Green Tea Extract in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: green tea extract

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00003197

97-128

CDR0000066033 (Registry Identifier)

NCI-G98-1375

Details and patient eligibility

About

RATIONALE: Green tea extract contains ingredients that may slow the growth of certain cancers, as well as prevent the development of new cancers.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of green tea extract in treating patients with advanced solid tumors that are refractory to standard therapy.

Full description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of green tea extract administered daily to adults with solid tumors. II. Determine the safety of chronic daily administration of green tea extract in these patients. III. Investigate the clinical pharmacology of green tea extract in this study. IV. Document observed antitumor activity of this treatment.

OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study of green tea extract. Patients receive green tea extract by mouth daily after meals for 4 weeks. One patient is entered at each dose level. If grade II toxicities are experienced, then 2 more patients are entered at the same dose level. One patient must complete 4 weeks of therapy and 2 others must complete 2 weeks of therapy with no greater than grade I toxicity before dose escalation proceeds. If at least 2 patients experience dose limiting toxicity at any dose level, the immediately preceding dose level is considered the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). At least 6 patients are studied at the MTD. Patients may continue therapy for up to 6 months in the absence of toxicity and disease progression. Patients are followed every 4 weeks for the duration of treatment and at least one month after completing treatment.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 30 patients will be accrued for this study.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Pathologically proven incurable advanced solid tumor refractory to standard therapy or for which no standard therapy exists No known brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Zubrod 0-2 OR Karnofsky 70-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 4,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL AST less than 1.25 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No significant cardiac disease Other: No significant metabolic disorder No significant infection Not pregnant or nursing Effective contraception must be used by fertile women

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 3 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosourea) since prior chemotherapy and recovered Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered Surgery: Not specified