Surgery and Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma

NCT ID: NCT00054002

Last Updated: 2011-03-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-03-31

Study Completion Date

2010-12-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses light and drugs that make cancer cells more sensitive to light to kill cancer cells. Combining photodynamic therapy with surgery may be an effective treatment for malignant mesothelioma.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining photodynamic therapy with surgery in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the feasibility of adjuvant photodynamic therapy with large diffuser fibers in patients with malignant mesothelioma undergoing surgery.
* Compare results of this regimen in these patients to historical controls.
* Determine the toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot study.

Patients receive porfimer sodium IV over 5-10 minutes on day 1. Patients undergo pleurectomy or pleuropneumonectomy followed by intracavitary photodynamic therapy on day 3.

Patients are followed at 1 month, every 4 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months for 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Conditions

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Malignant Mesothelioma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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adjuvant therapy

Lung surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

conventional surgery

Lung surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

porfimer sodium

iv

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically or cytologically confirmed malignant mesothelioma, including the following cell types:

* Mixed mesothelial
* Sarcomatous
* Stage I or II disease using the Butchart system as determined by CT scan or MRI
* Disease confined to 1 hemithorax
* No tumor involvement of esophagus or heart as evidenced by CT scan

* Pericardial or diaphragmatic involvement allowed if disease is limited to the ipsilateral chest
* N2 disease allowed if no contralateral pleural involvement
* No adenocarcinoma or nonmesothelioma sarcoma of the chest wall

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 and over

Performance status

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* WBC greater than 4,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin greater than 8.5 g/dL (transfusion allowed)

Hepatic

* Bilirubin less than 3.0 mg/dL
* Alkaline phosphatase less than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* SGOT less than 2 times ULN

Renal

* Creatinine less than 3.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular

* No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months

Pulmonary

* Arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO\_2) less than 50 torr at rest
* Predicted postoperative FEV\_1 at least 800 mL with maximum oxygen consumption/kg at least 15 mL/min
* Predicted postoperative total lung capacity at least 40% of hemoglobin and alveolar ventilation

Other

* Not pregnant
* No other concurrent malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer
* No contraindication to general anesthetic
* No history of porphyria
* No indicated sensitivity to porfimer sodium

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* More than 30 days since prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* No prior radiotherapy to the chest
* No prior radiotherapy for mesothelioma

Surgery

* Not specified
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Principal Investigators

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Todd L. Demmy, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Locations

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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RPCI-RP-9812

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000269674

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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