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Optimizing the concentration of a cancer-treating drug (bleomycin) in patients undergoing electrochemotherapy

Clinico-pharmacological approach to optimize the therapeutic bleomycin concentration in patients undergoing electrochemotherapy

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN74054653
Enrollment
80
Registered
2019-10-21
Start date
2018-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-09-12

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Conditions

Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma or metastases of adenocarcinoma of the breast, treated with electrochemotherapy Cancer Malignant neoplasm of breast

Interventions

All patients are treated with electrochemotherapy with bleomycin (BLM), according to European Standard Operating Procedures of Electrochemotherapy. Bleomycin will be injected intravenously in a dose o

Sponsors

Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery University Medical Centre
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Eligible for electrochemotherapy of cutaneous tumors (basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma) and cutaneus metastases of melanoma and adenocarcinoma of the breast 2. Age =18 years 3. Agree to participate in this study and signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Do not comply with requirements for the blood collection, or samples were not collected according to the SOP for blood collection 2. Do not comply with the requirements for tumor biopsy, or samples were not collected according to the SOP for tissue sampling

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of bleomycin assessed by: 1. Collection of patient’s sera undergoing electrochemotherapy according to the SOP (5, 10, 20 and 30 min after ECT) and in compliance with the NICE recommendations for determination of in vivo BLM pharmacokinetics. 2. Collection of tumor tissue of the same patients at the time of application of electric pulses (8 min after intravenous 15 000 IU/m2 BLM injection) for determination of BLM concentration in treated tumors.

Countries

Hungary, Slovenia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026