RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid and capecitabine in treating patients with unresectable or metastatic solid tumors.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific	Drug: capecitabine  Drug: suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid  Procedure: chemotherapy  Procedure: enzyme inhibitor therapy	Phase I

Further Study Details: 

OBJECTIVES: Primary

• Determine the maximum tolerated dose and recommended phase II dose of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid and capecitabine in patients with metastatic or unresectable solid tumors.
• Determine the safety and tolerability of this regimen in these patients.

Secondary

• Correlate the clinical effects with the pharmacokinetic effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation, multicenter study.

Patients receive oral suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid once or twice daily and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) receive 2 courses beyond documentation of CR. Patients achieving a partial response receive 2 courses beyond documentation of best response.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid and capecitabine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. An additional 12 patients are treated at the MTD.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 3-4 weeks and then every 3 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 18-30 patients will be accrued for this study within 6-10 months.

Ages Eligible for Study:  18 Years and above,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Both

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Histologically confirmed malignant solid tumor
• Metastatic or unresectable disease
• Standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective
• Patients who received prior radiotherapy must have measurable disease outside a previously irradiated field OR disease progression after prior radiotherapy
• No known brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age

• 18 and over

Performance status

• ECOG 0-2 OR
• Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy

• More than 12 weeks

Hematopoietic

• WBC ≥ 3,000/mm^3
• Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
• Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

• Bilirubin normal
• AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit normal (ULN)

Renal

• Creatinine normal OR
• Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular

• No symptomatic congestive heart failure
• No unstable angina pectoris
• No cardiac arrhythmia

Other

• Not pregnant or nursing
• Negative pregnancy test
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception
• Able to swallow oral medication
• No clinical or radiological diagnosis of bowel obstruction
• No ongoing or active infection
• No history of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid or other agents used in this study
• No known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency
• No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
• No other uncontrolled illness

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy

• Not specified

Chemotherapy

• More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin) and recovered
• Prior fluorouracil allowed
• No prior capecitabine

Endocrine therapy

• Not specified

Radiotherapy

• See Disease Characteristics
• More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered
• No prior radiotherapy to > 40% of bone marrow

Surgery

• At least 4 weeks since prior surgery and recovered

Other

• At least 2 weeks since prior valproic acid
• No other concurrent investigational agents
• No other concurrent anticancer therapy
• No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients

Please refer to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov identifier  NCT00121277

Study chairs or principal investigators

Amit M. Oza, MD,  Principal Investigator,  Princess Margaret Hospital   

Study ID Numbers:  CDR0000434850; PMH-PHL-035; NCI-6868
Record last reviewed:  July 2005
Last Updated:  July 25, 2005
Record first received:  July 20, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00121277
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-07-26