5-Fluoro-2'-Deoxcyctidine and Tetrahydrouridine to Treat Patients With Advanced Cancer

Summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of 5-fluoro-2-deoxycytidine when given together with tetrahydrouridine in treating patients with solid tumors that have spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment (advanced). Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as 5-fluoro-2-deoxycytidine and tetrahydrouridine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading.

Timeline

Start

1999-04

Primary completion

2012-06

Completion

2012-06

Publications

• Background Carter SK. Editorial: Large-bowel cancer-The current status of treatment. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1976 Jan;56(1):3-10. doi: 10.1093/jnci/56.1.3. No abstract available.
• Background Doroshow JH, Multhauf P, Leong L, Margolin K, Litchfield T, Akman S, Carr B, Bertrand M, Goldberg D, Blayney D, et al. Prospective randomized comparison of fluorouracil versus fluorouracil and high-dose continuous infusion leucovorin calcium for the treatment of advanced measurable colorectal cancer in patients previously unexposed to chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 1990 Mar;8(3):491-501. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1990.8.3.491.
• Background Keyomarsi K, Moran RG. Folinic acid augmentation of the effects of fluoropyrimidines on murine and human leukemic cells. Cancer Res. 1986 Oct;46(10):5229-35.
• Holleran JL, Beumer JH, McCormick DL, Johnson WD, Newman EM, Doroshow JH, Kummar S, Covey JM, Davis M, Eiseman JL. Oral and intravenous pharmacokinetics of 5-fluoro-2'-deoxycytidine and THU in cynomolgus monkeys and humans. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2015 Oct;76(4):803-11. doi: 10.1007/s00280-015-2857-x. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

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