Flavopiridol in Treating Patients With Recurrent, Locally Advanced, or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Sarcoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Sarcoma focused on measuring stage III adult soft tissue sarcoma, stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed previously untreated metastatic or locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma not amenable to standard curative therapies Measurable disease At least 20 mm by conventional techniques OR At least 10 mm by spiral CT scan Bone lesions are not considered measurable Must have measurable disease outside irradiated area unless evidence of progression or new lesions inside irradiated area No carcinosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, soft tissue Ewing's sarcoma, or embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN) AST no greater than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than ULN Cardiovascular: If history of cardiac disease, cardiac ejection function greater than 50% No clinically significant cardiac symptomatology Pulmonary: If history of symptomatic pulmonary disease, FEV1, FVC, and TLC greater than 60% predicted and DLCO greater than 50% predicted No clinically significant pulmonary symptomatology Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other concurrent serious disease PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior stem cell transplantation Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for metastatic or locally advanced disease No prior high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation Prior adjuvant chemotherapy allowed At least 6 months since prior chemotherapy No other concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered No more than 25% of functioning bone marrow irradiated No concurrent radiotherapy to sole site of measurable disease Surgery: At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery Other: No other concurrent anticancer therapy
Sites / Locations
- St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System
- Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary
- Lethbridge Cancer Clinic
- Burnaby Hospital Regional Cancer Centre
- Nanaimo Cancer Clinic
- Penticton Regional Hospital
- British Columbia Cancer Agency - Fraser Valley Cancer Centre
- Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital
- BC Cancer Agency
- St. Paul's Hospital - Vancouver
- Capital Health Region (Endeavor Clinical Research)
- Moncton Hospital
- Doctor Leon Richard Oncology Centre
- Saint John Regional Hospital
- Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre
- Nova Scotia Cancer Centre
- Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie
- William Osler Health Centre
- Hamilton and Disrict Urology Association
- London Health Sciences Centre
- Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre
- Markham Stouffville Hospital
- Trillium Health Centre
- Credit Valley Hospital
- York County Hospital
- North York General Hospital, Ontario
- Male Health Centre/CMX Research Inc.
- Lakeridge Health Oshawa
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre - General Campus
- Peterborough Oncology Clinic
- Scarborough Hospital - General Site
- Hotel Dieu Hospital - St. Catharines
- Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury
- Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Thunder Bay
- Toronto East General Hospital
- Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
- St. Michael's Hospital - Toronto
- Mount Sinai Hospital - Toronto
- Toronto General Hospital
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- Women's College Campus, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Center
- Saint Joseph's Health Centre - Toronto
- Humber River Regional Hospital
- Cancer Care Ontario - Windsor Regional Cancer Centre
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, PEI
- Centre Universitaire de Sante de l'Estrie - Site Fleurimont
- Hopital Charles Lemoyne
- Centre Hospitalier Regional de Lanaudiere
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
- McGill University Department of Oncology
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite' de Montreal
- Hopital Sainte Justine
- Hopital Du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal
- Kells Medical Research Group Inc.
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Pavillion de Quebec
- Hopital du Saint-Sacrament, Quebec
- Centre Hospitalier Regional de Rimouski
- L'Hopital Laval
- Allan Blair Cancer Centre
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre
- Lions Gate Hospital