Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 4:16 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 4:16 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00847366
Brief Summary:
This is an open label trial for patients currently enrolled in other perifosine trials.
Detailed Description:
Perifosine is an oral anticancer agent with limited toxicity and a novel mechanism of action that is distinctly different from cytotoxic chemotherapies. It has been shown to inhibit and otherwise modify signaling through a number of pathways including Akt, p21, and JNK. Perifosine has been tested in Phase I and Phase II settings in a variety of dosing schedules including daily, weekly, and daily following a loading dose. In general, it has been well tolerated with dose-related nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fatigue being the most commonly observed toxicities.
Perifosine has induced partial responses or stable disease in solid tumors including but not limited to renal cell, sarcoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Perifosine is currently being studied in multiple diseases as a single agent as well as in combination with other cancer therapies. As studies are closed there are patients that have achieved a partial response or stable disease.
Study:
NCT00847366
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00847366