Dimethylxanthenone Acetic Acid in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors

Summary

RATIONALE: Dimethylxanthenone acetic acid may stop the growth of cancer cells by stopping blood flow to the tumor. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of dimethylxanthenone acetic acid in treating patients with solid tumors that have not responded to previous therapy.

Timeline

Start

1995-10

Primary completion

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Completion

1998-12

Publications

• Background Jameson MB, Sharp DM, Sissingh JI, Hogg CR, Thompson PI, McKeage MJ, Jeffery M, Waller S, Acton G, Green C, Baguley BC. Transient retinal effects of 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA, ASA404), an antitumor vascular-disrupting agent in phase I clinical trials. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Jun;50(6):2553-9. doi: 10.1167/iovs.08-2068. Epub 2009 Apr 22.
• Results Rustin GJ, Galbraith S, Taylor N, et al.: Impact on tumour perfusion measured by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the phase I trial of 5,6-dimethyl xanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA). [Abstract] Ann Oncol 9 (suppl 2): A-483, 126, 1998.
• Results Jameson M, Thompson P, Baguley B, et al.: Comparative pharmacokinetics and plasma protein binding of the novel anti-cancer agent 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid in humans and mice. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology A-746, 1997.

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