Combination Therapy With 5-Fluorouracil and Photodynamic Therapy in Post-transplant Premalignant Skin Disease

Actinic Keratosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Combination Therapy With 5-Fluorouracil and Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Post-transplant Premalignant Skin Disease

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01525329
• Other study ID #: 09-1050
• Secondary ID: 1R21CA156227-01A
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: September 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: The Cleveland Clinic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This randomized, intra-patient comparative study is designed to investigate the combination regimen of 5-fluorouracil cream (5FU) and Photodynamic Therapy (PDT), versus PDT alone, for its ability to generate significantly elevated levels of the target photosensitizer, protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), in lesions of actinic keratoses (AKs) and to more effectively treat and prevent recurrence of AKs. The target population comprises patients with solid organ transplants (renal, hepatic), as well as normal (immunocompetent) subjects to control for possible influences of immunosuppression.

Description:

This clinical trial will test a new combination of 5-fluorouracil cream (5FU) and methylaminolevulinate photodynamic therapy (MAL-PDT), versus MAL-PDT alone, as treatment for actinic keratoses (AKs) in immunosuppressed organ transplant recipients (OTRs) and an immunocompetent control group. Objectives: 1) Determine whether topical pretreatment with 5-FU selectively increases the amount of photosensitizer (PpIX) produced within AK lesions, relative to non-pretreated lesions. 2) Determine whether the combination treatment improves lesion resolution and reduces the incidence of new AKs. 3) Determine whether biomarkers in tissue and blood are predictive of patient responsiveness to 5FU (PpIX induction, new lesion incidence, and clinical toxicity).

We plan to enroll 20 organ transplant recipients and 20 normal patients, with AKs on face, scalp, ears, forearms or back of the hand through Dermatology and Transplant Clinic at Cleveland Clinic. Women of childbearing age must use contraception and have a negative pregnancy test.

Study participants will apply 5FU daily for 6 days; MAL/PDT is administered on 7th day. PpIX will be measured in lesions using a noninvasive dosimeter. Biopsies will be taken from selected lesions, and AKs will be photographed. Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire to document adverse events. Patients are evaluated at day 14, and months 3, 6, 9, 12, to document AK clearance and new lesion appearance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: November 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• At least 18 years of age

• At least four (4) actinic keratoses, located on face, ears, scalp, forearms and/or dorsal hands. - Patients in the solid organ transplant arm of the study must have had either a kidney or liver transplant, and the transplantation surgery must have occurred at least 2 years prior to enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or nursing

• Currently participating in another clinical trial

• Using any topical treatment for their actinic keratoses

• Currently being treated for other cancers with medical or radiation therapy

• Patients with a known hypersensitivity to 5-aminolevulinic acid, 5-fluorouracil or any component of the study material

• Patients with a history of a photosensitivity disease, including porphyria cutanea tarda

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Actinic Keratosis
• Keratosis
• Keratosis, Actinic
• Organ or Tissue Transplant; Complications
• Precancerous Conditions
• Skin Diseases

Intervention

Drug:
• 5-Fluorouracil
All patients will receive one cream, 5-Fluorouracil, and will be instructed to apply the cream according to the randomization schema to AKs on either the right or left side of the face/scalp once a day for 6 days prior to PDT. A baseline measurement of the tumor's ability to produce PpIX will be done by applying methyl-aminolevulinic acid (Metvixia® topical cream) to the selected AKs and using the Aurora© dosimeter. Prior to Metvixia, and again 3 hours after application, surface measurements of the PpIX fluorescence will be taken. Then, the two largest precancer lesions (one on the left side, one on the right side) will be biopsied under local anesthesia, followed by red light PDT (lasting ~8 minutes). The biopsy sites will be shielded from the light with a circular spot bandage.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Cleveland Clinic	Cleveland	Ohio

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Cleveland Clinic	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Accumulation of Porphyrin (PpIX)	The primary endpoint of this study will be the accumulation of PpIX at 3 h after MAL application (measured noninvasively, in each treated region).; (Region refers to the half-face or half-scalp area treated with PDT monotherapy, or the contralateral area treated with the 5-FU/PDT combination regimen).	Day 7 of the study
Secondary	Actinic Keratosis (AK) Clearance	Rate of AK clearance (Analyzed by linear mixed-effect model)	AK counts, over a 12-month period