Lapatinib Ditosylate in Treating Patients With Unresectable Liver or Biliary Tract Cancer

Summary

Lapatinib ditosylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. This phase II trial is studying how well lapatinib ditosylate works in treating patients with unresectable liver or biliary tract cancer

Timeline

Start

2005-10

Primary completion

2009-05

Completion

2009-05

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper No objective responses were observed. PMID 19737952 ↗

Publications

• Background Peck J, Wei L, Zalupski M, O'Neil B, Villalona Calero M, Bekaii-Saab T. HER2/neu may not be an interesting target in biliary cancers: results of an early phase II study with lapatinib. Oncology. 2012;82(3):175-9. doi: 10.1159/000336488. Epub 2012 Mar 15.
• Results Bekaii-Saab T, Markowitz J, Prescott N, Sadee W, Heerema N, Wei L, Dai Z, Papp A, Campbell A, Culler K, Balint C, O'Neil B, Lee RM, Zalupski M, Dancey J, Chen H, Grever M, Eng C, Villalona-Calero M. A multi-institutional phase II study of the efficacy and tolerability of lapatinib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Sep 15;15(18):5895-901. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0465. Epub 2009 Sep 8.

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