- Patients will be carefully monitored for toxicity and response. A small, optimal two-stage phase II design with a target response rate of 25% will be used. Nine evaluable patients will be enrolled initially. If 1 or more of the first 9 have a response, then accrual would continue until a total of 24 patients have enrolled. If there are 3 or more responses in 24 (12.5% or more) patients, then this would be sufficiently interesting activity to warrant further study.