Radiofrequency Ablation in Treating Patients With Refractory or Advanced Lung Cancer

July 30, 2020 updated by: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Malignancy

RATIONALE: Radiofrequency ablation uses high-frequency electric current to kill tumor cells. CT-guided radiofrequency ablation may be effective treatment for lung cancer.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation in treating patients who have refractory or advanced lung cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the safety and toxicity of radiofrequency ablation in patients with refractory or advanced pulmonary malignancies.
  • Determine the efficacy of this treatment, in terms of local control, in these patients.
  • Determine whether CT scan is a reasonable imaging assessment tool for treatment delivery and follow-up in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo percutaneous CT-guided radiofrequency ablation directly to the tumor over 2 hours.

Patients are followed at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1781
        • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of a primary or secondary intrathoracic malignancy

    • Any cell type or origin
    • Involving the intrapulmonary, mediastinal, or pleural/chest wall
    • Inoperable primary or metastatic cancer to the lung
  • Refractory to or not amenable to conventional therapy (e.g., surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy)
  • Single or multiple lesions that are non-contiguous with vital structures or organs such as:
  • Trachea
  • Heart
  • Aorta
  • Great vessels
  • Esophagus
  • Less than 5 cm in largest dimension
  • Accessible via percutaneous transthoracic route

  • Hepatic:

    • Coagulation profile normal

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Robert D. Suh, MD, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 13, 2001

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 3, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 30, 2020

Last Verified

July 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000068889
  • UCLA-9908024
  • NCI-G01-2011

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