Bortezomib and Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Breast Cancer focused on measuring recurrent breast cancer, recurrent non-small cell lung cancer, recurrent small cell lung cancer, recurrent colon cancer, recurrent pancreatic cancer, recurrent head and neck cancer, recurrent sarcoma, recurrent kidney cancer, recurrent renal cell cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Diagnosis of solid tumor that overexpresses epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) including, but not limited to, the following:
- Breast cancer
- Lung cancer
- Colon cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Head and neck cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Sarcoma
Advanced disease
- Must have failed or become intolerant to prior standard therapy and is no longer likely to respond to such therapy
- Measurable or nonmeasurable disease
- ECOG performance status 0-1
- ANC ≥ 1,500/mm³
- Platelet count > 100,000/mm³
- Hemoglobin > 9 g/dL
- Bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase < 3.0 times ULN (5.0 times ULN if liver has tumor involvement)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (*ALT) < 3.0 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (5.0 times ULN if liver has tumor involvement)
- Creatinine clearance > 30 mL/min
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after completion of study treatment
- Recovered from all prior therapy
- Prior systemic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or biological therapy allowed
- At least 14 days since prior radiotherapy or systemic therapy
- At least 30 days since prior investigational agents
- At least 14 days since other prior investigational drugs (for reasons other than the treatment of cancer)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Untreated or symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases
- Concurrent serious systemic disorders (e.g., active infection) that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the safety of the patient or compromise the patient's ability to complete the study
- Uncontrolled diabetes
- Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure
- Uncontrolled angina
- Severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias
- Evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities by ECG
- Peripheral neuropathy Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade > 2
- Known hypersensitivity to bortezomib, boron, or mannitol
- Serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with study participation
- Prior bortezomib and/or cetuximab
- Concurrent filgrastim (G-CSF) or other hematologic support during course 1 of study treatment
Sites / Locations
- Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Bortezomib and Cetuximab
The starting dose of bortezomib will be 1.3 mg/m2 with a 0.1 increment increase with each successive dose level to a maximum of 2.0 mg/m2. A loading dose of cetuximab will be given on day 1 (400 mg/m2) followed by a weekly dose of 250 mg/m2.