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Lung CancerNCT00754910

Photodynamic Therapy Using Porfimer Sodium in Treating Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer And Bronchial Disease

An observational study of Lung Cancer, run by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, cancer cells are killed. This may be effective against non-small cell lung cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
porfimer sodium and bronchoscopy
How many people
35 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Dec 2008to Mar 2016
Phase
Observational
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

Study population: lung cancer patients

Who may be able to join

  • Patients that have a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer, of any stage, with obstructive or hemorrhagic endobronchial disease receiving PDT treatment.

Who cannot join

  • Patients that have undergone PDT, chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the past 3 months will not be considered for enrollment.
  • Patients taking antioxidant therapy will be excluded from enrollment due to potential interaction with the potential oxidative mechanism of action of Photofrin®. These antioxidants would include beta-carotene, lutein, Lycopene, Selenium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Ohio State University Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1240

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About this study

Official title: Immunobiology of Photodynamic Therapy in Lung Cancer Patients

RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, cancer cells are killed. This may be effective against non-small cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well photodynamic therapy using porfimer sodium works in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer and bronchial disease.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To test the hypothesis that the immune response in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) is T cell mediated.

Secondary

  • To test the hypothesis that PDT potentially affects survival rates in these patients.
  • To test the hypothesis that T lymphocytes mediate an immune response that affects survival in PDT treated patients.

OUTLINE: Patients deemed suitable for photodynamic therapy (PDT) are offered PDT. Patients are divided into 2 groups according to whether or not they receive PDT. All patients are referred to radiation and medical oncology for standard of care adjuvant therapy (beginning after completion of this study).

  • Group 1 (PDT): Patients receive porfimer sodium IV over 3-5 minutes and undergo irradiation with red light 48 hours later. Patients receive 2 more treatments at 2-day intervals.
  • Group 2 (non-PDT): Patients undergo a baseline bronchoscopy and a repeat bronchoscopy at 4 weeks.

Blood sample, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and tumor tissue are collected after each treatment (group 1) or at time of each bronchoscopy (group 2) and assayed for the presence of lymphocyte phenotypes Th1, Th2, Treg, and Th17. After completion of study therapy, patients are followed at 1 month after PDT and then every 3 months for 3 years.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Being tested
porfimer sodium, bronchoscopy
Keywords
stage I non-small cell lung cancer, stage II non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV non-small cell lung cancer, recurrent non-small cell lung cancer
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

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

  • porfimer sodiumDrug

    Given IV

  • bronchoscopyProcedure or surgery

    Patients undergo bronchoscopy

Study groups in NCT00754910
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group 1Patients receive porfimer sodium IV over 3-5 minutes and undergo irradiation with red light 48 hours later. Patients receive 2 more treatments at 2-day intervals.
Receives: Drug: porfimer sodium; Procedure: bronchoscopy

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Determine the cytokine phenotype found in collected specimens of lung cancer patients treated with photodynamic therapy.

    Tumor tissue, broncheoalveolar fluid and blood from enrolled patients will be assayed for the presence of the following defined lymphocyte phenotypes

    Measured: up to one year

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Correlate the cytokine phenotype of patients undergoing PDT treatment with survival

    The immune response that is established will be statistically correlated with the survival rate measured at 6 months and 1 year. This will allow us to discern if a higher survival rate is associated with a specific immune response.

    Measured: up to one year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted18 Sep 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2008
  3. Primary completionMar 2016
  4. Study completionMar 2016

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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
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
35 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00754910
Sponsor's protocol ID
OSU-07115
Other IDs
NCI-2011-03195
Status last verified
Jul 2018
First submitted
17 Sep 2008
Last updated
5 Jul 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Lung Cancer, run by Ohio State University 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?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Jul 2018. 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.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Determine the cytokine phenotype found in collected specimens of lung cancer patients treated with photodynamic therapy. (time frame: up to one year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

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 5 Jul 2018.

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