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FibrosisPhase 2ORT-OXI-2009NCT01822405

Treatment of Radiation-induced Fibrosis in the Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer by a Combination of Pentoxifylline-tocopherol and Hyperbaric Oxygen

A Phase 2 study testing pentoxifylline with tocopherol and pentoxifylline+tocopherol + Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in people with Fibrosis, run by Hospital Universitario de Canarias at 1 site in Spain.

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 The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.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

The pentoxifylline used with tocopherol achieves a certain effectiveness in the treatment of the fibrosis. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been recommended and used in a wide variety of medical conditions including the treatment of delayed radiation injuries (soft tissue and bony radiation necrosis). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Fibrosis
What is being tested?
pentoxifylline with tocopherol and pentoxifylline+tocopherol + Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
42 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
Jul 2010to Jul 2013
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

Who may be able to join

  • Over 18 years and under 70 years old.
  • Patients who have received radiotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer of upper aerodigestive tract, and have skin toxicity grade II or higher.
  • Follow-up for at least a year after the radiation treatment is completed.
  • Absence of tumor at the time of recruitment.
  • Patients with the capacity to give informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Allergy or hypersensitivity to Pentoxifylline or others xanthines, or to Tocopherol (vitamin E).
  • Patients taking oral anticoagulants (acenocoumarol, warfarin).
  • Known hemorrhagic/coagulation disorder.
  • Vitamin K deficiency due to any cause.
  • Use of estrogens oral contraceptives.
  • Serious bleeding or extensive retinal hemorrhage.
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  • Ischaemic heart diseases, including recent Myocardial Infarction.
  • Serious cardiac arrhythmia.
  • Severe liver disease.
  • Severe renal failure (creatinine clearance <30 mL/min).
  • Hypotension.
  • Patients with metal objects or electronic devices such as cardiac pacemakers, artificial heart valves or cochlear implants, or any other contraindication for MRI
  • Contraindication for Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
  • Patients with mobility problems.
  • Female patients who are pregnant or lactating
  • Any other situation or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with optimal participation in the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Claudio Otón, MD contact

coton@ull.es

Spain1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario de Canarias

    San Cristóbal de La Laguna, S/C de Tenerife, 38320

    Claudio Otón, MD, coton@ull.es

    Claudio Otón, MD

    Recruiting

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About this study

The pentoxifylline used with tocopherol achieves a certain effectiveness in the treatment of the fibrosis.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been recommended and used in a wide variety of medical conditions including the treatment of delayed radiation injuries (soft tissue and bony radiation necrosis). The hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases the formation of granulation tissue and produces angiogenesis maintained after use.

Read the detailed description

Patients with head and neck tumors often present superficial radiation induced fibrosis and other late complications of radiotherapy that can seriously affect their quality of life.

The pentoxifylline used with tocopherol achieves a certain effectiveness in the treatment of the fibrosis.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been recommended and used in a wide variety of medical conditions including the treatment of delayed radiation injuries (soft tissue and bony radiation necrosis). The hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases the formation of granulation tissue and produces angiogenesis maintained after use.

Both treatments in combination could produce a synergistic effect because the angiogenesis induced by hyperbaric oxygen therapy allow better access to drugs to the injury. The magnetic resonance, provides data of the fibrosis and other side effects of radiotherapy.

Conditions
Fibrosis
Being tested
pentoxifylline with tocopherol, pentoxifylline+tocopherol + Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Medical subject headings
Fibrosis

What participants receive

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

  • pentoxifylline with tocopherolDrug

    Pentoxifylline 800 mg/day (400 mg/12hours) + Vitamin E (alfa-tocopherol) 1000 mg/day,oral during 6 months

  • pentoxifylline+tocopherol + Hyperbaric Oxygen TherapyOther

    pentoxifylline 800 mg/day (400 mg/12hours) + Vitamin E (alfa-tocopherol) 1000 mg/day, oral during 6 months.

    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at 100% in 25 sessions of 90 minutes 5 days per week (5 weeks) at 2,4 Ata in Hyperbaric chamber, starting in 3 or 9 weeks after randomization and beginning of drug treatment.

Study groups in NCT01822405
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Pentoxifylline + TocopherolActive comparatorPentoxifylline 800 mg/day (400 mg/12hours) + Tocopherol 1000 mg/day oral during 6 months
Receives: Drug: pentoxifylline with tocopherol
pentoxifylline + tocopherol + Hyperbaric Oxygen TherapyExperimentalNot described
Receives: Other: pentoxifylline+tocopherol + Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

What is being measured

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

  1. Change in skin fibrosis measured by MRI

    The change is calculated as the latest time point (6 months) minus the earliest time point (baseline)

    Measured: From baseline to 6 month of starting treatment

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Clinical assessment of the radiation late (delayed) toxicity for mucosal membranes, salivary glands, larynx and skin by the LENT-SOMA scale (Late Effect Normal Tissue Task Force / Subjective, Objective, Management, Analytic scale)

    The change is calculated as the latest time point (6 months) minus the earliest time point (baseline)

    Measured: Baseline and 6 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted2 Apr 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2010
  3. Primary completionJul 2013 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJul 2013 (estimated)

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
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
42 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01822405
Sponsor's protocol ID
ORT-OXI-2009
Acronym
ORT-OXI-2009
Status last verified
Mar 2013
First submitted
21 Mar 2013
Last updated
2 Apr 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing pentoxifylline with tocopherol and pentoxifylline+tocopherol + Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in people with Fibrosis, run by Hospital Universitario de Canarias at 1 site in Spain.

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 5 inclusion and 16 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Apr 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 Spain. 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?

Contact Claudio Otón, MD (coton@ull.es), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change in skin fibrosis measured by MRI (time frame: From baseline to 6 month of starting treatment). 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 2 Apr 2013.

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