Clinical trial NCT02119728: Photodynamic Therapy With HPPH in Treating Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Official title: A Randomized Multicenter Phase II Study Using HPPH With PDT Versus Standard of Care Surgery for Patients With T1/T2 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity
Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Recurrent Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Stage I Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity
Stage I Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Stage I Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Stage II Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity
Stage II Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Stage II Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity
Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Stage III Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity
Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Stage IVA Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Stage IVB Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity
Stage IVB Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Stage IVB Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Stage IVC Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity
Stage IVC Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
Stage IVC Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Lead sponsor: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2014-04-22
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This randomized phase II trial studies how well photodynamic therapy with HPPH works in treating patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. Photodynamic therapy uses HPPH 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 effective against squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity.

Detailed description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To test the non-inferiority of photodynamic therapy (PDT) to standard of care surgery.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine improvement in quality of life (QoL) using the University of Washington Quality of life questionnaire version 4.

II. To assess the toxicity using the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE version 4.0).

III. To explore progression-free survival in this patient population treated with HPPH mediated PDT.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Immune markers (T cells). II. To investigate the correlation of the tri-modal optical spectroscopy with tumor response to PDT.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatments arms.

ARM I: Patients undergo standard of care surgery on day 1.

ARM II: Patients receive HPPH intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on day 0. Approximately 24 hours later, patients undergo photodynamic therapy on day 1.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up 3-4 months for 1 year, 3-6 months for 1 year, 4-8 months for 1 year, and once a year for 2 years.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =\< 2
* Patients with Tl/T2 squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity with or without extension to the oropharynx
* Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the target tumor(s)
* Tumor thickness is 4 mm or less (in the judgment of the physician)
* Computed tomography (CT) of the neck to confirm staging
* Tumor accessible for unrestricted illumination for photodynamic therapy (PDT) (accessibility as determined by the physician)
* Life expectancy of at least 12 months in the judgment of the physician
* Patients 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 the duration of study participation; 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
* Patient or legal representative must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy or targeted agents 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 cells (WBC) \< 4,000
* Total serum bilirubin \> 2 mg/dL
* Serum creatinine \> 2 mg/dL
* Alkaline phosphatase (hepatic) \> 3 times the upper normal limit
* 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
* Nodal disease as detected by clinical exam or CT
* Pregnant or nursing female patients
* Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements
* Any condition which in the Investigator's opinion deems the patient an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug
* Received an investigational agent within 30 days prior to enrollment

Primary outcomes:
measure: Objective tumor response assessed according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1
timeFrame: 3 months after treatment
measure: Changes in quality of life evaluated by the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire version 4
timeFrame: Baseline to up to 5 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Frequency of toxicity graded according to NCI CTCAE version 4.0
timeFrame: Up to 6 weeks after treatment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Buffalo
country: United States
facility: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
name: Hassan Arshad
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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