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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
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Information provided by: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00303901 |
RATIONALE: Cryotherapy kills tumor cells by freezing them. This may be an effective treatment for primary lung cancer or lung metastases that cannot be removed by surgery.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well cryotherapy works in treating patients with primary lung cancer or lung metastases that cannot be removed by surgery.
Condition | Intervention |
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Lung Cancer Metastatic Cancer |
Procedure: cryosurgery Procedure: positron emission tomography |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Open Label |
Official Title: | Percutaneous Thoracic Cryotherapy (PTC) for Inoperable Primary Lung Cancer and Metastatic Management |
Estimated Enrollment: | 40 |
Study Start Date: | November 2005 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: Patients undergo CT-guided percutaneous thoracic cryotherapy over 2 hours under local or general anesthesia. Grouped cryoprobes are inserted into the tumor, utilizing a freeze-thaw-freeze cycle, creating cytotoxic temperatures (less than -20°C to -40°C) that encompass the entire anticipated tumor volume.
Patients undergo positron emission tomography at baseline and after cryotherapy to assess tumor standard uptake variable.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
New lung lesion(s) with definitive clinical and imaging features of primary or metastatic disease allowed
Metastatic disease must meet all of the following criteria:
No more than 5 targeted masses for study therapy
Nonenhanced and enhanced CT scan required within the past 6 weeks done at 4-5 mm increments with available soft tissue and mediastinal windows to assess size and extent of all thoracic tumors
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
No serious medical illness, including any of the following:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
United States, Michigan | |
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | Recruiting |
Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201-1379 | |
Contact: Clinical Trials Office - Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute 313-576-9363 |
Study Chair: | Peter J. Littrup, MD | Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute |
Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000462091, WSU-C-2975, WSU-0509002942 |
Study First Received: | March 15, 2006 |
Last Updated: | July 23, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00303901 |
Health Authority: | Unspecified |
lung metastases recurrent non-small cell lung cancer recurrent small cell lung cancer 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 extensive stage small cell lung cancer limited stage small cell lung cancer pulmonary carcinoid tumor |
Carcinoid tumor Thoracic Neoplasms Carcinoma, Small Cell Non-small cell lung cancer Respiratory Tract Diseases Lung Neoplasms |
Lung Diseases Neoplasm Metastasis Carcinoid Tumor Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Recurrence |
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Neoplastic Processes Neoplasms Pathologic Processes Neoplasms by Site |