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Phase 1/2 Study of ThermoDox With Microwave Hyperthermia in Treatment of Breast Cancer Recurrence at the Chest Wall (DIGNITY)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Celsion, April 2009
First Received: January 19, 2009   Last Updated: April 23, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsors and Collaborators: Celsion
Quintiles
Information provided by: Celsion
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00826085
  Purpose

This is a research study to evaluate the effects of ThermoDox in combination with therapeutic heating of the chest wall in the treatment of recurrent regional breast cancer. The main purpose of this study is to find out if adding ThermoDox to therapeutic heat will increase how long the breast cancer stays away after treatment.


Condition Intervention Phase
Breast Cancer
Drug: ThermoDox and Microwave Hyperthermia (heat)
Phase I
Phase II

Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer Cancer Fever
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title: A Phase I/II Study Evaluating the Maximum Tolerated Dose, Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Efficacy of Microwave Hyperthermia and ThermoDox (Lyso-Thermosensitive Liposomal Doxorubucin) in Patients With Breast Cancer Recurrence at the Chest Wall

Further study details as provided by Celsion:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • To determine the MTD of ThermoDox when used with MH among patients with RCW breast cancer. [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment: 109
Study Start Date: January 2009
Estimated Study Completion Date: July 2010
Estimated Primary Completion Date: March 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Drug: ThermoDox and Microwave Hyperthermia (heat)

    Dosing will begin at 40 mg/m2 (Level 1) and will escalate in 10 mg/m2 increments until the MTD or the 50 mg/m2 cohort is completed. Patients will be sequentially enrolled in cohorts of 3 patients until the MTD is reached. Hyperthermia is a therapy used to heat tumors. Using focused microwave energy, the tumor is heated to a certain temperature. The heat can damage cancer cells at levels that are usually safe for normal cells and can be used to attack cancer in four major ways: 1) heat damages or weakens the cells of the tumor; 2) heat increase blood flow through the weakened tumor; 3) increased blood flow raises oxygen levels in tumors; and 4) when the body senses fever it can stimulate the nature immune system.

    All patients will receive six ThermoDox/MH treatments at 21-day intervals unless unacceptable toxicity or progressive disease is seen.

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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Histologically documented recurrent/metastatic adenocarcinoma of the breast with a recurrence on the chest wall (or its overlying skin):

    • Subjects with ulcerative chest wall disease defined as non-healing wounds consistent with cancer are eligible
    • Subjects with prior skin changes consistent with inflammatory breast carcinoma are eligible.
  2. Tumor thickness, as measured by clinical exam or imaging studies (CT or MRI), must be less than 3 cm. The tumor surface must be able to be covered within two hyperthermia fields of treatment.
  3. Subjects must have exhausted other available standard treatment options, including:

    • Mastectomy with standard adjuvant radiation, and/or adjuvant chemotherapy, and/or hormonal therapy
    • Chest wall radiation for non-resectable recurrent chest wall disease, (not administered less than 14 days prior to enrollment)
    • At least two conventional systemic chemotherapy regimens for recurrent disease such as capecitabine, taxane, or anthracycline (not administered less than 28 days prior to enrollment)
    • If HER2+, then treatment with trastuzumab and lapatinib (not administered less than 28 days prior to enrollment)
    • If ER+ (or PR+), then at least one course of hormonal therapy in the metastatic setting (not administered less than 28 days prior to enrollment).
  4. Subjects who have previously received hyperthermia in conjunction with either radiation therapy or chemotherapy are eligible.
  5. Subjects may have distant metastasis, including brain metastasis. Subjects with known brain metastases are eligible if:

    • They have received standard antitumor treatment for their brain metastases as defined by the site's institutional standards.
    • Their neurological function is stable for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment.
    • They are off steroid therapy or on a stable steroid regimen for 30 days prior to enrollment.
  6. Non-pregnant female at least 18 years of age. If the subject is of child-bearing age, must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to enrollment and must agree to practice an acceptable form of birth control while on the study.
  7. Provide written informed consent and willing to comply with protocol requirements.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Requires any concomitant antineoplastic therapy.
  2. Prior sensitivity (including rash, dyspnea, wheezing, urticaria or other symptoms) attributed to the administration of either anthracyclines or other liposomally encapsulated drugs.
  3. Prior therapy with anthracyclines exceeding the following doses:

    Free (i.e., non-liposomal) doxorubicin > 450 mg/m2 Free epirubicin > 900 mg/m2.

  4. Refractory pain secondary to metastatic disease.
  5. Previous or concomitant malignancy except basal cell cancer, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, or contralateral breast cancer. Subjects with a prior contralateral breast malignancy can be included if they did not receive any chemotherapy.
  6. Baseline laboratories:

    • Granulocytes < 1,500/ microliter
    • Platelets < 75,000/ microliter
    • Hemoglobin < 9 gm/dL
    • Total Bilirubin > upper limit of normal
    • ALT and AST > 2.5 X upper limit of normal
    • Creatinine > 1.5 X upper limit of normal.
  7. ECOG/Zubrod Performance Status > 2.
  8. MUGA/Echocardiogram Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction < 50%.
  9. Has a medical or psychiatric condition or other circumstances which would significantly decrease the chances of obtaining reliable data, achieving study objectives, or completing the study and/or post-dose follow-up examinations.
  10. History of:

    1. Acute coronary syndrome
    2. Cerebral vascular accident
    3. Abnormal cardiac stress testing within last 6 months
    4. Symptomatic coronary artery disease
    5. Uncontrolled hypertension or cardiomyopathy
    6. Cardiac valvular surgery or open heart surgery
    7. Known structural heart disease.
  11. Has a condition which may interfere with the hyperthermia portion of the trial such as: functioning cardiac pacemaker; metal plates, rods or prosthesis of the chest wall, severe numbness and/or tingling of the chest wall or breast, skin grafts and/or flaps on the breast or chest wall.
  12. Known allergy to egg/egg products.
  13. Active infection requiring treatment with IV antibiotics.
  14. Has received any of the following medications within 14 days prior to enrollment: amphotericin B, antithyroid agents, azathioprine, chloramphenicol, colchicine, flucytosine, ganciclovir, interferon, plicamycin, zidovudine, probenecid, sulfinpyrazone, cyclosporine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, streptozocin or the administration of live viruses in immunocompromised patients.
  15. Has received any external radiation therapy within 14 days prior to enrollment.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00826085

Contacts
Contact: Sylvia A Lewis, MS 443-259-4899 slewis@celsion.com
Contact: Nicholas Borys, MD 443-259-4888 nborys@celsion.com

Locations
United States, Florida
Florida Cancer Institute - New Hope Recruiting
Hudson, Florida, United States, 34667
Contact: Greta Naples     727-868-9208     Greta.Naples@USONCOLOGY.com    
Principal Investigator: Arthur Matzkowitz, MD            
United States, New York
New York University Recruiting
New York, New York, United States, 10016
Contact: Martin Donach     212-731-5039     martin.donach@nyumc.org    
Principal Investigator: Silvia Formenti, MD            
United States, Oklahoma
Cancer Treatment Center of America Not yet recruiting
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 74133
Contact: Michele Sumner     918-286-5000     Michele.Sumner@ctca-hope.com    
Principal Investigator: Petra Ketterl, MD            
United States, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Hospital Recruiting
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
Contact: Brigid O'Connor, MD     401-444-6217     boconnor1@lifespan.org    
Contact: Pam Bakalarski     (401) 444-6217     pbakalarski@lifespan.org    
Principal Investigator: Brigid O'Connor, MD            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Celsion
Quintiles
Investigators
Study Director: Nicholas Borys, MD Celsion
  More Information

Additional Information:
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Responsible Party: Celsion Corporation ( Nicholas Borys, MD, Chief Medical Officer )
Study ID Numbers: 105-08-201
Study First Received: January 19, 2009
Last Updated: April 23, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00826085     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Celsion:
Breast Cancer
Recurrent Chest Wall Cancer
Loco-regional Recurrent Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Recurrence at the Chest Wall

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Fever
Skin Diseases
Breast Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Recurrence

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Disease Attributes
Neoplasms
Pathologic Processes
Neoplasms by Site
Skin Diseases
Breast Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Recurrence

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 06, 2009