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  • Last Modified: 12/6/2004

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Phase II Study of Hydroxyurea in Patients With Recurrent and/or Nonresectable Meningioma

Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Hydroxyurea in Treating Patients With Recurrent and/or Unresectable Meningioma

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase IITreatmentClosed16 and overOtherFRE-FNCLCC-98009
EU-20018, NCT00006119

Objectives

  1. Determine complete, partial, or stable response to hydroxyurea in patients with recurrent and/or nonresectable meningioma.
  2. Determine response at 2 years to this regimen in these patients.
  3. Determine overall and disease free survival of these patients after this regimen.
  4. Determine quality of life of these patients.
  5. Determine the toxicities of this regimen in these patients.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically proven progressive meningioma that is not curable by surgery

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Concurrent corticosteroids allowed for control of intracranial pressure

Radiotherapy:

  • Prior radiotherapy allowed
  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other:

  • At least 1 year since prior experimental therapy

Patient Characteristics:

Age:

  • 16 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 70-100%

Life expectancy:

  • Over 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC at least 3,000/mm3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST and ALT no greater than 2 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2 times ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after study
  • No other malignancy

Expected Enrollment

A total of 60 patients (30 per stratum) will be accrued for this study.

Outline

This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to grade of disease (I vs II or III).

Patients receive oral hydroxyurea daily for 2 years.

Quality of life is assessed before treatment, then every 3 months for 2 years.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Federation Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer

Didier Frappaz, MD, Protocol chair
Ph: 33-4-78-782881
Email: frappa2@lyon.fnclcc.fr

Registry Information
Official Title Phase II Study of Hydroxyurea for the Treatment of Recurrent and/or Nonoperable Meningioma
Trial Start Date 1999-07-15
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00006119
Date Submitted to PDQ 2000-07-05
Information Last Verified 2004-12-02

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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