Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00003044

Last Updated: 2013-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

55 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1996-09-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of cisplatin and epinephrine administered directly into the tumor in treating patients who have primary liver cancer that cannot be removed during surgery.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the safety and efficacy of cisplatin-epinephrine injectable gel (Intradose MPI-5010) in patients with unresectable primary hepatocellular carcinoma.

OUTLINE: This is an open label, two stage, multicenter study. Patients receive intratumoral treatment with ciplatin-epinephrine (MPI-5010) once weekly, for up to four treatments within a six week period, followed by an evaluation two weeks after last treatment. Immediately after the first course, an optional second course of treatment may be undertaken at the discretion of the investigator. Patients with a complete response, partial response, and/or an increase in necrosis of at least 30% of total treated tumor volume will be followed monthly for up to 6 months. At the completion of 6 months follow up or following documentation of disease progression or development of new tumors, patients are monitored for survival in an extended follow up period. All nonresponders at the last 2 week posttreatment evaluation are entered in the extended follow up and monitored monthly for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Up to 55 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Liver Cancer

Keywords

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localized unresectable adult primary liver cancer

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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cisplatin-e therapeutic implant

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven unresectable primary hepatocellular carcinoma No major vessel involvement Disease must be confined to the liver (no extrahepatic disease) Patients have no more than 3 tumors, with no tumor exceeding 7 cm in diameter, and the sum total tumor volume less than 200 cm3

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance Status: Karnofsky 40-100% Life Expectancy: At least 4 months Hematopoietic: Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL Platelet count at least 75,000/mm3 Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,000/mm3 PT within 3 seconds of institutional norm Hepatic: SGPT no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT no greater than 3 times ULN Child-Pugh grade A or B Albumin at least 25 g/L Bilirubin no greater than 2.98 mg/dL Absent or easily controlled ascites not requiring routine or intermittent paracentesis Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.3 times ULN OR Creatinine clearance at least 45 mL/min Cardiovascular: No coronary artery disease No New York Heart Association class III or greater cardiac symptoms Other: Not pregnant or nursing No medical or psychiatric condition compromising informed consent No obesity or tumor location that would limit adequate tumor imaging No history of bleeding from liver tumor(s) or gastroesophageal bleeding No known hypersensitivity to cisplatin, bovine collagen, epinephrine, sulfites or radiographic contrast agents No history of encephalopathy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior biologic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma No concurrent immunomodulating agents Chemotherapy: No prior or concurrent chemotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma No concurrent cytotoxic agents Endocrine therapy: No prior endocrine therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma Surgery: Prior surgical resection of the liver allowed Other: No concurrent use of aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, anticoagulants including warfarin sodium (Coumadin), and epinephrine containing medications including topical anesthetics such as bupivacaine HCl No prior investigational agents within 4 weeks of study No concurrent use of probenecid or thiazides Concurrent use of analgesics and antiemetics is allowed Concurrent use of topical and other local anesthetics, locoregional nerve blocks, and systemic agents is allowed
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Matrix Pharmaceutical

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Richard D. Leavitt, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Matrix Pharmaceutical

Locations

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Johns Hopkins Oncology Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Prince of Wales Hospital

Shatin, New Territories, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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United States Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

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MP-417-96-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-V97-1290

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000065675

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id