Status:

COMPLETED

Radiation Therapy and Sargramostim in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

Sirius Medicine

Conditions:

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Colony-stimulating factors such as sargramostim increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the safety of contrast-enhanced high-dose radiotherapy administered with sargramostim (GM-CSF) in patients with advanced solid malignancies. * Determine immune response in pat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed solid malignancy
  • Advanced disease
  • Radiotherapy is appropriate treatment (i.e., radio-responsive)
  • No tumors beyond the reach of kilovoltage beam (e.g., \> 15 cm beneath the skin)
  • At least 1 lesion accessible to needle localization and catheter placement
  • May be refractory to prior chemotherapy
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Performance status
  • 0-4
  • Life expectancy
  • At least 2 months
  • Hematopoietic
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL (RBC transfusion allowed)
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3 (transfusion independent)
  • No excessive leukemic blasts
  • No bleeding diathesis
  • Hepatic
  • PT and PTT ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST or ALT \< 2 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase \< 2 times ULN
  • Renal
  • Creatinine \< 1.5 mg/dL
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No contraindication to MRI or CT scan
  • No medical or psychiatric condition that would preclude giving informed consent
  • Able to lie flat for 1 hour
  • No known hypersensitivity to sargramostim (GM-CSF) or any of its components
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Prior biologic therapy allowed
  • No concurrent biologic therapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No concurrent chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Concurrent hormonal therapy allowed
  • Radiotherapy
  • Prior radiotherapy to planned treatment site allowed
  • No other concurrent radiotherapy to planned treatment site
  • Surgery
  • Prior surgery allowed
  • Other
  • More than 14 days since prior radiosensitizers
  • No other concurrent investigational therapy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    End Date :

    June 1 2006

    Estimated Enrollment :

    Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00091052

    Start Date

    July 1 2004

    End Date

    June 1 2006

    Last Update

    March 26 2013

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    Sirius Medicine, LLC

    Loveland, Colorado, United States, 80538