Pleurectomy/Decortication (Neo) Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy to the Pleura in Patients With Locally Advanced Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

December 27, 2023 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Phase II Toxicity Study of Pleurectomy/Decortication, (Neo) Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy to the Pleura in Patients With Locally Advanced Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

For patients with this type of cancer, the standard of care is treatment with chemotherapy. Radiation therapy is typically not used. This is because radiation to the entire lining of the lung has many side effects that are often severe including damage to the lung (pneumonitis). There is a new radiation technique using Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) that has been shown to reduce many of the side effects of standard radiation therapy. This type of radiation therapy specifically targets the lining of the lung, where you have your cancer, and reduces the risk of damaging the lung itself. The purpose of this study is to test the safety and implementation of standard pleurectomy/decortication (removal of the surface lining of the lung) and standard chemotherapy followed by IMRT performed at other centers. Patients will undergo pleurectomy/decortication chemotherapy and hemithoracic pleural IMRT to the pleura in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

65

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
    • Florida
      • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
        • Moffitt Cancer Center
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
        • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
    • New Jersey
      • Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge
      • Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth
      • Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen
    • New York
      • Commack, New York, United States, 11725
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk-Commack
      • Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
        • Memoral Sloan Kettering Westchester
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
      • Rockville Centre, New York, United States
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering at Rockville Center, NY
      • Uniondale, New York, United States, 11553
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • MD Anderson Cancer Center

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

16 years to 78 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Provide written informed consent to participate on the study
  • Patients must have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis either at MSKCC or at the participating site of stage I-III malignant pleural mesothelioma
  • Epithelioid or biphasic histology subtype (Note: patients with biphasic histology can have < 10% sarcomatoid)
  • No evidence of metastatic disease.
  • Patient age ≥ 18 years but ≤ 80 years at the time of consent.
  • Karnofsky performance status ≥ 80%

  • Pulmonary Function Tests:

    1. For all patients: DLCO > 40% predicted (corrected for Hgb)
    2. For patients enrolled post-P/D, only: FEV1 >/= 35% (corrected for Hgb) (Note: patients enrolled prior to P/D will have PFTs repeated pre-IMRT. If this criteria is not met, they will be removed from study)
  • In cases of concern about decreased renal function and potential high radiation dose to the kidneys, an optional nuclear medicine kidney function scan may be performed prior to radiation therapy to determine the functional contribution of each kidney.

  • Patient enrolled prior to chemotherapy must have adequate organ function as indicated by the following laboratory values:

    1. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5 K/mcL
    2. Platelets ≥100 K/mcL
    3. Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN
    4. AST (SGOT) or ALT (SGPT) ≤ 3.0 X ULN Note: patients enrolled after chemotherapy do not have to meet the above criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • > 10% Sarcomatoid or desmoplastic histology
  • Continuous oxygen use
  • Prior nephrectomy on the contralateral side of MPM
  • Prior intrapleural therapy (except pleurodesis) or intrapleural therapy at the time of P/D (i.e.: intrapleural chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, intrapleural betadine)
  • Prior thoracic radiation therapy preventing hemithoracic pleural IMRT
  • Bulky disease in the fissure preventing lung-sparing pleural IMRT
  • Patients undergoing extrapleural pneumonectomy
  • Patients with an active infection that require systemic antibiotics, antiviral, or antifungal treatments
  • Patients with a concurrent active malignancy (except squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin)
  • Patients with serious unstable medical illness
  • Presence of third space fluid that cannot be controlled by drainage
  • For patients who develop or have baseline clinically significant pleural effusions before or during initiation of pemetrexed therapy; consideration should be given to drain the effusion prior to chemotherapy administration
  • No acute congestive heart failure
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Men or women not using effective contraception

Reproductive risks Patients should not become pregnant or father a baby while on this study because the drugs in this study can affect an unborn baby. Women should not breast-feed a baby while on this study. Women of childbearing age will be counseled to use birth control while on this study.

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)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
This is a multicenter phase II toxicity study of pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) to the pleura in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Alternatively, chemotherapy may be administered in the neoadjuvant setting prior to P/D, followed by IMRT. Patients deemed resectable at the time of enrollment will undergo P/D with the goal of a macroscopic complete resection (MCR). Those with disease progression or severe toxicity will stop chemotherapy and undergo a PET scan.
Procedure: Pleurectomy/Decortication
Pleurectomy/decortication will be performed as per standard technique
Other Names:
  • (P/D)
Drug: pemetrexed and cisplatin or carboplatin
The combination of pemetrexed and cisplatin or carboplatin will be given every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles. Pemetrexed will be administered at 500mg/m2 as a 10-minute infusion. Cisplatin will be administered at 75mg/m2 as a 60-minute infusion. Carboplatin will be administered at an AUC of 5 over 30 minutes. Chemotherapy may be administered in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting.
Radiation: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
IMRT will be administered over approximately 6 weeks at 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions with an optional SIB to gross residual disease (pending meeting normal tissue constraints).
Other Names:
  • IMRT

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
number of patients ≥ grade 3 pneumonitis
Time Frame: 2 years
Grade 3 pneumonitis is defined as symptomatic, interfering with ADL's and requiring oxygen support as defined by the NCI Common Terminology Criteria (CTC) version 4.0 for toxicity and Adverse Event reporting.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Mayo Clinic
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Annemarie Shepherd, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 11, 2008

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 11, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 14, 2008

First Posted (Estimated)

July 15, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 29, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 27, 2023

Last Verified

December 1, 2023

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 08-053

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