Status:

COMPLETED

Photodynamic Therapy Using HPPH in Treating Patients Undergoing Surgery for Primary or Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Conditions:

Recurrent Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity

Recurrent Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Lip

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of photodynamic therapy using HPPH in treating patients who are undergoing surgery for primary or recurrent head and neck cancer. Photodynamic...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Identifying the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of PDT among 4 investigated light dose levels (30, 50, 60 and 75) in combination with surgery in patients with recurrent or primary...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with resectable primary or recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) who are undergoing surgery to resect the cancer; (operable patients whose disease can be removed surgically with the expectation of clear margins, without compromising vital structures, i.e. respectability is individually determined by the surgeon and is based on anatomic extent of disease as well as technical ability of the operator)
  • Female patients must not be pregnant (documented by human chorionic gonadotropin \[HCG\] test) and must be practicing a medically acceptable form of birth control, be sterile or post-menopausal
  • Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2
  • Patients must sign an informed consent according to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines acceptable to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  • No radiation therapy, chemotherapy or other biological therapy for at least 30 days prior to PDT

Exclusion

  • Patients with unresectable tumors
  • Porphyria or hypersensitivity to porphyrin or porphyrin-like compounds
  • White blood cell (WBC) \< 4,000
  • Platelet count \< 100,000
  • Prothrombin time 1.5 times above the upper normal limit
  • Total serum bilirubin \> 2.0 mg/d
  • Serum creatinine \> 2 mg%
  • Alkaline phosphatase (hepatic) \> 3 times the upper normal limit
  • Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) \> 3 times the upper normal limit
  • Patients on concurrent chemotherapy or radiation therapy will be excluded
  • Patients who have received radiation therapy, chemotherapy or other biological therapy during the past 30 days
  • Has not recovered from toxicity of prior therapy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 19 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 30 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00470496

Start Date

October 19 2006

End Date

August 30 2018

Last Update

July 25 2022

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263