SU5416 in Patients With AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma Who Have Not Responded to Treatment

SUGEN30 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of SU5416 in patients with AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma (KS).

Patients are given SU5416 via twice-weekly intravenous infusions in 4-week treatment cycles. Any patient who has not experienced unacceptable toxicity and who is deemed to be responding to the study drug (no evidence of disease progression) is permitted to continue receiving SU5416 in 4-week treatment cycles (up to a maximum of 1 year of therapy) until that patient experiences either unacceptable toxicity or tumor progression, as defined in the protocol.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Purpose

TREATMENT

Enrollment

Conditions

Sarcoma, Kaposi HIV Infections

Interventions

SU5416DRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria Patients may be eligible for this study if they: * Are at least 18 years old. * Have KS. * Have taken paclitaxel, DaunoXome, or Doxil for KS and they have either not gotten better or could not tolerate treatment therapy. * Have 1 of the following symptoms for KS: 5 lesions (sores), generalized KS-related edema (swelling) without sores, or KS-related edema of the arms and legs. * Agree to use an effective method of birth control during the study. Exclusion Criteria Patients will not be eligible for this study if they: * Are pregnant or breast-feeding. * Are allergic to Cremophor.

Locations (1)

Alison L. Hannah

South San Francisco, California, United States

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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