Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Stage IIA Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Stage IIB Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of photodynamic therapy during surgery in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer that can be removed by surgery. Photodynamic therapy uses a drug, such as temoporfin, that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, cancer cells are killed. This may be a better way to treat patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To demonstrate that intraoperative adjuvant regional photodynamic therapy with low-dose temoporfin is safe. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Initial assessment of efficacy (i.e., 2-year disease free survival). II. To investigate the relationship between signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) levels, measured light dose and the clinical outcome. III. Correlate the serum concentrations of vitamin D metabolites (25-hydroxyvitarnin D3 and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) with the presence of lymph node (LN) metastasis at the time of surgical resection. IV. To measure temoporfin uptake in malignant and normal tissue. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of photodynamic therapy with temoporfin. Patients receive temoporfin intravenously (IV) over no less than 6 minutes and then undergo standard surgical resection with intraoperative photodynamic therapy (PDT). After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6 months for 2 years.
Interventions
Given IV
Undergo surgical resection
Undergo intraoperative PDT
Correlative studies
Correlative studies
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) * Patients with resectable primary NSCLC who are undergoing surgery to resect T3 to T4 lesions OR any patients with clinical NI or N2 disease regardless of T-stage * Subjects must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale of 0-2 * Subjects of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraceptive methods (e.g., hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for 6 months after surgery; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately * The subject or legal representative must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent prior to receiving any study related procedure * Must consent to participate in study I 03103: Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Data Bank and Biorepository (DBBR)
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier * Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial * Patients with porphyria, or with known hypersensitivity to porphyrins or porphyrin-like compounds * White blood cell (WBC) \< 4,000 * Platelet count \< 100,000 * Total serum bilirubin \> 2 mg/dL * Serum creatinine \> 2 mg/dL * Alkaline phosphatase (hepatic) or serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) \> 3 times the upper normal limit * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements * Pregnant or nursing female subjects * Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements * Any condition which in the Investigator's opinion deems the subject an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug * Received an investigational agent within 30 days prior to enrollment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Maximum tolerated dose of PDT with temoporfin, defined as the dose level in which more than 1 of 6 patients experience a dose limiting toxicity using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4 | 2 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Locoregional recurrence-free rate | Up to 2 years | Estimated using simple relative frequencies. The corresponding 95% confidence interval for the estimated probability will be computed using the method proposed by Clopper and Pearson. Maximum likelihood estimation will be utilized in the model fitting procedures. |
| Overall survival | Up to 2 years | Distribution will be obtained using the Kaplan-Meier method. Corresponding confidence intervals using the methodology of Brookmeyer and Crowley will be computed. |
| Progression free survival | Up to 2 years | Distribution will be obtained using the Kaplan-Meier method. Corresponding confidence intervals using the methodology of Brookmeyer and Crowley will be computed. |
| Toxicity rate, using NCI CTCAE version 4 | Up to 30 days after completion of study treatment | Estimated using simple relative frequencies. The corresponding 95% confidence interval for the estimated probability will be computed using the method proposed by Clopper and Pearson. Maximum likelihood estimation will be utilized in the model fitting procedures. |
Countries
United States