This phase II trial studies how well liposomal irinotecan, leucovorin, and fluorouracil work in treating patients with high grade neuroendocrine cancer of gastrointestinal, unknown, or pancreatic origin that does not respond to treatment (refractory) and has spread to other places in the body (advanced). Liposomal irinotecan may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil and leucovorin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving liposomal irinotecan, leucovorin and fluorouracil may work better than liposomal irinotecan alone in treating patients with neuroendocrine cancer.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT03736720.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the objective response rate liposomal irinotecan (nanoliposomal irinotecan [Nal-IRI]) + fluorouracil (5FU) and leucovorin in patients with refractory advanced high grade neuroendocrine cancer of gastrointestinal (GI), unknown or pancreatic origin.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine overall survival, progression-free survival, time to treatment failure, safety, clinical response and, quality of life (QOL) changes resulting from the combination treatment of nanoliposomal irinotecan (Nal-IRI) + fluorouracil (5FU) and leucovorin.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:
I. Genetic profiling for mutations will be conducted on pre-study tumor samples and correlated with response.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive liposomal irinotecan intravenously (IV) over 90 minutes, leucovorin IV over 30 minutes, and fluorouracil IV over 46 hours on days 1 and 15. Cycles repeat every 28 days for in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days, then every 8 weeks thereafter.
Lead OrganizationRoswell Park Cancer Institute
Principal InvestigatorRenuka Vijay Iyer