Methylphenidate in Treating Patients With Fatigue Caused by Cancer
Fatigue, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Fatigue focused on measuring fatigue, unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥ 18 years of age
- Men or women with a history of cancer-related fatigue as defined by a score ≥ 4 on a fatigue numerical analogue scale (0 - 10)
- Fatigue for ≥ 1 month prior to registration
- ECOG Performance Score (PS) 0, 1, or 2
- Life expectancy ≥ 6 months
- Histologic or cytologic proven cancer other than brain cancer or CNS lymphoma
Laboratory values obtained ≤ 30 days prior to registration:
- Hgb ≥ 10 g/dL
- Willing and able to provide informed consent
- Negative pregnancy test (urine or serum) done ≤ 7 days prior to registration, for women of childbearing potential only
- Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance
- Biological therapy (i.e. immunotherapy, biotherapy), chemotherapy or radiation therapy will be allowed
- Use of a stable dose of anti-depressants (except tricyclic anti-depressants) will be allowed
- Erythropoietic agents to treat anemia, and steroids as a part of cancer treatment and for symptom management (except for fatigue) will be allowed
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hypersensitivity to methylphenidate
- Any prior use of methylphenidate
- Concomitant (≤ 2 weeks) use of prescription stimulants (pemoline, modafinil, amphetamines); other medications, herbal products or dietary supplements for fatigue
- Uncontrolled hypertension [defined as systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥ 160 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ≥ 100 mmHg on 2 separate visits ≤ 2 months prior to randomization]; or a resting heart rate > 100
- Moderate or severe pain as defined by an average daily score ≥ 4 on a pain analog scale (0 - 10)
- Known brain metastasis or primary CNS malignancy
- Clinically significant acute or chronic progressive or unstable neurologic (dementia, delirium, or seizure disorder), hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, thyroid, or respiratory disease that would limit participation in the study per MD discretion or judgment
- Psychiatric disorder such as manic depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, or schizophrenia
- Major surgery < 4 weeks prior to registration. (Note: Insertion of central venous catheter is not considered major surgery.)
Using a drug contraindicated when taken concurrently with methylphenidate: coumarin anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, clonidine, theophylline, and pseudoephedrine
Note: use of Compazine prescribed as an antiemetic is permitted for use while participating in this study.
Additional medical conditions where use of methylphenidate is contraindicated:
glaucoma, motor tics, family history or diagnosis of Tourette's syndrome, history of drug or alcohol abuse or intestinal obstruction.
- Pregnant women or nursing women. Women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception. This study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown.
- Untreated hypothyroidism (TSH ≥ 5)
Sites / Locations
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
- Aurora Presbyterian Hospital
- Boulder Community Hospital
- Penrose Cancer Center at Penrose Hospital
- St. Anthony Central Hospital
- Porter Adventist Hospital
- Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center
- St. Joseph Hospital
- Rose Medical Center
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program
- Swedish Medical Center
- St. Mary's Regional Cancer Center at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center
- North Colorado Medical Center
- Sky Ridge Medical Center
- Hope Cancer Care Center at Longmont United Hospital
- McKee Medical Center
- St. Mary - Corwin Regional Medical Center
- North Suburban Medical Center
- Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
- MBCCOP - Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center
- Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center
- St. Joseph Medical Center
- Graham Hospital
- Memorial Hospital
- Eureka Community Hospital
- Galesburg Clinic, PC
- Galesburg Cottage Hospital
- Mason District Hospital
- Hopedale Medical Complex
- Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, Limited - West
- McDonough District Hospital
- Trinity Cancer Center at Trinity Medical Center - 7th Street Campus
- BroMenn Regional Medical Center
- Community Cancer Center
- Community Hospital of Ottawa
- Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Ottawa
- Cancer Treatment Center at Pekin Hospital
- Proctor Hospital
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
- Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Peoria
- Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
- OSF St. Francis Medical Center
- Illinois Valley Community Hospital
- Perry Memorial Hospital
- St. Margaret's Hospital
- Carle Cancer Center at Carle Foundation Hospital
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
- St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers - Beech Grove Campus
- Elkhart General Hospital
- Howard Community Hospital
- Center for Cancer Therapy at LaPorte Hospital and Health Services
- Saint Anthony Memorial Health Centers
- Reid Hospital & Health Care Services
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- Memorial Hospital of South Bend
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
- McFarland Clinic, PC
- Cedar Rapids Oncology Associates
- Mercy Capitol Hospital
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
- John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center
- Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates at John Stoddard Cancer Center
- Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates at Mercy Cancer Center
- Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines
- John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Lutheran Hospital
- Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP
- Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City
- St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Chanute
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Dodge City
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - El Dorado
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman
- Southwest Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Newton
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Parsons
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Pratt
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Salina
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wellington
- Associates in Womens Health, PA - North Review
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita
- CCOP - Wichita
- Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center
- Wesley Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield
- Hickman Cancer Center at Bixby Medical Center
- Saint Joseph Mercy Cancer Center
- CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
- Oakwood Cancer Center at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Escanaba
- Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute
- Hurley Medical Center
- Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
- Dickinson County Healthcare System
- Foote Memorial Hospital
- Haematology-Oncology Associates of Ohio and Michigan, PC
- Sparrow Regional Cancer Center
- St. Mary Mercy Hospital
- Community Cancer Center of Monroe
- Mercy Memorial Hospital - Monroe
- St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
- Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
- Seton Cancer Institute at Saint Mary's - Saginaw
- Lakeland Regional Cancer Care Center - St. Joseph
- St. John Macomb Hospital
- MeritCare Bemidji
- Fairview Ridges Hospital
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
- Duluth Clinic Cancer Center - Duluth
- CCOP - Duluth
- Miller - Dwan Medical Center
- Fairview Southdale Hospital
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital
- Immanuel St. Joseph's
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Maplewood
- Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott - Northwestern Hospital
- Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center at North Memorial Outpatient Center
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CentraCare Clinic - River Campus
- Coborn Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- Park Nicollet Cancer Center
- United Hospital
- Ridgeview Medical Center
- Willmar Cancer Center at Rice Memorial Hospital
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Woodbury
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies - Billings
- Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center
- St. Vincent Healthcare Cancer Care Services
- Billings Clinic - Downtown
- Bozeman Deaconess Cancer Center
- St. James Healthcare Cancer Care
- Big Sky Oncology
- Great Falls Clinic - Main Facility
- Sletten Cancer Institute at Benefis Healthcare
- St. Peter's Hospital
- Glacier Oncology, PLLC
- Kalispell Medical Oncology at KRMC
- Kalispell Regional Medical Center
- Community Medical Center
- Guardian Oncology and Center for Wellness
- Montana Cancer Specialists at Montana Cancer Center
- Montana Cancer Center at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center
- Cancer Resource Center - Lincoln
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- Immanuel Medical Center
- Alegant Health Cancer Center at Bergan Mercy Medical Center
- Creighton University Medical Center
- Rutherford Hospital
- Bismarck Cancer Center
- Medcenter One Hospital Cancer Care Center
- Mid Dakota Clinic, PC
- St. Alexius Medical Center Cancer Center
- CCOP - MeritCare Hospital
- MeritCare Broadway
- Altru Cancer Center at Altru Hospital
- Mary Rutan Hospital
- Wood County Oncology Center
- Adena Regional Medical Center
- Riverside Methodist Hospital Cancer Care
- CCOP - Columbus
- Grant Medical Center Cancer Care
- Mount Carmel Health - West Hospital
- Doctors Hospital at Ohio Health
- Grandview Hospital
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Samaritan North Cancer Care Center
- CCOP - Dayton
- Grady Memorial Hospital
- Blanchard Valley Medical Associates
- Middletown Regional Hospital
- Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital
- Fairfield Medical Center
- Lima Memorial Hospital
- Strecker Cancer Center at Marietta Memorial Hospital
- Northwest Ohio Oncology Center
- St. Luke's Hospital
- Licking Memorial Cancer Care Program at Licking Memorial Hospital
- St. Charles Mercy Hospital
- Toledo Clinic - Oregon
- North Coast Cancer Care, Incorporated
- Mercy Medical Center
- Community Hospital of Springfield and Clark County
- Flower Hospital Cancer Center
- Mercy Hospital of Tiffin
- Toledo Hospital
- St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital
- Toledo Clinic, Incorporated - Main Clinic
- UVMC Cancer Care Center at Upper Valley Medical Center
- Fulton County Health Center
- Mount Carmel St. Ann's Cancer Center
- Clinton Memorial Hospital
- Ruth G. McMillan Cancer Center at Greene Memorial Hospital
- Genesis - Good Samaritan Hospital
- Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center at St. Francis Hospital
- Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center
- Providence Milwaukie Hospital
- Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Providence Cancer Center at Providence Portland Medical Center
- Adventist Medical Center
- CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
- Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center and Children's Hospital
- Legacy Meridian Park Hospital
- Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health
- Geisinger Hazleton Cancer Center
- Geisinger Medical Group - Scenery Park
- Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Mercy Hospital at Wilkes-Barre
- AnMed Cancer Center
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- Gibbs Regional Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
- Rapid City Regional Hospital
- Avera Cancer Institute
- Medical X-Ray Center, PC
- Sanford Cancer Center at Sanford USD Medical Center
- Fredericksburg Oncology, Incorporated
- Cascade Cancer Center at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center
- Olympic Medical Center
- Southlake Clinic
- CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
- Southwest Washington Medical Center Cancer Center
- Central Wisconsin Cancer Program at Agnesian HealthCare
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited at St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited at St. Mary's Hospital
- St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center - Green Bay
- St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Franciscan Skemp Healthcare - La Crosse Campus
- Bay Area Cancer Care Center at Bay Area Medical Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Oconto Falls
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Sturgeon Bay
- Welch Cancer Center at Sheridan Memorial Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Arm I
Arm II
Patients receive oral methylphenidate hydrochloride daily on days 1-28.
Patients receive oral placebo daily on days 1-28.