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Phase 3 Trial of Litx™ Plus Chemotherapy vs. Chemotherapy Only Treating Colorectal Cancer Patients With Recurrent Liver Metastases

Basic Trial Information
Trial Description
     Summary
     Further Trial Information
     Eligibility Criteria
Trial Contact Information

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase III


Treatment


Active


18 and over


Pharmaceutical / Industry


LSO-OL006
NCT00440310

Trial Description

Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess the progression free survival and overall survival of patients treated with Litx™ + chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in the treatment of Colorectal Cancer with recurrent liver metastases, and to demonstrate the safety of Litx™ therapy.

Litx™ consists of a light-activated drug, talaporfin sodium (LS11, Light Sciences Oncology, Snoqualmie, Washington), and a light generating device, composed of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), that is energized by a power controller and percutaneously placed in the target tumor tissue inside the body.

Further Study Information

Randomized, stratified, two arm study:

  • Litx™ and chemotherapy arm (FOLFOX4 or FOLFIRI)
  • Chemotherapy only arm (FOLFOX4 or FOLFIRI)

For patients who have progressed on FOLFIRI, they will be treated with Litx™ plus FOLFOX4 versus FOLFOX4 alone; and for patients who have progressed on FOLFOX, they will be treated with Litx™ plus FOLFIRI versus FOLFIRI alone.

Stratification upon enrollment by chemotherapy and tumor sum of the longest diameter (SLD) (SLD <4 cm or SLD ≥4 cm but ≤7.5 cm).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with recurrent metastatic liver lesions from colorectal cancer who progressed on either FOLFOX or FOLFIRI
  • Biopsy proven evidence of colorectal cancer
  • At least one liver lesion that can be measured in one dimension at >10 mm with spiral CT scan (CT preferred but MRI allowed)
  • ECOG Performance Status 0-2
  • Life expectancy of at least 16 weeks
  • At least 30 days must have elapsed since the completion of any prior antineoplastic therapy and the patient must have recovered from acute side effects before day 0
  • Understanding and ability to sign written informed consent
  • 18 years of age or more
  • Adequate hematologic, liver and renal functions as evidenced by the following: WBC > 2.5 × 10^9/L ; Platelet Count > 100 × 10^9/L ; Hemoglobin > 90 g/L ; Neutrophils >1.5 × 10^9/L ; PT and PTT < 1.5 Control ; SGOT, SGPT < 5 × ULN ; GGT < 5 × ULN ; Alkaline phosphatase < 5 × ULN ; Bilirubin < 3 × ULN ; Creatinine < 1.5 × ULN

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are candidates for complete surgical resection
  • Patients who received bevacuzimab (Avastin®) or cetuximab (Erbitux®) within 30 days of randomization. Use of bevacuzimab or cetuximab is prohibited while participating in this study
  • Patients who would require more than a total number of 12 light source applications over three Litx™ experimental treatments (no more than 4 light sources per treatment).
  • Patients who have a single measurable tumor greater than 7.5 cm in any organ
  • Target lesions irradiated within 3 months of randomization
  • Patients with tumor involvement in greater than 50% of parenchyma of the liver
  • Evidence of major vessel invasion of any organ
  • Patients with any non-colorectal cancers except for adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for ≥ 3 years, or other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for ≥ 5 years
  • Known sensitivity to porphyrin-type drugs or known history of porphyria
  • Pregnancy or breast-feeding patients. A negative pregnancy test (urine or serum) from women of childbearing age is required prior to enrollment. A fertile patient must use effective contraception during participation in the study
  • Concurrent participation in another clinical trial involving experimental treatment
  • Any concurrent disease or condition that in the opinion of the investigator impairs the patient's ability to complete the trial such as psychological, familial, sociological, geographical or medical conditions which in the Principal Investigator's opinion could compromise compliance with the objectives and procedures of this protocol or obscure interpretation of the trial's data.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations/Sponsors

Light Sciences Corporation

Sy-Shi Wang, PhDStudy Director

Trial Sites

Austria
  Feldkirch
 Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch
 Alois Lang, MD
  Email: alois.lang@lkhf.at
 Alois Lang, MDPrincipal Investigator
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Mostar
 Clinical Hospital Mostar, Internal Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology
 Milenko Bevanda, D.Sci
  Email: daniela.bevanda@tel.net.ba
 Milenko Bevanda, D.SciPrincipal Investigator
  Sarajevo
 Clinical Centre of the University of Sarajevo, Institute of Oncology
 Semir Bešlija, MD
  Email: onkokcus@bih.net.ba
 Semir Bešlija, MDPrincipal Investigator
Croatia
  Rijeka
 Clinical Centre Rijeka, Department of Internal Medicine
 Davor Štimac, M.D., Ph.D
  Email: Interna-rijeka@kbc-rijeka.hr
 Davor Štimac, MD, PhDPrincipal Investigator
  Zagreb
 Clinical Centre Zagreb, Clinical Oncology
 Zdenko Krajina, MD
  Email: zdenko.krajina@gmail.com
 Zdenko Krajina, MDPrincipal Investigator
 Klinicka Bolnica Dubrava
 Zeljko Cabrijan, MD
  Email: zeljko.cabrijan@zg.t-com.hr
 Milan Kujundži, MD, PhDPrincipal Investigator
Germany
  Frankfurt
 Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat
 Thomas Vogl, MD
  Email: t.vogl@em.uni-frankfurt.de
 Thomas Vogl, MDPrincipal Investigator
  Halle
 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
 Dirk Arnold, MD
  Email: dirk.arnold@medizin.uni-halle.de
 Dirk Arnold, MDPrincipal Investigator
Italy
  Ancona
 Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Riunti
 Stefano Cascinu, MD
  Email: s.cascinu@ao-umbertoprimo.marche.it
 Stefano CascinuPrincipal Investigator
Latvia
  Riga
 Riga Eastern Hospital, Latvian Oncology Center
 Krumins Viesturs, MD
  Email: viesturs@onkoc.mt.lv
 Krumins Viesturs, MDPrincipal Investigator
Poland
  Kraków
 Centrum Onkologii - Instytut im. Marii Sklodowskiej -Curie Oddzial w Krakowie
 Janusz Rolski, MD
  Email: cht-krak@wp.pl
 Janusz Rolski, MDPrincipal Investigator
 Szpital Uniwersytecki CMUJ, Klinika Chirurgii Ogólnej i Gastroenterologicznej
 Jan Kulig, MD
  Email: mskulig@cyf-kr.edu.pl
 Jan Kulig, MDPrincipal Investigator
  Lódz
 Szpital Wojewódzki im. M. Kopernika, Klinika Chemioterapii Onkologicznej
 Anna Pluzanska, MD
  Email: apluzanska@o2.pl
 Anna Pluzanska, MDPrincipal Investigator
  Lublin
 Klinika Chirurgii Onkologicznej
 Wojciech Polkowski, MD
  Email: wojciech.polkowski@am.lublin.pl
 Wojciech Polkowski, MDPrincipal Investigator
  Szczecin
 Klinika Chirurgii Ogólnej i Onkologicznej
 Józef Kladny, MD
  Email: jkladny@sci.pam.szczecin.pl
 Józef Kladny, MDPrincipal Investigator
  Warszawa
 Centrum Onkologii - Instytut im. Marii Sklodowskiej -Curie, Klinika Nowotworów Jelita Grubego
 Marek Nowacki, MD
  Email: dyrektor@coi.waw.pl
 Marek Nowacki, MDPrincipal Investigator
Romania
  Bucharest
 Institutul Clinic Fundeni
 Irinel Popescu, MD
  Email: irinel.popescu@icfundeni.ro
 Irinel Popescu, MDPrincipal Investigator
  Iasi
 St. Spiridon University Emergency Hospital
 Tarcoveanu Eugen, MD
  Email: etarco@iasi.mednet.ro
 Tarcoveanu Eugen, MDPrincipal Investigator
  Timisoara
 Oncology Institute "Ion Chircuta" Cluj-Napoca
 Ciuleanu Tudor-Eliade, MD, PhD
  Email: tudor@iocn.ro
 Ciuleanu Tudor-Eliade, MD, PhDPrincipal Investigator
Serbia
  Belgrade
 Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia
 Dusanka Jelecanin
  Email: jelecanind@ncrc.ac.yu
 Ivan Popov, MDPrincipal Investigator
 Military Medical Academy
 Radoje Doder, MD
  Email: doder@eunet.yu
 Radoje Doder, MDPrincipal Investigator
  Sremska Kamenica
 Institute of Oncology
 Matejasev Stanka
  Email: matejasev.stanka@onko.onk.ns.ac.yu
 Dusan Jovanovic, MD, PhDPrincipal Investigator
Slovakia
  Bratislava
 St. Elizabeth Cancer Institute
 Stanislav Špánik, MD
  Email: sspanik@ousa.sk
 Stanislav Špánik, MDPrincipal Investigator
Sweden
  Stockholm
 Karolinska University Hospital
 Ake Andren-Sandberg, MD
  Email: ake.andren-sandberg@karolinska.se
 Ake Andren-Sandberg, MDPrincipal Investigator

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
NLM Identifer NCT00440310
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on October 02, 2008

Note: Information about this trial is from the ClinicalTrials.gov database. The versions designated for health professionals and patients contain the same text. Minor changes may be made to the ClinicalTrials.gov record to standardize the names of study sponsors, sites, and contacts. Cancer.gov only lists sites that are recruiting patients for active trials, whereas ClinicalTrials.gov lists all sites for all trials. Questions and comments regarding the presented information should be directed to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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