Neoplasms

All Conditions

Rare Diseases

Carcinoid Tumor

Neuroendocrine Tumors

Neuroectodermal Tumors

Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive

Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal

Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Adenocarcinoma

Carcinoma

Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial

Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue

Neuroendocrine Tumor

Neuroepithelioma

Antineoplastic Agents

All Drugs and Chemicals

Amino Acids

Axitinib

Protein Kinase Inhibitors

Enzyme Inhibitors

Tyrosine

The investigational drug used in this study is axitinib, and is available as tablets.

You will take the tablet orally with food. Doses should be taken around 12 hours apart continuously, without scheduled breaks. If you vomit anytime after taking a dose do not take another tablet to "make up the dose" but instead continue taking your next dose as planned.

Any missed dose may be taken late (up to 3 hours before the next scheduled dose); otherwise it should be skipped. If doses are missed or vomited, please keep track of this and report at your next visit.

Axitinib Administration as outlined in Arm description

Jonathan Strosberg, M.D.

The main purpose of this study is to see whether Axitinib will help prolong the time that the patient's carcinoid tumors remain stable, and to examine their treatment response through testing. Researchers also want to find out if Axitinib is safe and tolerable.

This is a bi-institutional, prospective phase II, open-label study. The target population is comprised of adult patients with histologically confirmed unresectable or metastatic carcinoid tumors. Carcinoid tumors are defined as well to moderately differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the digestive tract and lungs. Patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors of unknown primary as well as rare primaries (renal, ovarian, thymic, hepatic) will also be eligible. Patients will be drawn from two institutions Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC) and The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

A Study of Axitinib in Advanced Carcinoid Tumors

A Phase II Study of Axitinib in Advanced Carcinoid Tumors

Progression-free survival rate at 12 months. PFS: determined as the time from administration of the initial dose of axitinib until objective tumor progression using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST), or death. Progressive Disease (PD) Appearance of one or more new lesions and/or unequivocal progression of existing non-target lesions. Unequivocal progression should not normally trump target lesion status. It must be representative of overall disease status change, not a single lesion increase. Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for Partial Response (PR) nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum diameters while on study.

Post follow-up progression free survival at time of analysis.

Tumor response rate using RECIST. Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to \<10 mm. Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters.

Overall survival by Kaplan Meier, determined from the time of drug administration to death from any cause. The effect of an intervention is assessed by measuring the number of subjects survived or saved after that intervention over a period of time. The time starting from a defined point to the occurrence of a given event, for example death is called as survival time and the analysis of group data as survival analysis.

Time to Treatment Failure: Time from administration of the initial dose of axitinib until study discontinuation for any reason (e.g., disease progression, toxicity, death, withdrawal of consent).

Grade 2 through 4 toxicities considered at least possibly related to treatment. Percentage of participants affected per category. Safety assessments will consist of monitoring and recording all adverse events and serious adverse events, the regular monitoring of hematology and blood chemistry parameters and regular physical examinations. Adverse events will be evaluated continuously throughout the study. Safety and tolerability will be assessed according to the National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4 (CTCAE v4) available at: http://ctep.cancer.gov/protocolDevelopment/electronic_applications/ctc.htm.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Pfizer

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

The investigational drug used in this study is axitinib, and is available as tablets.

Axitinib Administration

Age, Categorical

Age, Continuous

Sex: Female, Male

United States

Region of Enrollment

Results are limited by a relatively high rate of participant withdrawal before progression due to toxicity. Post analysis, 2 participants are still on study at UCSF.

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