Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Metastatic Thyroid Cancer That Did Not Respond to Radioactive Iodine Therapy
Insular Thyroid Cancer, Recurrent Thyroid Cancer, Stage II Follicular Thyroid Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Insular Thyroid Cancer focused on measuring National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Study Group, NTCTCSG, bortezomib, velcade, metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma, Differentiated thyroid carcinoma, follicular epithelial thyroid cells, papillary, oxyphilic cell, Hurthle cell, insular cell, columnar cell, tall cell
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2 OR Karnofsky 60-100% Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3 Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mm^3 White Blood Count (WBC) >= 3,000/mm^3 Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 times upper limit of normal Bilirubin normal No symptomatic congestive heart failure Creatinine normal OR creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min No unstable angina pectoris No cardiac arrhythmia Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No ongoing or active infection No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance No other uncontrolled illness At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens At least 6 months since prior external beam radiotherapy for locoregional disease in the thyroid bed or to the cervical or upper mediastinal lymph nodes (dose =< 6,000 cGy) At least 6 months since prior radioiodine therapy No prior external radiotherapy to the measured tumor Prior thyroidectomy allowed No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients No other concurrent investigational agents No other concurrent anticancer therapy Unresponsive to prior radioiodine therapy Histologically confirmed differentiated thyroid cancer-papillary or follicular type, including, but not limited to, any of the following variants: hurthle cell (oxyphilic), insular, columnar cell, tall cell Metastatic disease At least 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion >= 20 mm by conventional techniques OR >= 10 mm by spiral CT scan No prior radiotherapy to the only measurable lesion No radioiodine uptake in the measured metastatic tumor by radioiodine scan (Note: Must have had >= 1 radioiodine scan since the last radioiodine treatment) No known brain metastases
Sites / Locations
- University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center
- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University
- Emory University
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center
- M D Anderson Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Bortezomib
Bortezomib 1.3 mg/m^2 intravenous (IV) at over 3-5 seconds on days 1, 4, 8, and 11. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 4 courses.