Photodynamic Therapy Using Porfimer Sodium in Treating Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer And Bronchial Disease

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center35 enrolled

Overview

RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug 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 non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well photodynamic therapy using porfimer sodium works in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer and bronchial disease.

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To test the hypothesis that the immune response in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) is T cell mediated. Secondary * To test the hypothesis that PDT potentially affects survival rates in these patients. * To test the hypothesis that T lymphocytes mediate an immune response that affects survival in PDT treated patients. OUTLINE: Patients deemed suitable for photodynamic therapy (PDT) are offered PDT. Patients are divided into 2 groups according to whether or not they receive PDT. All patients are referred to radiation and medical oncology for standard of care adjuvant therapy (beginning after completion of this study). * Group 1 (PDT): Patients receive porfimer sodium IV over 3-5 minutes and undergo irradiation with red light 48 hours later. Patients receive 2 more treatments at 2-day intervals. * Group 2 (non-PDT): Patients undergo a baseline bronchoscopy and a repeat bronchoscopy at 4 weeks. Blood sample, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and tumor tissue are collected after each treatment (group 1) or at time of each bronchoscopy (group 2) and assayed for the presence of lymphocyte phenotypes Th1, Th2, Treg, and Th17. After completion of study therapy, patients are followed at 1 month after PDT and then every 3 months for 3 years.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Lung Cancer

Interventions

porfimer sodiumDRUG

Given IV

bronchoscopyPROCEDURE

Patients undergo bronchoscopy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients that have a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer, of any stage, with obstructive or hemorrhagic endobronchial disease receiving PDT treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients that have undergone PDT, chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the past 3 months will not be considered for enrollment. * Patients taking antioxidant therapy will be excluded from enrollment due to potential interaction with the potential oxidative mechanism of action of Photofrin®. These antioxidants would include beta-carotene, lutein, Lycopene, Selenium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E.

Locations (1)

Ohio State University Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Determine the cytokine phenotype found in collected specimens of lung cancer patients treated with photodynamic therapy.

Tumor tissue, broncheoalveolar fluid and blood from enrolled patients will be assayed for the presence of the following defined lymphocyte phenotypes

Time frame: up to one year

Secondary Outcomes

Correlate the cytokine phenotype of patients undergoing PDT treatment with survival

The immune response that is established will be statistically correlated with the survival rate measured at 6 months and 1 year. This will allow us to discern if a higher survival rate is associated with a specific immune response.

Time frame: up to one year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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