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A Study of the Intratumoural Administration of CAVATAK to Head and Neck Cancer Patients
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Viralytics, January 2009
First Received: January 29, 2009   No Changes Posted
Sponsored by: Viralytics
Information provided by: Viralytics
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00832559
  Purpose

This study is designed to assess the safety and initial indications of efficacy resulting from multiple doses of CAVATAK injected directly into solid tumours of the Head and Neck that have been confirmed to express ICAM-1 and DAF.

CAVATAK (Coxsackievirus A21) is a naturally occurring common cold virus that preclinical research indicates can preferentially infect and kill cancer cells expressing the receptors ICAM-1 and/or DAF. This virus is known to cause self limiting upper respiratory infections and has been used previously to challenge therapies against the common cold. The virus is not generically modified.

The study proposes to administer CAVATAK to three cohorts each of three patients. The first cohort will receive a single dose, the second cohort will receive three doses, and the final cohort will receive six doses. There will a 48 hour interval between repeated doses.

The primary objective of the study is to determine the safety and efficacy of CVA21 given by intratumoural injection in the treatment of recurrent, unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck by measuring primary and field tumour status and adverse effects.

Secondary objectives of the study are:

  1. Indirect measurements of efficacy by measuring appropriate biomarkers in serum and tumour biopsy samples for viral replication, induction of apoptosis and anti-tumour immune responses.
  2. To determine the time course of potential primary and secondary viraemia.
  3. To characterise the time course of the anti-CVA21 antibody response after administration of CVA21

Condition Intervention Phase
Head and Neck Cancer
Biological: Coxsackievirus A21
Phase I

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Open Label, Uncontrolled
Official Title: A Phase I, Open-Label, Dosage Escalation, Study of Multiple Doses of CAVATAKTM (CVA21; Coxsackievirus A21) Administered Intratumourally in the Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Bearing ICAM-1 Receptors

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Further study details as provided by Viralytics:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Safety and tolerability of patients to multiple doses of CAVATAK

Estimated Enrollment: 9
Study Start Date: January 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date: June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Biological: Coxsackievirus A21
    1, 3 or 6 doses of CAVATAK (10^9 TCID50) at 48 hour intervals.
  Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who are willing and able to provide written informed consent to participate in the study.
  2. Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head or neck currently documented as "progressive disease"
  3. Head and neck cancer patients with more than one tumour mass where at least one tumour mass is accessible for intratumoural injection and both tumour masses can be measured at periodic intervals for tumour size using callipers, ultrasound, CT scans or other radiological methods
  4. All patients to have histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (excluding nasopharyngeal) that had recurred or relapsed after surgery and/or radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy for primary tumours.
  5. Patients considered unsuitable for surgery and radiotherapy with the volume of the target injectable tumour being no greater than 7 cm3 or less than 0.5 cm3..
  6. The tumour mass to be intratumourally injected to be easily accessible for injection and amenable to measurement by physical examination or radiographically
  7. Patients to be 18 years or older
  8. Tumours must bear ICAM-1 receptors with or without DAF-expressing receptors.
  9. Absence of circulating antibodies to CVA21 (titre < 1:16).
  10. Adequate haematological, hepatic and renal function, defined as:

    • ANC > 1.5 x 109/L, platelets > 100 x 109/L
    • Bilirubin < 20µmol/L, AST < 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
    • Calculated creatinine clearance > 30 mL/minute

    Adequate immunologic function, defined as:

    • Serum IgG > 5g/L
    • T cell subsets within normal limits
  11. Fertile males and females must agree to the use of an adequate form of contraception. Hormonal contraceptives should be supplemented with an additional barrier method. Negative pregnancy test is required in female patients of child-bearing potential.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients receiving radiotherapy to the proposed injected tumour or radiotherapy within the last 3 weeks
  2. Performance status > 1 on the ECOG scale
  3. Life expectancy < 6 months.
  4. Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  5. Primary or secondary immunodeficiency, including immunosuppressive disease, and immunosuppressive doses of corticosteroids (e.g. prednisolone > 7.5mg per day) or other immunosuppressive medications including cyclosporine, azathioprine, interferons, within the past 4 weeks.
  6. Positive serology for HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C.
  7. Splenectomy.
  8. Presence of uncontrolled infection.
  9. Any uncontrolled medical condition that in the opinion of the Investigator is likely to place the patient at unacceptable risk during the study or reduce their ability to complete the study
  10. Participation in another study requiring administration of an investigational drug or biological agent within the last 4 weeks
  11. Known allergy to treatment medication or its excipients
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00832559

Contacts
Contact: Stephen Ackland, MBBS FRACP +61 2 4921 1770 stephen.ackland@newcastle.edu.au

Locations
Australia, New South Wales
Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital Recruiting
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 2310
Contact: Stephen Ackland     +61 2 4921 1770     stephen.ackland@newcastle.edu.au    
Sponsors and Collaborators
Viralytics
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Stephen Ackland Calvary Mater Newcastle
Principal Investigator: Girish Mallesara Calvary Mater Newcastle
  More Information

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Responsible Party: Calvary Mater Newcastle ( Dr Stephen Ackland )
Study ID Numbers: VLA X-06
Study First Received: January 29, 2009
Last Updated: January 29, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00832559     History of Changes
Health Authority: Australia: Human Research Ethics Committee;   Australia: National Health and Medical Research Council

Keywords provided by Viralytics:
CAVATAK
Coxsackievirus A21
CVA21
Oncolytic virotherapy

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Epidermoid Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell of Head and Neck
Coxsackievirus Infections
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Carcinoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Head and Neck Neoplasms

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 28, 2009