Zoledronate in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors That Have Spread to the Bone
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy, Lung Cancer, Metastatic Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Hypercalcemia of Malignancy focused on measuring hypercalcemia of malignancy, pain, recurrent non-small cell lung cancer, recurrent small cell lung cancer, unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific, bone metastases
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of any cancer other than breast cancer, multiple myeloma, or prostate cancer Objective evidence of bone metastases discovered within 6 weeks of study entry (patients who at screening present with an ECOG score of 2) No study entry restrictions for bone metastases for patients with an ECOG of 0 and 1 No symptomatic brain metastases PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 mg/dL for liver metastases Renal: Creatinine no greater than 3.0 mg/dL Calcium at least 8.0 mg/dL but less than 12.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No history of severe cardiovascular disease within past 6 months (e.g., congestive heart failure) No hypertension refractory to treatment No symptomatic coronary artery disease Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No history of noncompliance to medical regimen PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Concurrent biologic response modifier therapies allowed Concurrent marketed cytokine or colony stimulating factor therapies allowed Chemotherapy: Concurrent marketed chemotherapy agents allowed (including open label cooperative trials or for supportive care) Endocrine therapy: Concurrent hormonal agents and steroid therapies allowed Concurrent corticosteroid therapy allowed (for chemotherapy induced nausea/vomiting or spinal compression) Radiotherapy: Concurrent radiotherapy to treat extraskeletal and/or skeletal tumor sites allowed Surgery: Prior surgery to treat or prevent pathological fracture or spinal cord compression allowed Other: At least 30 days since other prior investigational drugs No concurrent bisphosphonate agent At least 30 days since prior bisphosphonate agent (single exposure allowed within prior 12 months)
Sites / Locations
- SORRA Research Center
- Brookwood ACCC
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Highlands Oncology Group
- Columbia South Valley Hospital
- Pacific Shores Medical Group
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Southwest Cancer Care
- Cancer and Blood Institute of the Desert
- Oncology Clinic, P.C.
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
- Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Miami
- Oncology-Hematology Group of South Florida
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- American Medical Research Institute, Inc.
- Oncology Care Center - Belleville
- Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Inc.
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Louisiana State University Medical Center
- Ochsner Clinic
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
- Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Cancer Center
- New England Medical Center Hospital
- New England Hematology/Oncology Associates, P.C.
- Henry Ford Hospital
- Spectrum Health and DeVos Children's Hospital
- St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System
- Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center
- Kansas City Internal Medicine
- Missouri Baptist Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Reno
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
- North Shore University Hospital
- New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- Raleigh Internal Medicine
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
- Hematology Oncology Consultants Inc
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Regional Cancer Center - Erie
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Palmetto Hematology/Oncology Associates
- Dial Research Associates
- Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
- Cancer Specialist of South Texas. P.A.
- University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
- Danville Hematology and Oncology, Inc.
- Swedish Cancer Institute