Sunitinib for Advanced Thymus Cancer Following Earlier Treatment

Summary

Background: \- Sunitinib is drug that is approved for treating various types of cancers, including kidney cancers. However, it has not been approved to treat cancers of the thymus. Sunitinib works by blocking proteins that are responsible for cell division and growth. Some of these proteins can be found on thymus cancer cells. Researchers want to see if sunitinib can be used to treat advanced thymus cancer. It will be given to people who have had at least one earlier chemotherapy treatment containing platinum. Objectives: \- To see if sunitinib is a safe and effective treatment for advanced thymus cancer that has not responded to earlier treatments. Eligibility: * Individuals at least 18 years of age who have advanced thymus cancer that has not responded to earlier treatments. * At least one previous cancer treatment must have been chemotherapy treatment containing platinum. Design: * Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected. Imaging studies and tumor biopsies will be used to check the severity of the cancer. * Participants will take sunitinib tablets once a day, in the morning. They will take the tablets daily for 4 weeks, followed by 2 weeks of rest with no sunitinib. This 6-week period is called a cycle. * Treatment will be monitored with frequent blood tests and imaging studies. * Treatment cycles may be repeated as long as the tumor does not continue to grow and there are no severe side effects....

Timeline

Start

2012-05-15

Primary completion

2021-04-30

Completion

2024-07-31

Publications

• Background Detterbeck FC. Clinical value of the WHO classification system of thymoma. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Jun;81(6):2328-34. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.067.
• Background Engels EA, Pfeiffer RM. Malignant thymoma in the United States: demographic patterns in incidence and associations with subsequent malignancies. Int J Cancer. 2003 Jul 1;105(4):546-51. doi: 10.1002/ijc.11099.
• Background Falkson CB, Bezjak A, Darling G, Gregg R, Malthaner R, Maziak DE, Yu E, Smith CA, McNair S, Ung YC, Evans WK; Lung Cancer Disease Site Group of Cancer Care Ontario's Program in Evidence-Based Care. The management of thymoma: a systematic review and practice guideline. J Thorac Oncol. 2009 Jul;4(7):911-9. doi: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181a4b8e0.
• Thomas A, Rajan A, Berman A, Tomita Y, Brzezniak C, Lee MJ, Lee S, Ling A, Spittler AJ, Carter CA, Guha U, Wang Y, Szabo E, Meltzer P, Steinberg SM, Trepel JB, Loehrer PJ, Giaccone G. Sunitinib in patients with chemotherapy-refractory thymoma and thymic carcinoma: an open-label phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Feb;16(2):177-86. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)71181-7. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

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