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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02153229
Other study ID # UPCC 14513
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date May 2014
Est. completion date December 2024

Study information

Verified date August 2023
Source Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Contact Sally McNulty, RN
Phone 215-662-7720
Email Sally.Mcnulty@uphs.upenn.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized Phase II trial to test whether the addition of intraoperative Photofrin-mediated photodynamic therapy to radical pleurectomy and post-operative chemo.improves OS in the treatment of patients with epithelioid MPM. Subjects assigned to the PDT arm will be given the photosensitizer prior to surgery . All subjects will receive maximal surgical debulking. Subjects in the PDT arm will receive intraoperative treatment using real-time, isotropic light dosimetry.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 102
Est. completion date December 2024
Est. primary completion date May 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients with a histologic diagnosis of MPM, epithelioid subtype, who in the opinion of the attending thoracic surgeon can receive a macroscopically complete resection of tumor. - Patients must have disease limited to the hemithorax. - Patients who have received prior surgery, gene therapy, or combination chemotherapy will be permitted if it has been at least 30 days since the last treatment. - Subjects treated with pemetrexed previously will be eligible only if 30 days have elapsed between the last dose of pemetrexed and the date of surgery. - ECOG performance status of 0-1. - Medical suitability for resection, including documented medical and cardiac clearance. - 18 years of age or older. - Patients must sign a document that indicates that they are aware of the investigative nature of the treatment of this protocol, and the potential benefits and risks. Patients unwilling or unable due to cognitive impairment to sign informed consent are excluded from the study. EXCLUSION CRITERIA - Patients with active invasive cancers, other than MPM, that require additional treatment, except non-melanomatous skin cancer, superficial bladder or cervical cancer, and early-stage prostate cancer - Pregnant or lactating patients. - Patients who have a history of HIV disease. - Patients who have a white count less than 2,500 per cubic mm or platelets less than 100,000/cubic mm. - Serum creatinine equal or greater than 2.5 mg/deciliter. - Patients who have severe liver disease including cirrhosis, Grade III-IV elevations in liver function studies, or bilirubin in excess of 1.5 mg/deciliter. - Patients with porphyria or hypersensitivity to porphyrin or porphyrin-like compounds. - Patients who have been treated with pemetrexed if the last dose of pemetrexed is < 30 days to the date of surgery. - Patients that have been treated with prior Mantle field radiation. - Patients with distant metastatic disease or otherwise not confined to the ipsilateral hemithorax. - Subjects who have received more than 2 doses of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Radiation:
Photodynamic Therapy

Procedure:
Radical Pleurectomy

Radiation:
Chemotherapy

Drug:
Photofrin 2.0 mg/kg
If randomized to the RP with PDT arm, subject will receive Photofrin 2.0 mg/kg as an intravenous infusion 24 hours (range 18-30 hours) prior to intra-operative light delivery (PDT) during radical pleurectectomy

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Rosewell Park Buffalo New York
United States Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Survival months 4 years
Secondary Progression-free survival months 4 years
Secondary Local Control progression with death as a competing risk 4 years
Secondary Receipt of Pembrolizumab 4 years