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"nct_id": "NCT01242631",
"official_title": "A Single Arm, Open-label Multicenter Phase II Trial of Everolimus in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Germ Cell Cancer",
"inclusion_criteria": "* Male patients >= 18 years old.\n* Patients with histologically proven seminomatous or non-seminomatous germ cell cancer\n* Disease progression during cisplatin-based chemotherapy or\n* Disease progression or relapse after high-dose chemotherapy or\n* Disease progression or relapse after at least 2 different cisplatin-based regimens and contraindications for high-dose chemotherapy.\n* Patients must have received prior combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine, oxaliplatin and paclitaxel (GOP). Prior treatment with a combination of two of these drugs is allowed in case of contraindications for GOP.\n* Disease progression at study entry: progressive disease according to RECIST criteria in baseline examinations or tumor marker increase > 25% within 4 weeks before study entry.\n* ECOG performance status <= 2.\n* Life expectancy >= 3 months.\n* Adequate bone marrow function: absolute neutrophil count >= 1.5 x 109/1, platelets >= 75 x 109/1, hemoglobin >= 9 g/dl.\n* Adequate liver function: serum bilirubin: <= 1.5x ULN, ALT and AST <= 2.5x ULN. For patients with known liver metastases: AST and ALT <= 5x ULN.\n* Adequate renal function: serum creatinine <= 2.0x ULN.\n* Patients must be surgically sterile or must agree to use effective contraception during study treatment.\n* Signed written informed consent.\nHealthy volunteers allowed\nMust be MALE\nMust have minimum age of 18 Years",
"exclusion_criteria": "* Systemic antitumor treatment within 21 days before study entry.\n* Simultaneous radiotherapy of the only target lesion(s).\n* Patients who have undergone major surgery within 4 weeks prior to starting study drug (e.g. intra-thoracic, intra-abdominal, or intra-pelvic) or significant traumatic injury, or who have not recovered from the side effects of any of the above\n* Patients who have previously received mTOR inhibitors (sirolimus, temsirolimus, everolimus).\n* Patients receiving chronic systemic treatment with corticosteroids (dose of >= 20 mg/day methylprednisone equivalent) or another immunosuppressive agent.\n* Patients with unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction <= 6 months prior to first study treatment, congestive heart failure NYHA III-IV or serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias.\n* Patients with severely impaired lung function: spirometry or DLCO < 50% of the normal predicted value.\n* Uncontrolled diabetes: fasting serum glucose > 2.0x ULN.\n* Patients with an active or uncontrolled infection, incl. chronic Hepatitis B or C\n* Patients who have a history of another primary malignancy and are off treatment for <= 3 years, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer.\n* Patients who have participated in another clinical trial within 30 days before study entry.\n* Other serious medical conditions that could impair the ability of the patient to participate in the study.\n* Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol.",
"miscellaneous_criteria": ""
},
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"line": "* Male patients >= 18 years old.",
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"exact_snippets": "histologically proven seminomatous ... germ cell cancer",
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"exact_snippets": "histologically proven ... non-seminomatous germ cell cancer",
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"line": "* Disease progression during cisplatin-based chemotherapy or",
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"exact_snippets": "Disease progression during cisplatin-based chemotherapy",
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"line": "* Disease progression or relapse after high-dose chemotherapy or",
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"line": "* Disease progression or relapse after at least 2 different cisplatin-based regimens and contraindications for high-dose chemotherapy.",
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"exact_snippets": "contraindications for high-dose chemotherapy",
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"line": "* Patients must have received prior combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine, oxaliplatin and paclitaxel (GOP). Prior treatment with a combination of two of these drugs is allowed in case of contraindications for GOP.",
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"exact_snippets": "Patients must have received prior combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine, oxaliplatin and paclitaxel (GOP).",
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"line": "* Disease progression at study entry: progressive disease according to RECIST criteria in baseline examinations or tumor marker increase > 25% within 4 weeks before study entry.",
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"exact_snippets": "tumor marker increase > 25% within 4 weeks before study entry",
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"line": "* ECOG performance status <= 2.",
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"line": "* Life expectancy >= 3 months.",
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"exact_snippets": "Life expectancy >= 3 months.",
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"exact_snippets": "Adequate bone marrow function: ... hemoglobin >= 9 g/dl",
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"line": "* Adequate liver function: serum bilirubin: <= 1.5x ULN, ALT and AST <= 2.5x ULN. For patients with known liver metastases: AST and ALT <= 5x ULN.",
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"exact_snippets": "Adequate liver function: serum bilirubin: <= 1.5x ULN",
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"exact_snippets": "ALT and AST <= 2.5x ULN",
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"exact_snippets": "ALT and AST <= 2.5x ULN",
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"exact_snippets": "For patients with known liver metastases: AST and ALT <= 5x ULN",
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"exact_snippets": "For patients with known liver metastases: AST and ALT <= 5x ULN",
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"line": "* Adequate renal function: serum creatinine <= 2.0x ULN.",
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"exact_snippets": "Adequate renal function: serum creatinine <= 2.0x ULN.",
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"line": "* Patients must be surgically sterile or must agree to use effective contraception during study treatment.",
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"line": "* Signed written informed consent.",
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"line": "* Systemic antitumor treatment within 21 days before study entry.",
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