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Malignant MesotheliomaPhase 2NCT00024271

Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Peritoneal Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing recombinant interferon gamma, cisplatin and doxorubicin hydrochloride in people with Malignant Mesothelioma, run by Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Unknown status

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 The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.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: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving the drugs directly into the tumor after surgery and combining them with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Malignant Mesothelioma
What is being tested?
recombinant interferon gamma, cisplatin and doxorubicin hydrochloride
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
May 2001to 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
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed malignant mesothelioma
  • Measurable or evaluable disease
  • Ineligible for other high-priority study
  • No CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Over 18

Performance status:

  • SWOG 0-2
  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

  • More than 2 months

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC greater than 3,000/mm3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine clearance at least 45 mL/min
  • BUN less than 1.5 times normal
  • No significant calcium abnormalities

Cardiovascular:

  • No symptomatic cardiovascular disease
  • No New York Heart Association class II, III, or IV heart disease
  • No congestive heart failure
  • No angina pectoris
  • No cardiac arrhythmia
  • No uncontrolled hypertension

Other:

  • No significant phosphate, electrolyte, or other metabolic abnormalities (e.g., metabolic acidosis)
  • No uncontrolled psychiatric disorder or neurologic disease
  • No seizure disorder
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or skin cancer
  • No other serious medical or psychiatric illness
  • No uncontrolled serious infection
  • No senility or emotional instability
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens
  • No more than 1 prior intraperitoneal chemotherapy regimen
  • More than 6 weeks since prior chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • No concurrent hormonal therapy except for nondisease-related conditions (e.g., insulin for diabetes)
  • Concurrent steroids for antiemesis, premedication, adrenal failure, or septic shock allowed

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior abdominal, pelvic, or lower chest radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • Prior surgical resection preceding disease recurrence allowed
  • More than 1 week since prior surgery

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University

    New York, New York, 10032

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Trial Of Combined Resection, Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, And Whole Abdominal Radiation For Treatment Of Peritoneal Mesothelioma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving the drugs directly into the tumor after surgery and combining them with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy in treating patients who have peritoneal cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the response rate, duration of response, and duration of survival of patients with peritoneal mesothelioma treated with surgery, intraperitoneal chemotherapy, and whole abdominal radiotherapy.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo initial surgery, including total omentectomy and excision of gross disease. Approximately 3-4 weeks after surgery, patients receive intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy consisting of doxorubicin IP over 2 hours once weekly on weeks 1, 4, 7, and 10 and cisplatin IP and gemcitabine IP once weekly on weeks 2, 5, 8, and 11. Patients also receive interferon gamma IP once weekly on weeks 13-16.

At approximately week 18-20, patients undergo second-look surgery. Patients with no gross disease receive hyperthermia mitomycin IP and cisplatin IP over 90 minutes.

Approximately 2-4 weeks after second-look surgery, patients undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 5-7 weeks. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually for 5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
recombinant interferon gamma, cisplatin, doxorubicin hydrochloride, gemcitabine hydrochloride, mitomycin C
Keywords
localized malignant mesothelioma, advanced malignant mesothelioma, recurrent malignant mesothelioma
Medical subject headings
Mesothelioma, Malignant

What participants receive

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

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2001

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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
NCT00024271
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000068907
Other IDs
CPMC-IRB-13799, NCI-G01-2015
Status last verified
Jan 2004
First submitted
13 Sep 2001
Last updated
6 Jan 2014
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing recombinant interferon gamma, cisplatin and doxorubicin hydrochloride in people with Malignant Mesothelioma, run by Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer 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 Jan 2014. 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 Jan 2014.

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