Gene Therapy in Preventing Cancer in Patients With Premalignant Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity or Pharynx

Oropharyngeal Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Clinical Protocol for Wild Type p53 Gene Induction in Premalignancies of Squamous Epithelium of the Oral Cavity and Oral Pharynx Via an Adenoviral Vector [NCI Supplied Agent Ad-p53, (INGN 201) (Advexin®) NSC 683550, IND# 7135]

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00064103
• Other study ID #: NCI-2012-02541
• Secondary ID: MDA-ID-00193P50C
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• First received: July 8, 2003
• Last updated: January 22, 2013
• Start date: June 2003

Study information

• Verified date: January 2013
• Source: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of gene therapy and to see how well it works in preventing cancer in patients with premalignant carcinoma of the oral cavity or pharynx. Inserting the p53 gene into a person's tumor cells may improve the body's ability to kill the tumor cells

Description:

OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the acute toxic effects of Ad5CMV-p53 gene administered as an oral rinse and as an intramucosal injection in patients with diffuse premalignant carcinoma of the oral cavity or oral pharynx.

II. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of this drug in these patients. III. Determine the topical transduction efficiency of adenoviral-mediated wild type p53 gene transfer in patients treated with this drug.

IV. Determine the efficacy of this drug in reversing the histology of oral premalignancies in these patients.

V. Determine the distribution of transgenic protein within the area of the premalignant lesion in patients treated with this drug.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, dose-escalation study of Ad5CMV-p53 gene administered as an oral rinse.

Phase I: Patients receive Ad5CMV-p53 gene by intramucosal injection into the area of the lesion followed at least 2 hours later by Ad5CMV-p53 gene as an oral rinse on day 1. Patients then receive Ad5CMV-p53 gene as an oral rinse twice daily on days 2-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of Ad5CMV-p53 gene as an oral rinse until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Phase II: Patients receive treatment with intramucosal Ad5CMV-p53 gene as in phase I and Ad5CMV-p53 gene as an oral rinse at the MTD. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 1 year, and then annually for 3 years. Patients then receive long-term follow-up annually for an additional 10 years.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 51
• Est. primary completion date: August 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed mild to moderate dysplasia OR severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ of the oral cavity or oral pharynx

• Clinically evident diffuse premalignant disease, defined by 1 of the following mucosal abnormalities:

• Extension between adjacent organ structures (e.g., lateral tongue, ventral tongue, and the floor of the mouth)

• Extensive surface area, including the entire ventral tongue or floor of the mouth or buccal mucosa, in a velvety "indiscreet" pattern

• Meets 1 of the following criteria:

• Previously treated with conventional treatment (e.g., radiotherapy or surgery) for a prior head and neck malignancy

• Failed biochemoprevention approaches for premalignant disease

• Failed other therapeutic approaches for premalignant disease

• No active squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

• Performance status - Karnofsky 70-100%

• Absolute granulocyte count at least 2,000/mm^3

• Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

• Bilirubin no greater than 1.0 mg/dL

• Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

• No hypertension (baseline blood pressure 140/90 mm Hg or higher)

• Not pregnant or nursing

• Negative pregnancy test

• Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception during and for 1 year after study participation

• HIV-1 negative

• No known contact with former tissue or organ transplantation recipients or individuals with severe immunodeficiency disease (acquired or congenital) during and for 28 days after study treatment

• No prior malignancy within the past 2 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer or aerodigestive cancer

• No active systemic viral, bacterial, or fungal infections requiring treatment

• No serious concurrent illness that would preclude study compliance and follow-up

• No psychological, familial, sociological, geographical, or other condition that would preclude study compliance and follow-up

• See Disease Characteristics

• More than 21 days since prior chemotherapy (42 days for mitomycin and nitrosoureas)

• No concurrent systemic chemotherapy

• No concurrent prednisone or the equivalent, including corticosteroids of more than 10 mg/day

• See Disease Characteristics

• More than 3 months since prior radiotherapy involving the lesion selected for this study

• No concurrent radiotherapy

• See Disease Characteristics

• More than 8 weeks since prior investigational agents

• No prior experimental therapy (i.e., oral, systemic, topical, or direct injection) for the lesion selected for treatment in this study

• No other concurrent immunosuppressive therapy

• No other concurrent investigational agents

• No concurrent aspirin dose greater than 175 mg/day

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
• Lip Neoplasms
• Mouth Neoplasms
• Oropharyngeal Cancer
• Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
• Stage 0 Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
• Stage 0 Oropharyngeal Cancer
• Tongue Cancer

Intervention

Biological:
• Ad5CMV-p53 gene
Given intramucosally or as oral rinse

Other:
• laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	M D Anderson Cancer Center	Houston	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency of adverse events		Up to 15 years	Yes
Primary	Severity of adverse events graded using the CTCAE version 3.0		Up to 15 years	Yes
Primary	Maximum tolerated dose of Ad5CMV-p53 gene	Evaluated by the frequency and relationship of dose-limiting toxicities, if any, experienced by patients during dose escalation.	6 months	Yes
Primary	Pharmacodynamics evaluated by examining the injected precancerous lesion for induction of apoptosis and expression of the p53 protein	Presented using descriptive statistics, frequency tabulations, and graphical displays over time by treatment cohort.	168 days	No