Photodynamic Therapy During Surgery in Treating Patients With Pleural Malignancy

A Pilot Study of Pleural Photodynamic Therapy for Patients With Pleural Malignancy

This pilot clinical trial studies photodynamic therapy during surgery in treating patients with pleural (the protective lining or membrane that covers the lungs and chest cavity) malignancy. Photodynamic therapy is an anti-cancer treatment that combines a photosensitizer (a substance that makes cells more sensitive to light), such as porfimer sodium, together with oxygen and visible light to kill tumor cells and/or damage the tumor's blood supply. Intraoperative (during surgery) photodynamic therapy may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer; Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer; Stage III Malignant Mesothelioma; Stage IV Malignant Mesothelioma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: photodynamic therapy; Drug: porfimer sodium; Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES; I. To determine the feasibility and toxicities of incorporating surgical resection and intra-operative Photofrin (porfimer sodium)-mediated photodynamic therapy in patients (pts) with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) or non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with pleural spread.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the overall survival rate of pts with NSCLC and pleural spread treated with standard frontline chemotherapy followed by surgical resection and intra-operative Photofrin-mediated photodynamic therapy.

II. To determine the overall survival rate of pts with MPM after radical pleurectomy and intraoperative Photofrin-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT).

III. To determine the progression-free survival and pleural progression-free survival in the above mentioned pts.

IV. To determine the absolute Photofrin levels in tumor and normal tissues resected from pts using spectrofluorometric assay. Photofrin levels in tumor to normal tissue ratios will be determined.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive porfimer sodium intravenously (IV) over 3-5 minutes. Beginning 24 hours later, patients undergo tumor resection and/or radical pleurectomy followed by intraoperative PDT to the pleural space.

After completion of treatment, patients are followed up at 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 months.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

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:

• Histological diagnosis of NSCLC or MPM; pts must have clinical and/or pathological evidence of pleural spread or stage III/IV MPM
• Pts with NSCLC who have received, are receiving or are planning to receive two to four cycles of standard frontline chemotherapy are eligible; choice of chemotherapy is at the discretion of the medical oncologist; concurrent chemoradiotherapy will not be permitted during the active study period; post-operative radiotherapy can be administered as clinically indicated
• Assessment by the attending thoracic surgeon that the primary tumor is resectable in pts with NSCLC and pleural spread; tumor will be deemed resectable if there is no extension through fascia, no bony chest or vertebral body involvement, and no radiographic evidence of mediastinal involvement
• Assessment by the attending thoracic surgeon that radical pleurectomy can be safely achieved in pts with malignant pleural mesothelioma
• All studies required for evaluation will be performed within 8 weeks of Photofrin administration
• Pts of all ethnic and gender groups will be included; protocol accrual will be reviewed annually to include a determination of minority and gender representation; if accrual demonstrates under-representation of any group with comparison to disease incidence in that group, then appropriate measures will be undertaken to attempt to increase participation of pts of that minority or gender group
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR HISTORICAL CONTROL POPULATION
• Pts undergoing extrapleural pneumonectomy without PDT for MPM or stage IV (M1A) NSCLC (after American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] staging change 2010) or stage IIIB (before staging change) with malignant pleural effusion treated at Ohio State University (OSU) from 2005-2012
• Historical control data will be derived from patient medical records at the Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pts who have grade III-IV elevations in liver transaminases (as defined by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] version [v.] 4.0) or a bilirubin in excess of 1.5 mg/dl
• Pts who are medically unfit to tolerate surgery
• Pts with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease (routine testing is not needed if not clinical indicated)
• Pregnant or lactating pts
• Prior treatment for NSCLC except for pleurodesis and/or standard frontline chemotherapy
• Pts who have received prior mantle or extensive mediastinal radiation

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 (surgery, porfimer sodium, PDT); Patients receive porfimer sodium IV over 3-5 minutes. Beginning 24 hours later, patients undergo tumor resection and/or radical pleurectomy followed by intraoperative photodynamic therapy to the pleural space.	Drug: photodynamic therapy; Undergo PDT; Other Names: PDT; Light Infusion Therapy™; therapy, photodynamic; Drug: porfimer sodium; Given IV; Other Names: CL-184116; DHE; dihematoporphyrin ether; Photofrin II; Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery; Undergo tumor resection and/or radical pleurectomy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of patients who received the entire multi-modality regimen		Up to 2 years
Incidence of grade 4 or greater toxicity in the post-operative period as graded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) CTCAE (Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects) version 4.0	All observed toxicities will be graded, tabled and summarized by frequencies and percentages.	Up to 90 days post surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall survival	Estimated by the method of Kaplan and Meier. Overall survival will be estimated for all patients entered on trial, regardless of treatment received on-study or off-study.	Time from study entry (start of chemotherapy) to death due to any cause or last patient contact, assessed up to 2 years
Progression-free survival (PFS)	Estimated by the method of Kaplan and Meier. PFS will be estimated for all patients entered on trial, regardless of treatment received on-study or off-study.	Time from study entry to first documented progression (any type, intrapleural, distant, locoregional) or death due to any cause, assessed up to 2 years
Pleural progression-free survival (PPFS)	Estimated by the method of Kaplan and Meier. PPFS will be estimated for the subset of patients who receive PDT, in order to evaluate the impact of PDT on local control. Survival curves will be plotted. Median and 1-year estimates and confidence intervals will be calculated.	Time from surgery/PDT to first documented intrapleural progression or death from any cause, assessed up to 2 years
Porfimer sodium uptake defined as the ratio of the porfimer sodium concentration in tumor tissue to normal tissue (i.e. skin) using spectrofluorometric assay	Porfimer sodium concentration in the tissue will be calculated based on the increase in fluorescence resulting from the addition of a known amount of porfimer sodium to each sample after its initial reading. Absolute concentrations of porfimer sodium will also be measured. Distribution of uptake will be summarized by mean, median, standard deviation, range, and histogram. The tumor: normal tissue ratio from direct and indirect measurements will be calculated. Spearman's correlation will be employed to correlate and compare direct and indirect measurements.	After surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Meng Welliver, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• The Jamesline

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 4, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 29, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): January 29, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 1, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 3, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): April 8, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 21, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 19, 2019
• Last Verified: March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: PDT; Pleural Photodynamic Therapy; Pleural Malignancy
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Adenoma; Neoplasms, Mesothelial; Pleural Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Mesothelioma; Mesothelioma, Malignant; Antineoplastic Agents; Photosensitizing Agents; Dermatologic Agents; Dihematoporphyrin Ether; Trioxsalen
• Other Study ID Numbers: OSU-12223; NCI-2014-00637 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))