Pemetrexed Disodium/Observation in Treating Patients W/ Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma w/Out Progressive Disease After 1st Line Chemotherapy
Malignant Mesothelioma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Malignant Mesothelioma focused on measuring epithelial mesothelioma, sarcomatous mesothelioma, stage II malignant mesothelioma, stage III malignant mesothelioma, stage IV malignant mesothelioma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Histologically confirmed malignant pleural mesothelioma meeting 1 of the following cell types:
- Epithelial
- Sarcomatoid
Mixed type
- Histologically documented malignant pleural mesothelioma, epithelial, sarcomatoid or mixed type, not amenable to surgical resection
- Prior treatment
- Currently receiving first-line treatment with pemetrexed + platinum; patients are to be registered to Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 30901 no later than the last day of cycle 4 of first line therapy
- Prior intracavitary cytotoxic or sclerosing therapy (including bleomycin) are acceptable; prior intrapleural cytotoxic chemotherapy will not be considered systemic chemotherapy
- Prior surgical treatment is allowed
Prior radiation therapy is allowed
- Non-pregnant and non-nursing; women of child bearing potential and men must agree to use an appropriate method of birth control throughout their participation in this study; appropriate methods of birth control include abstinence, oral contraceptives, implantable hormonal contraceptives (Norplant), or double barrier methods (diaphragm plus condom)
- RANDOMIZATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Patients with complete response, partial response, or stable disease following 4, 5 or 6 cycles of first-line chemotherapy with pemetrexed AND either cisplatin or carboplatin; a maximum of 6 cycles of chemotherapy may have been given
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
- Granulocytes >= 1,500/ul
- Platelet count >= 100,000/ul
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) =< 2 x ULN
- Calculated creatinine clearance >= 45 ml/min
- Disease not amenable to surgery
- Must be enrolled on imaging protocol CALGB-580903
Complete response, partial response, or stable disease after completion of 4 courses of first-line chemotherapy comprising pemetrexed disodium AND cisplatin or carboplatin
- Study therapy will begin within 9 weeks following day 1 of cycle 4 of first-line treatment
- No clinically significant pleural or peritoneal effusions that cannot be adequately managed by drainage before or during pemetrexed disodium
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- ECOG performance status of 0-1
- Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks
- Granulocytes ≥ 1,500/μL
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AST ≤ 2 times ULN
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No psychiatric illness that would prevent the patient from giving informed consent
- No second malignancy except non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix unless curatively treated with no evidence of active disease for ≥ 5 years
No medical conditions that, in the opinion of the treating physician, would make study treatment unreasonably hazardous for the patient including, but not limited to, the following:
- Ongoing or active infection such as HIV positivity
- Inability to take oral medications
- Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
Prior intracavitary cytotoxic or sclerosing therapy (including bleomycin) allowed
- Prior intrapleural cytotoxic chemotherapy not considered systemic chemotherapy
- Prior surgery allowed
Prior radiotherapy allowed
- No concurrent palliative radiotherapy
No concurrent hormones or other chemotherapeutic agents except for the following:
- Steroids for adrenal failure
- Hormones for nondisease-related conditions (e.g., insulin for diabetes)
- Intermittent use of dexamethasone as an antiemetic or premedication for pemetrexed disodium
Sites / Locations
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Saint Francis/Mount Sinai Regional Cancer Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
- George Bray Cancer Center at the Hospital of Central Connecticut - New Britain Campus
- Tunnell Cancer Center at Beebe Medical Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
- Illinois CancerCare - Bloomington
- St. Joseph Medical Center
- Illinois CancerCare - Canton
- Illinois CancerCare - Carthage
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Eureka Community Hospital
- Illinois CancerCare - Eureka
- Galesburg Clinic, PC
- Illinois CancerCare - Havana
- Illinois CancerCare - Kewanee Clinic
- La Grange Memorial Hospital
- Illinois CancerCare - Macomb
- Illinois CancerCare - Monmouth
- OSF Holy Family Medical Center
- BroMenn Regional Medical Center
- Community Cancer Center
- Illinois CancerCare - Community Cancer Center
- Community Hospital of Ottawa
- Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Ottawa
- Cancer Treatment Center at Pekin Hospital
- Illinois CancerCare - Pekin
- 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 CancerCare - Peru
- Illinois Valley Community Hospital
- Illinois CancerCare - Princeton
- Illinois CancerCare - Spring Valley
- Elkhart Clinic, LLC
- Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - Elkhart
- Elkhart General Hospital
- Howard Community Hospital
- Center for Cancer Therapy at LaPorte Hospital and Health Services
- Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - South Bend
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
- Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - Plymouth
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- Memorial Hospital of South Bend
- Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - La Porte
- 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 - Fort Scott
- Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Liberal
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - McPherson
- 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
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield
- Ochsner Health Center - Bluebonnet
- Ochsner Health Center - Covington
- New Orleans Cancer Institute at Memorial Medical Center
- CCOP - Ochsner
- Ochsner Cancer Institute at Ochsner Clinic Foundation
- Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Baltimore
- Union Hospital of Cecil County
- Saint Joseph Mercy Cancer Center
- CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
- Oakwood Cancer Center at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
- Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute
- Hurley Medical Center
- Genesys Regional Medical Center
- Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
- Foote Memorial Hospital
- Sparrow Regional Cancer Center
- St. Mary Mercy Hospital
- 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
- Lakeside Cancer Specialists, PLLC
- St. John Macomb Hospital
- St. Joseph's Medical Center
- Essentia Health - Duluth Clinic
- CCOP - Duluth
- Miller - Dwan Medical Center
- Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
- CCOP - Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees
- CCOP - Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York
- SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
- Duke Cancer Institute
- Wayne Memorial Hospital, Incorporated
- Kinston Medical Specialists
- Iredell Memorial Hospital
- Medcenter One Hospital Cancer Care Center
- Mid Dakota Clinic, PC
- St. Alexius Medical Center Cancer Center
- Summa Center for Cancer Care at Akron City Hospital
- Barberton Citizens Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
- Hillcrest Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital
- Parma Community General Hospital
- North Coast Cancer Care, Incorporated
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Strongsville
- Cleveland Clinic - Wooster
- Clackamas Radiation Oncology Center
- Providence Milwaukie Hospital
- Providence Newberg Medical Center
- Willamette Falls Hospital
- Providence Cancer Center at Providence Portland Medical Center
- CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
- Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital
- Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health
- Geisinger Hazleton Cancer Center
- Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
- UPMC Cancer Centers
- Geisinger Medical Group - Scenery Park
- Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Roper St. Francis Cancer Center at Roper Hospital
- Danville Regional Medical Center
- Southwest Washington Medical Center Cancer Center
- Northwest Cancer Specialists at Vancouver Cancer Center
- Gundersen Lutheran Center for Cancer and Blood
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Arm I
Arm II
Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo observation until disease progression.