Radiation Therapy and Sargramostim in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

March 25, 2013 updated by: Sirius Medicine

Contrast-Enhanced Radiotherapy With GM-CSF Immune Stimulation - Phase I/II Clinical Center Treatment Trial

RATIONALE: Colony-stimulating factors such as sargramostim increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining radiation therapy with sargramostim may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects of giving radiation therapy together with sargramostim and to see how well it works in treating patients with advanced solid tumors.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the safety of contrast-enhanced high-dose radiotherapy administered with sargramostim (GM-CSF) in patients with advanced solid malignancies.
  • Determine immune response in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine tumor response in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to prior therapy (biopsy or simple surgery vs radical surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy).

Patients receive a contrast agent intratumorally followed by a single fraction of kilovoltage radiotherapy. Beginning 24 hours after radiotherapy, patients receive sargramostim (GM-CSF) intratumorally continuously for 1 week and then subcutaneously for 2 weeks. Patients with lung tumors receive GM-CSF by inhalation twice daily for 1 week and then every other week for a total of 3 weeks of drug treatment.

Treatment may repeat in several weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 8 weeks.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 47 patients (12 for phase I and 35 for phase II) will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

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Interventional

Phase

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  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Colorado
      • Loveland, Colorado, United States, 80538
        • Sirius Medicine, LLC

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed solid malignancy

    • Advanced disease

  • Radiotherapy is appropriate treatment (i.e., radio-responsive)

    • No tumors beyond the reach of kilovoltage beam (e.g., > 15 cm beneath the skin)
  • At least 1 lesion accessible to needle localization and catheter placement
  • May be refractory to prior chemotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • 0-4

Life expectancy

  • At least 2 months

Hematopoietic

  • Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL (RBC transfusion allowed)
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3 (transfusion independent)
  • No excessive leukemic blasts
  • No bleeding diathesis

Hepatic

  • PT and PTT ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST or ALT < 2 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase < 2 times ULN

Renal

  • Creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No contraindication to MRI or CT scan
  • No medical or psychiatric condition that would preclude giving informed consent
  • Able to lie flat for 1 hour
  • No known hypersensitivity to sargramostim (GM-CSF) or any of its components

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Prior biologic therapy allowed
  • No concurrent biologic therapy

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • Concurrent hormonal therapy allowed

Radiotherapy

  • Prior radiotherapy to planned treatment site allowed
  • No other concurrent radiotherapy to planned treatment site

Surgery

  • Prior surgery allowed

Other

  • More than 14 days since prior radiosensitizers
  • No other concurrent investigational therapy

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Toxicity as measured by the Southwest Oncology Group Performance Status and Toxicity Criteria on day 1 and in weeks 4, 12, and 20

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Immune and tumor response as measured by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and CT scan on day 1 and in weeks 2, 3, 4, 12, and 20 or weeks 4, 12, and 20

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Sirius Medicine

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Study Chair: Michael D. Weil, MD, Sirius Medicine

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

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July 1, 2004

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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June 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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September 7, 2004

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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September 7, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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September 8, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

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March 26, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 25, 2013

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2006

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • CDR0000383147
  • SIRIUS-1053285
  • SIRIUS-01

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