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Fallopian Tube CancerPhase 2NCT00005025

Gene Therapy in Treating Women With Refractory or Relapsed Ovarian Epithelial Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, or Peritoneal Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing herpes simplex thymidine kinase and ganciclovir in people with Fallopian Tube Cancer and Ovarian Cancer, run by John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Gene therapy may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of gene therapy in treating women who have refractory or relapsed ovarian epithelial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or peritoneal cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
What is being tested?
herpes simplex thymidine kinase and ganciclovir
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jun 2000to not given
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed, refractory or relapsed, ovarian epithelial adenocarcinoma, fallopian tube cancer, or extraovarian peritoneal cancer for which no curative therapy exists
  • Must have tissue available from tumor biopsy to grow tumor cells ex vivo
  • Must have failed standard therapy with both a platinum agent (cisplatin or carboplatin) and paclitaxel
  • Site of disease must be less than 5 cm in greatest diameter
  • Evaluable disease by CT scan, physical exam, or laparoscopy
  • No significant peritoneal fibrosis either from disease or prior surgery
  • Surgical lysis of adhesions allowed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC greater than 2,000/mm3
  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm3
  • Platelet count at least 50,000/mm3
  • Hemoglobin at least 8.5 g/dL (without transfusion)

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
  • SGOT or SGPT no greater than 4 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 4 times ULN
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen test required prior to study if transaminases greater than 2.0 times ULN
  • No hepatitis B surface antigen
  • Amylase normal
  • PT and PTT normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No cardiac dysfunction by history and exam
  • No ischemic heart disease that may be considered anesthetic or operative risk

Pulmonary:

  • No lung disease that may be considered anesthetic or operative risk

Other:

  • HIV negative
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • No acute viral, bacterial, or fungal infection requiring medication within 14 days prior to study
  • No patient with greater than 2 L of ascites at the time of intraperitoneal infusion
  • No underlying condition that would preclude compliance
  • No allergies to study reagent

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other:

  • No concurrent high dose vitamin regimens

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Human Gene Therapy Research Institute

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50309

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Trial of In Vivo Gene Therapy With the Herpes Simplex Thymidine Kinase for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

RATIONALE: Gene therapy may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of gene therapy in treating women who have refractory or relapsed ovarian epithelial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or peritoneal cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the efficacy and safety of in vivo gene therapy with herpes simplex thymidine kinase (HSVtk) vector producer cells (VPC) followed by ganciclovir in women with refractory or relapsed ovarian epithelial adenocarcinoma, fallopian tube cancer, or peritoneal cancer.
  • Determine any development of systemic immunity to this regimen or tumor in these patients.
  • Determine the toxic effects of intraperitoneal HSVtk VPC in these patients.

OUTLINE: All patients receive an intraperitoneal catheter prior to infusion.

Patients receive herpes simplex thymidine kinase (HSVtk) vector producer cells (VPC) IP over 15-60 minutes on day 0, followed by ganciclovir IV 2 times daily on days 28-41. Treatment repeats for up to 3 courses in patients with stable or responsive disease.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14-20 patients will be accrued for this study within 18-24 months.

Being tested
herpes simplex thymidine kinase, ganciclovir
Keywords
recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, primary peritoneal cavity cancer
Medical subject headings
Fallopian Tube Neoplasms, Ovarian Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • herpes simplex thymidine kinaseBiological

  • ganciclovirDrug

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 May 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2000

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00005025
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000067546
Other IDs
HGTRI-0105, NCI-V00-1584
Status last verified
Mar 2003
First submitted
6 Apr 2000
Last updated
6 Nov 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing herpes simplex thymidine kinase and ganciclovir in people with Fallopian Tube Cancer and Ovarian Cancer, run by John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Nov 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Nov 2013.

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