, California 94305 |
Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, Massachusetts 02115 |
Mayo Clinic Rochester | Rochester, Minnesota 55905 |
Sarcoma Oncology Center | Santa Monica, California 90403 |
Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers | Dallas, Texas 75201 |
Washingon University Siteman Cancer Center | St. Louis, Missouri 63110 |