Breast and Melanoma Trial With Lymphoseek to Identify Lymph Nodes

June 6, 2013 updated by: Navidea Biopharmaceuticals

A Phase 3, Prospective, Open-Label, Multicenter Comparison Study of Lymphoseek® and Vital Blue Dye as Lymphoid Tissue Targeting Agents in Patients With Known Melanoma or Breast Cancer Who Are Undergoing Lymph Node Mapping

Data from this pivotal clinical trial will be used to support a marketing application (i.e., NDA) of Navidea's Lymphoseek for use in anatomical delineation of lymphoid tissue (nodes) in the lymphatic pathway draining the primary site of a tumor.

Multicenter, open-label, within-patient comparative study of Lymphoseek and vital blue dye in the detection of excised lymph nodes in patients with known melanoma and breast cancer. All patients will receive a single dose of 50 µg Lymphoseek radiolabeled with 0.5 or 2.0 mCi Tc 99m and vital blue dye.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In patients with primary melanoma and breast cancer, lymph node status is often a strong predictor of outcome and influences the course of treatment a patient may follow after surgery. In an effort to reduce the morbidity and costs of detection of lymph node metastases, surgical oncologists have developed a method by which the sentinel lymph node (SLN; the first node in a draining basin) is identified intraoperatively and removed. This technique, called sentinel node biopsy, has extremely high negative predictive values for melanoma metastases and breast cancer metastases. The two largest trials for melanoma, Morton, et al (2005) and Rossi, et al (2006), reported false negative rates of 6.3% and 14.7%, respectively. Morton, et al (2006), in perhaps the most mature trial reported to date, showed a false negative rate of 3.4%. There is growing evidence that sentinel node biopsy will have a significant impact on the management of melanoma. Sentinel node biopsy also has extremely high negative predictive values for breast cancer metastases; the false-negative rates range from 0% to 9%. There is growing evidence that sentinel node biopsy will have a significant impact on the management of breast cancer. Although the survival and local recurrence studies have yet to be completed, the technique has emerged into common practice.

Intraoperative lymphatic mapping (ILM) with a radiopharmaceutical is a nuclear medicine examination which identifies for the surgeon the first lymph node to receive lymphatic flow from the primary tumor site. This node is removed and analyzed for the presence of malignant cells. By locating the lymph node prior to surgery, a small incision can be used to remove the node and a smaller dissection can be employed. The high negative predictive value of the technique seems to provide an accurate staging procedure and may spare patients who are lymph node negative the morbidity of a complete lymph node dissection. Consequently, staging of melanoma by lymph node mapping and biopsy may be equivalent to regional node dissection without the attendant post surgical morbidity.

An ideal lymph node imaging agent would exhibit rapid clearance from the injection site, rapid uptake and high retention within the first draining lymph node, and low uptake by the remaining lymph nodes. The ideal agent would also have low radiation absorption; high biological safety; convenient, rapid, and stable technetium-99m labeling; and biochemical purity.

Lymphoseek (Technetium Tc 99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid mannosyl dextran, [Tc 99m] DTPA Mannosyl Dextran) is a radiotracer that accumulates in lymphatic tissue by binding to a mannose binding protein that resides on the surface of dendritic cells and macrophages. Lymphoseek is a macromolecule consisting of multiple units of DTPA and mannose, each synthetically attached to a 10 kilodalton dextran backbone. The mannose acts as a substrate for the receptor, and the DTPA serves as a chelating agent for labeling with Tc 99m.

Lymphoseek has a diameter of about 5 nm, which is substantially smaller than current agents used for targeting lymphoid tissue. Lymphoseek's small diameter permits enhanced diffusion into lymph nodes and blood capillaries, resulting in a rapid injection site clearance. Upon entry into the blood, the agent binds to receptors in the liver or is filtered by the kidney and accumulates in the urinary bladder.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

163

Phase

  • Phase 3

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

    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
        • University of Alabama, Birmingham
    • California
      • La Jolla, California, United States, 92093
        • UCSD Moores Cancer Center
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
        • Califonia Pacific Medical Center
      • Santa Monica, California, United States, 90404
        • John Wayne Cancer Institute
    • Florida
      • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
        • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
    • Ohio
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
        • University Hospitals Cleveland
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
        • The Ohio State University
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43081
        • Breast Care Specialists

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. The patient has provided written informed consent with HIPAA authorization.
  2. The patient is a candidate for surgical intervention, with lymph node mapping being a part of the surgical plan.
  3. The patient is at least 18 years of age at the time of consent.
  4. The patient has an ECOG performance status of Grade 0 - 2 (see Appendix A).
  5. The patient has a clinical negative node status at the time of study entry (i.e. T0-4, N0, M0, see Appendix D and E).
  6. If of childbearing potential, the patient has a negative pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to administration of Lymphoseek, has been surgically sterilized, or has been postmenopausal for at least 1 year.

    Melanoma Patients

  7. The patient has a diagnosis of primary melanoma. Breast Cancer Patients
  8. The patient has a diagnosis of primary breast cancer.
  9. Patients with pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or non-invasive carcinoma if lymph node biopsy is part of the surgical plan.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. The patient is pregnant or lactating.
  2. The patient has clinical or radiological evidence of metastatic cancer including palpably abnormal or enlarged lymph nodes (i.e., all patients should be any T,N0,M0, see Appendix D and E).
  3. The patient has a known hypersensitivity to Lymphazurin.
  4. The patient has participated in another investigational drug study within 30 days of scheduled surgery.

    Melanoma Patients

  5. The patient has a tumor with a Breslow depth less than 0.75mm.
  6. Patient has had preoperative chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiation therapy.
  7. Patient has been diagnosed with a prior invasive melanoma that would occur on the same body region or potentially draining to the same nodal basin or patients with truncal or extremity primary melanoma who has had a prior breast cancer potentially draining to the same axillary nodal basin.
  8. Patient has undergone node basin surgery of any type or radiation to the nodal basin(s) potentially draining the primary melanoma.
  9. Patient has undergone a wide excision for their primary melanoma (>1 cm in dimension) or complex reconstruction (rotation, free flap, or skin graft of any type).

    Breast Cancer Patients

  10. The patient has bilateral primary breast cancers or multiple tumors within their breast.
  11. Patient has had prior surgical procedures such as breast implants, reduction mammoplasty, or axillary surgery.
  12. Patient is scheduled for bilateral mastectomy unless for cosmetic reasons and the contraindicated breast will not undergo lymph node mapping.
  13. Patient has had preoperative radiation therapy to the affected breast or axilla.

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Lymphoseek, Lymphatic mapping, Injection
The total volume of Lymphoseek injection will be between 0.1 - 1.0 mL.
Other Names:
  • technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Concordance of Blue Dye and Lymphoseek
Time Frame: Surgery after injections of Lymphoseek and blue dye
The proportion of lymph nodes detected intraoperatively by blue dye that were also detected by Lymphoseek.
Surgery after injections of Lymphoseek and blue dye

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Reverse Concordance of Blue Dye and Lymphoseek
Time Frame: Surgery after injections of Lymphoseek and blue dye
The proportion of lymph nodes detected intraoperatively by Lymphoseek that were also detected by blue dye.
Surgery after injections of Lymphoseek and blue dye

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Study Director: Simon A Blackburn, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals

Publications and helpful links

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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

June 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 14, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 15, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

April 19, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 17, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 6, 2013

Last Verified

June 1, 2013

More Information

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