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Lead
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients with biopsy-proven metastatic carcinoid tumors or other neuroendocrine tumors (Islet cell, Gastrinomas and VIPomas) with at least one measurable lesion (other than bone) that has either not been previously irradiated or if previously irradiated has demonstrated progression since the radiation therapy
The patient has no major impairment of renal or hepatic function, as defined by the following laboratory parameters: total bilirubin \<1.5 X ULN; AST, ALT\<2.5X ULN (\<5 X ULN if liver metastases are present)
Patients on Sandostatin Lar (long acting somatostatin analogue) must be on a stable dose for 30 days prior to study entry and short acting somatostatin analogues must be judged to be on a clinically stable dose by the investigator prior to study entry
Must have a life expectancy of greater than three (3) months
Karnofsky Performance Status \> 60
Female patients must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening. (Not applicable to patients with bilateral oophorectomy and/or hysterectomy or to those patients who are postmenopausal.)
You may not be if
Patients with symptomatic CNS metastases or leptomeningeal involvement
Patients with known brain metastases, unless these metastases have been treated and/or have been stable for at least six months prior to study start. Subjects with a history of brain metastases must have a head CT with contrast to document either response or progression.
Patients with bone metastases as the only site(s) of measurable disease
Patients with hepatic artery chemoembolization within the last 6 months (one month if there are other sites of measurable disease)
Patients who have been previously treated with radioactive directed therapies
Patients who have been previously treated with epothilone
Patients with any peripheral neuropathy or unresolved diarrhea greater than Grade 1
Patients with severe cardiac insufficiency patients taking Coumadin or other warfarin-containing agents with the exception of low dose warfarin (1 mg or less) for the maintenance of in-dwelling lines or ports
Patients taking any experimental therapies history of another malignancy within 5 years prior to study entry except curatively treated non-melanoma skin cancer, prostate cancer, or cervical cancer in situ
Patients with active or suspected acute or chronic uncontrolled infection including abcesses or fistulae
Patients with a medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study or informed consent and/or history of noncompliance to medical regimens or inability or unwillingness to return for all scheduled visits
HIV+ patients
Pregnant or lactating females.
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