FOLFIRINOX in Metastatic High Grade Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinomas
Gastro-enteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreatic Cancer, Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of Pancreas
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Gastro-enteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor focused on measuring Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas (GEP-NECs), Metastatic, High grade, Pancreas, Neuroendocrine carcinoma of gastrointestinal tract
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Potential participants with unknown origin for the neuroendocrine carcinoma in which a gastroenteropancreatic origin is suspected (per pathologist or investigator discretion) will be eligible for the study.
- Tumors must have a Ki-67 index greater than 20% and/or >20 mitotic figures/10 high-power fields.
- Must have metastatic disease.
- Must measurable disease, as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.
- Any line of treatment (first line versus beyond first line).
- Age >18 years.
- Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2.
- Must have adequate organ and marrow function.
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 3 weeks prior to entering the study.
- Receiving any other investigational agents.
- Untreated brain or meningeal metastases.
- Prior treatment with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), irinotecan or oxaliplatin.
- Pre-treatment peripheral neuropathy greater than grade 1 per the CTCAE, version 4.0.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
- A secondary primary cancer (excluding baso/squamous cell carcinoma of skin) within 1 year.
- Active viral hepatitis or autoimmune hepatitis. The work-up to confirm active hepatitis or autoimmune hepatitis will only be done if clinical suspicion based on investigator discretion.
- Potential participants with childbearing potential who are not willing to use adequate contraception precautions during the study and for 3 months after stopping study chemotherapy.
Sites / Locations
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
FOLFIRINOX Treatment
Participants will receive modified FOLFIRINOX which consists of 85 mg/m^2 of oxaliplatin, 400 mg/m^2 of leucovorin over the first 2 hours, 165 mg/m^2 of irinotecan in a 90-minute infusion on day 1, followed by a continuous, 46-hour infusion of 5-FU at a dosage of 2,400 mg/m^2. A cycle will be repeated every 14 days. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) prophylaxis will be allowed after each cycle. Participants will undergo re-staging studies every 8 weeks. Participants will receive up to 12 cycles during the study. Additional cycles will be determined per investigators' discretion.