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Surgery and Heated Chemotherapy for Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Phase II Trial of Surgical Resection and Heated Intraperitoneal Peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01833832
Enrollment
11
Registered
2013-04-17
Start date
2013-04-12
Completion date
2018-08-09
Last updated
2019-07-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Keywords

Synergy for Cisplatin and Hyperthermia, Rare Tumor, Poor Prognosis

Brief summary

Background: \- Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor of the adrenal gland. Few people who develop this disease live more than 5 years after being diagnosed. Those whose tumors have spread inside their abdomen may have an especially poor outcome. In these cases, traditional chemotherapy is not very effective. One possible new treatment is aggressive surgery with heated chemotherapy. This type of treatment has been more effective for other types of cancer in the abdomen. Researchers want to see this if approach can improve the outcomes of people with ACC. Objectives: \- To test the safety and effectiveness of surgery and heated chemotherapy for ACC. Eligibility: \- Individuals at least 18 years of age who have advanced ACC. Design: * Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood samples will be collected. Heart function tests will be given. Imaging studies will be used to locate the surgical sites before the operation. * Participants will have surgery to remove ACC tumor tissue. After the tumors have been removed, they will have heated chemotherapy with cisplatin. The heat may help weaken any remaining cancer cells and make them easier to destroy. It will also focus the treatment on the tumor sites, rather than the whole body. * Participants will recover in the hospital for several days after surgery. They will have regular follow-up visits to monitor the outcome of the surgery.

Detailed description

Background: * Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor with an incidence of 1.5 to 2 per million people per year and has a very poor prognosis with an overall 5-year mortality rate of 75 - 90% and an average survival from the time of diagnosis of 14.5 months. * The treatment of choice for a localized primary or recurrent tumor is surgical resection. For unresectable metastatic or recurrent disease, mitotane, aminoglutethimide, metapyrone, and ketoconazole are used. * Cisplatin is one of the most effective chemotherapeutic agents for ACC. In the Surgery Branch we have conducted Phase I and II trials using heated intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy with cisplatin for primary peritoneal mesothelioma, low grade appendiceal adenocarcinoma, ovarian malignancies, and high grade adenocarcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract. Synergy has been demonstrated for cisplatin and hyperthermia. * The purpose of this trial is to determine if an aggressive surgical approach with intraperitoneal administration of heated cisplatin when tumor volume is minimal, can impact and improve on progression free survival. Objectives: \- To determine IP progression free survival after optimal debulking and heated IP chemotherapy with cisplatin in patients with IP spread of adrenocortical cancer Eligibility: \- Histologically proven ACC evaluable by computed tomography (CT) imaging with the majority of disease confined to the peritoneal cavity and surgically resectable to a residual size of less than 1 cm or amenable to radiofrequency ablation in patients who are \> 18 years of age. Design: \- This is a classic phase 2 trial to determine efficacy of this therapeutic strategy in ACC. Patients will undergo cytoreductive surgery to achieve a CCR of 0 or 1. Patients who are successfully debulked will then undergo hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with cisplatin. Patients will be evaluated by associate investigators in coordination with the Principal Investigator for eligibility. Due to its exploratory nature, up to 30 patients may be enrolled to obtain 24 evaluable patients. (Patients must undergo successful debulking and HIPEC to be considered evaluable.)

Interventions

DRUGCisplatin

Patients who are successfully debulked will then undergo hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with cisplatin.

PROCEDURECytoreductive surgery

Patients will undergo cytoreductive surgery to achieve a Completeness of Cytoreduction Score (CC) of 0 or 1.

DRUGsodium thiosulfate

sodium thiosulfate will be given to limit the toxicity of cisplatin

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* INCLUSION CRITERIA * Histologically proven Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) with the majority of disease confined to the peritoneal cavity and resectable or amenable to radiofrequency ablation * Disease evaluable by computed tomography (CT) or positron emission tomography (PET) imaging * All disease should be deemed resectable based on imaging studies e.g.: * Hepatic metastases (unilateral or bilateral less than or equal to 5 lesions, less than or equal to 15 cm total diameter) * Note: Hepatic lesions must be amenable to complete resection * Primary peritoneal metastases (small disease load less than or equal to P2 disease) without massive ascites or intestinal obstruction * Lung metastases (less than or equal to 3 unilateral/bilateral, 9 cm total diameter) * Note: lung lesions must be amenable to complete resection * Note: Patients with both pulmonary and hepatic metastases will be enrolled at the discretion of the principal investigator (PI) * Note: In situations where resection to Completeness of Cytoreduction Score (CC) 0 or 1 is uncertain, patients may undergo diagnostic laparoscopy prior to enrollment to determine feasibility of resection. * Greater than or equal to 18 years of age * Able to understand and sign the Informed Consent Document * Clinical performance status of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) less than or equal to 2 * Life expectancy of greater than three months * Patients of both genders must be willing to practice birth control during and for four months after receiving chemotherapy * Hematology: * Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1500/mm\^3 without the support of Filgrastim. * Platelet count greater than 75,000/mm\^3. * Hemoglobin greater than 8.0 g/dl. * Chemistry: * Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl unless the measured creatinine clearance is greater than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 * serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) within 5 times the upper limit of normal and a total serum bilirubin of less than 3 times the upper limit of normal, both of which define the upper limit of grade 2 treatment related toxicities. * Prothrombin time (PT) within 2 seconds of the upper limit of normal (international normalized ratio (INR) less than or equal to 1.8) * Recovered from any toxicity to grade 2 or less from all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy or radiotherapy and be at least 30 days past the date of their last treatment with the exception of mitotane which may be continued. * Able to understand their disease and the exploratory nature of combining surgery and Heated Intraperitoneal Peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for this histology.

Exclusion criteria

* Concomitant medical problems that would place the patient at unacceptable risk for a major surgical procedure. * History of congestive heart failure and/or an left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 40% Note: Patients at increased risk for coronary artery disease or cardiac dysfunction (e.g., greater than 65yo, diabetes, history of hypertension, elevated low-density lipoproteins (LDL), first degree relative with coronary artery disease) will undergo full cardiac evaluation and will not be eligible if they demonstrate significant irreversible ischemia on stress thallium or an ejection fraction less than 40%. \- Significant Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or other chronic pulmonary restrictive disease with pulmonary function test (PFTs) indicating an forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1) less than 50% or a Carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) less than 40% predicted for age Note: Patients who have shortness of breath with minimal exertion or who are at risk for pulmonary disease (e.g., chronic smokers) will undergo pulmonary function testing and will not be eligible if their FEV1 is less than 50% of expected. * Grade 2 or greater neuropathy * Women of child-bearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding because of the potentially dangerous effects of the chemotherapy on the fetus or infant. * Brain metastases or a history of brain metastases * Childs B or C cirrhosis * Evidence of severe portal hypertension by history, endoscopy, or radiologic studies Note: Any diagnosis of portal hypertension or clinical stigmata of such including but not limited to gastric or esophageal varices, umbilical vein varices or telangiectasias. * Weight less than 30 kg * Active systemic infections, coagulation disorders or other major medical illnesses of the cardiovascular, respiratory or immune system, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Intraperitoneal Progression Free Survival (PFS)Amount of time subject survives without intraperitoneal disease progression after treatment, an average of 17 monthsAmount of time subject survives without intraperitoneal disease progression after treatment. Disease progression is defined as imageable tumor nodules or increasing ascites persistent on computed tomography (CT) scan as interpreted by the official interpretation of the imaging studies.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Patients With Treatment Related Morbidity Following the Heated Intraperitoneal Peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) ProcedurePatients were assessed every 3 months up to an average of 17 months.Patients who died following the HIPEC procedure. The HIPEC is a surgical procedure in which two large bore catheters are inserted in the abdominal wall over the liver and pelvis. The physician closes the abdominal fascia and the catheters are connected to a perfusion circuit. The temperature of the catheters is carefully monitored while the physician ensures the perfusion is distributed properly by manually moving the abdomen.
Percentage of Participants Who Survived 5-years Post Treatment5 yearsPercentage of participants who are alive after treatment.
The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal Quality of Life (FACT-G) (QOL) Score Prior to Surgery, 6 Weeks After Surgery, and 3 Months After SurgeryPrior to surgery, 6 weeks post surgery, and 3 months post surgeryQOL characteristics were collected using The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal Quality of Life (QOL) questionnaire version 4, a validated survey that interrogates physical, emotional, functional, and social well being in cancer related issues on a 5-point scale. Scores range from 0 to 108 points. Higher scores are consistent with a better outcome.
Number of Participants With Serious and Non-serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0)Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 34 months and 28 days.Here is the count of participants with serious and non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPEC
Cytoreductive surgery followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with cisplatin Cisplatin: Patients who are successfully debulked will then undergo hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with cisplatin. Cytoreductive surgery: Patients will undergo cytoreductive surgery to achieve a Completeness of Cytoreduction Score (CC) of 0 or 1. sodium thiosulfate: sodium thiosulfate will be given to limit the toxicity of cisplatin
11
Total11

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyPt could not be cytoreduced for HIPEC1

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicCytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPEC
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
11 Participants
Age, Continuous41.48 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.3
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
4 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
7 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
10 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
11 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
8 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
3 Participants
Tumor Stage (AJCC) at Diagnosis
Stage I
20 percentage of participants
Tumor Stage (AJCC) at Diagnosis
Stage II
50 percentage of participants
Tumor Stage (AJCC) at Diagnosis
Stage III
10 percentage of participants
Tumor Stage (AJCC) at Diagnosis
Stage IV
0 percentage of participants
Tumor Stage (AJCC) at Diagnosis
Unknown
20 percentage of participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
3 / 11
other
Total, other adverse events
8 / 11
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1 / 11

Outcome results

Primary

Intraperitoneal Progression Free Survival (PFS)

Amount of time subject survives without intraperitoneal disease progression after treatment. Disease progression is defined as imageable tumor nodules or increasing ascites persistent on computed tomography (CT) scan as interpreted by the official interpretation of the imaging studies.

Time frame: Amount of time subject survives without intraperitoneal disease progression after treatment, an average of 17 months

Population: One patient could not be optimally cytoreduced for HIPEC and therefore did not receive intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPECIntraperitoneal Progression Free Survival (PFS)19 Months
Secondary

Number of Participants With Serious and Non-serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0)

Here is the count of participants with serious and non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned.

Time frame: Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 34 months and 28 days.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPECNumber of Participants With Serious and Non-serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0)8 Participants
Secondary

Number of Patients With Treatment Related Morbidity Following the Heated Intraperitoneal Peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) Procedure

Patients who died following the HIPEC procedure. The HIPEC is a surgical procedure in which two large bore catheters are inserted in the abdominal wall over the liver and pelvis. The physician closes the abdominal fascia and the catheters are connected to a perfusion circuit. The temperature of the catheters is carefully monitored while the physician ensures the perfusion is distributed properly by manually moving the abdomen.

Time frame: Patients were assessed every 3 months up to an average of 17 months.

Population: One patient could not be optimally cytoreduced for HIPEC and therefore did not receive intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPECNumber of Patients With Treatment Related Morbidity Following the Heated Intraperitoneal Peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) Procedure0 Participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Who Survived 5-years Post Treatment

Percentage of participants who are alive after treatment.

Time frame: 5 years

Population: Nine patients underwent cytoreduction and HIPEC, including one patient who recurred and was re-treated (n = 10 treatments). One patient could not be optimally cytoreduced for HIPEC and therefore did not receive intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPECPercentage of Participants Who Survived 5-years Post Treatment66.7 percentage of participants
Secondary

The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal Quality of Life (FACT-G) (QOL) Score Prior to Surgery, 6 Weeks After Surgery, and 3 Months After Surgery

QOL characteristics were collected using The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal Quality of Life (QOL) questionnaire version 4, a validated survey that interrogates physical, emotional, functional, and social well being in cancer related issues on a 5-point scale. Scores range from 0 to 108 points. Higher scores are consistent with a better outcome.

Time frame: Prior to surgery, 6 weeks post surgery, and 3 months post surgery

Population: One patient could not be optimally cytoreduced for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and therefore did not receive intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)
Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPECThe Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal Quality of Life (FACT-G) (QOL) Score Prior to Surgery, 6 Weeks After Surgery, and 3 Months After SurgeryPrior to surgery82.6 scores on a scale
Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPECThe Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal Quality of Life (FACT-G) (QOL) Score Prior to Surgery, 6 Weeks After Surgery, and 3 Months After Surgery6 weeks after surgery76.4 scores on a scale
Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by HIPECThe Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal Quality of Life (FACT-G) (QOL) Score Prior to Surgery, 6 Weeks After Surgery, and 3 Months After Surgery3 months after surgery80.2 scores on a scale

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026