Aerosolized Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Lung Metastases

Phase I/II Study of Aerosol Interleukin-2 for Pulmonary Metastases

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of aerosolized aldesleukin and to see how well it works in treating patients with cancer that has spread from the original tumor to the lungs. Biological therapies, such as aerosolized aldesleukin, may stimulate or suppress the immune system in different ways and stop tumor cells from growing.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Sarcoma; Metastatic Melanoma; Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer; Stage IV Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v6 and v7; Stage IV Osteosarcoma AJCC v7; Metastatic Osteosarcoma; Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v7; Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Lung
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Biological: Aerosolized Aldesleukin

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate toxicity in patients with lung metastases during aerosol interleukin (IL)-2 (aldesleukin) therapy using self-report, remote spirometry and pulse oximetry.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine dose and schedule of an acceptable aerosol IL-2 regimen and correlate with absolute lymphocyte count (ALC).

II. To determine serum IL-2 levels on day 1 of therapy for evidence of spillover into circulation and correlate with absence or presence of toxicity.

III. To evaluate the efficacy of aerosol IL-2 treatment using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST).

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the histology in post-surgical specimens in patients who undergo surgery for lung metastases following aerosol IL-2 treatment as an optional procedure.

II. To evaluate immune correlates from optional pre-treatment biopsy and post-surgical specimen.

OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study followed by a phase II study.

Patients receive aerosolized aldesleukin once daily (QD) on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression of unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 70
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • M D Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 50 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with diagnosis of advanced cancer with lung metastases; patients with no prior therapy are eligible if there is no known superior alternative medical therapy; for phase Ib expansion cohort diagnosis of osteosarcoma, lung metastases will be required
• Willing to comply with protocol therapy and required safety monitoring (self-report, pulse oximetry, remote spirometry, labs)
• Creatinine =< 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Bilirubin =< 5 x ULN
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 5 x ULN
• Forced vital capacity (FVC) >= 50% predicted
• Oxygen (O2) saturation at rest >= 90% (off supplementary oxygen)
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 for ages >= 16 or Lansky play >= 80% for ages =< 15
• Patients must have recovered to =< grade 1 toxicity (except alopecia and hearing loss) from any prior chemotherapy, other investigational therapy, hormonal, biological, targeted agents
• No radiotherapy within 2 weeks: exception: patients may receive palliative low dose radiotherapy (30 Gy or less) for lesions outside the lung at the discretion of the treating physician; palliative radiotherapy could be given before aerosol treatment is started if necessary
• Subjects have to be able to read and understand English
• Patients with advanced cancer with resectable lung metastases
• Patients with sarcoma, renal cell carcinoma, or melanoma or with known disease outside the lungs and/or thorax

Exclusion Criteria:

• Currently being treated with bronchodilators or corticosteroids
• Females: pregnant or breast feeding and if of child bearing potential (e.g. female of childbearing age that has not been amenorrheic for at least 12 consecutive month or surgically sterilized) not willing to use effective contraception
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, bradycardia, related to cardiac disease, bundle branch block, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
• Subjects with baseline symptoms of fever and/or cough and/or shortness of breath and/or wheezing and/or fatigue grade >= 2 (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] version [v] 4.0)
• Patients with unresectable lung metastases
• Patients without sarcoma, renal cell carcinoma, or melanoma

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment (aerosolized aldesleukin); Patients receive aerosolized aldesleukin QD on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression of unacceptable toxicity.	Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Optional correlative studies; Biological: Aerosolized Aldesleukin; Breathe aerosolized aldesleukin; Other Names: Aerosolized Recombinant IL-2

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Maximum tolerated dose, defined as the highest dose level with six patients with at most one dose limiting toxicity, using the CTCAE v4.0 (Phase I)	The dose escalation will be conducted via the accelerated titration method for the first 2 dose levels.	28 days
Incidence of adverse events (AE)s, using the CTCAE v4.0 (Phase II)	AEs will be summarized by severity according to the worst grade experienced over the number of patients at risk.	Up to 4 years
Response of measurable lesions to aerosol aldesleukin using modified RECIST (Phase II)	Response analysis will be performed on intent-to-treat, that is, any patient who enrolled into the expansion cohort. Patients who withdraw before the end of 2 months without responding will be considered non-responders. The two-sided 95% Clopper-Pearson confidence intervals will be calculated for the proportion of patients with responses.	Up to 4 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
IL-2 levels in serum	Serum IL-2 levels will be compared with maximum grade of toxicity to determine whether our hypothesis of "spillover" of IL-2 in the circulation - i.e. some escaping the receptor gauntlet of IL-2 receptor bearing cells in pulmonary lymphatics.	Day 1 of therapy
Changes in biomarker levels	Changes in biomarker levels between pre- and post-treatment tissue samples will be assessed using paired t-tests (if the data are normally distributed) or Wilcoxon signed-rank tests (otherwise). Will graph the data using histograms, box plots and dot plots. With 20 patients, using a 2-sided 5% alpha, there would be 80% power to detect an effect size of 0.66 (where the effect size is the mean difference divided by the standard deviation of the differences).	Baseline to 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Najat Daw, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 28, 2012
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2029
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2029

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 30, 2012
• First Posted (Estimated): May 2, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 21, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 20, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Male Urogenital Diseases; Kidney Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Adenocarcinoma; Skin Diseases; Urologic Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Kidney Neoplasms; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue; Neoplasms, Bone Tissue; Neoplasms, Connective Tissue; Nevi and Melanomas; Skin Neoplasms; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Carcinoma, Renal Cell; Melanoma; Sarcoma; Osteosarcoma; Anti-Infective Agents; Antineoplastic Agents; Antiviral Agents; Anti-HIV Agents; Anti-Retroviral Agents; Aldesleukin
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2010-0700 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center); 0700 (Sponsor); NCI-2012-00788 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No