- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00901238
Intra-arterial Chemotherapy(Chemosurgery) for Retinoblastoma (Chemosurgery)
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Present treatments for intraocular retinoblastoma cure 99% of children but have significant toxicity. Enucleation of the eye is effective but blinds the eye and leaves a lifelong cosmetic deformity. Radiation is associated with the subsequent development of fatal cancers. Systemic (intravenous)chemotherapy is used worldwide but experience with it has shown that the majority of eyes initially treated with chemotherapy still require additional treatments, such as radiation, laser, cryotherapy or even enucleation. In addition blood transfusions, secondary infections, insertion of ports and permanent hearing loss are now well reported. Three years ago we developed this technique of Chemosurgery for significantly increasing the dose of drug to the cancer while decreasing the dose of drug administered to children. This approach has decreased the need for enucleation in advanced eyes scheduled for enucleation with minimal systemic toxicity. We now offer treatment of both eyes simultaneously (in bilateral cases) and to eyes with less advanced disease and normal vision as an alternative to toxic systemic chemotherapy. In cases of very advanced ocular disease we will be using multiple drugs infused at the same session to increase tumor kill.
Chemosurgery interventions are performed under general anesthesia. The femoral artery (artery at the groin) is punctured and a catheter (a small plastic tube)is advanced into the opthalmic artery (the artery of the eye)using fluoroscopic (X-ray) guidance. The drugs are injected directly into the opthalmic artery over a period of 30-45 min.The catheter is then removed, manual compression exerted to the femoral artery, the child is awaken and goes to recovery for 6 hours. The procedure is repeated every 3-4 weeks for a total of 2 to 6 sessions according to tumor response. Since April 2006, our center has treated by chemosurgery 60 eyes in 52 patients with advanced intra-ocular retinoblastoma for which enucleation was considered.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 2
- Phase 1
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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New York
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New York, New York, United States, 10065
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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New York, New York, United States, 10065
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- advanced retinoblastoma in one or both eyes
- recurrent retinoblastoma after failure of conventional methods
Exclusion Criteria:
- retinoblastoma judged curable by conventional methods
- patient judged unable to undergo the procedure
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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tumor control
Time Frame: 6 month
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6 month
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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tumor control with vision
Time Frame: 6 month
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6 month
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: David H Abramson, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Brodie SE, Pierre Gobin Y, Dunkel IJ, Kim JW, Abramson DH. Persistence of retinal function after selective ophthalmic artery chemotherapy infusion for retinoblastoma. Doc Ophthalmol. 2009 Aug;119(1):13-22. doi: 10.1007/s10633-008-9164-3. Epub 2009 Jan 25.
- Abramson DH, Dunkel IJ, Brodie SE, Kim JW, Gobin YP. A phase I/II study of direct intraarterial (ophthalmic artery) chemotherapy with melphalan for intraocular retinoblastoma initial results. Ophthalmology. 2008 Aug;115(8):1398-404, 1404.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.12.014. Epub 2008 Mar 14.
Helpful Links
Study record dates
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Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
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Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type
- Neoplasms
- Neoplasms by Site
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
- Eye Diseases
- Retinal Diseases
- Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
- Neuroectodermal Tumors
- Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
- Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary
- Eye Neoplasms
- Retinal Neoplasms
- Retinoblastoma
Other Study ID Numbers
- RTB1
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