Carboxyamidotriazole in Treating Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer
Kidney Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Kidney Cancer focused on measuring stage III renal cell cancer, stage IV renal cell cancer, recurrent renal cell cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven advanced renal cell cancer Locally recurrent or metastatic lesions not amenable to current resection Progressive disease defined as 25% increase from last measurement or new lesions Bidimensionally measurable disease No brain metastases PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 3,000/mm3 OR Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT and/or SGPT less than 2 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other serious medical illness or active infection that would preclude chemotherapy compliance No other prior malignancy unless curatively treated and disease free for the past 5 years PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 4 weeks since prior biologic therapy At least 1 (but no more than 2) prior biologic regimen(s) (i.e., interleukin-2, interferon alfa, or combination) and recovered Regimen defined as at least 8 weeks of treatment Prior sargramostim allowed Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: At least 4 weeks since prior hormonal therapy (i.e., megestrol or tamoxifen) and recovered Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy to study lesions At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered No concurrent palliative radiotherapy Surgery: Prior nephrectomy allowed Recovered from any recent surgery
Sites / Locations
- CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto
- Stanford University Medical Center
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc.
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainsville
- Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur)
- CCOP - Evanston
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)
- CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center
- CCOP - Ochsner
- New England Medical Center Hospital
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- CCOP - Northern New Jersey
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany
- Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York
- Kaplan Cancer Center
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cleveland
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbus
- CCOP - Sooner State
- CCOP - Geisinger Clinical and Medical Center
- Hahnemann University Hospital
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Allegheny University
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Pittsburgh
- CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
- MBCCOP - San Juan
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Juan
- Pretoria Academic Hospital