To evaluate the tolerance and safety of cinobufacini injection intraperitoneal treatment on digestive system cancer patients with malignant ascites, and propose dosage regimens for future clinical trials. The clinical trial is divided into two parts, including single and successive administration.
To evaluate the tolerance and safety of cinobufacini injection intraperitoneal treatment on digestive system cancer patients with malignant ascites, and propose dosage regimens for future clinical trials. A single-arm, non-randomized, open, drug tolerance trial will be conducted. The clinical trial is divided into two parts, including single and successive administration.The single administration includes 7 groups, dose is escalated from 15ml to 180ml, with 2-6 patients per dose level. Central venous catheters will be preserved for drainage of ascites, after the drainage of most of ascites, we will slowly inject a dilute concentration of cinobufacini injection with escalated dosage through the catheters. This treatment will be given only once, and the volunteers will be observed for 24 hours. Then we will evaluate the observation indexes, including adverse events, vital signs, electrocardiogram, blood routine, urine routine, hepatic and renal function, etc. The successive administration includes 2 groups, according to the result of single administration, choose the second largest tolerance dose to conduct the 1st group of successive administration. If there are significant adverse effects, then drop to a lower dose to conduct the 2nd group; if the trial shows no adverse effects, it upgrades to a higher dose (the maximum tolerated dose) to conduct the 2nd group. The treatment will be given 3 times a week, 2 weeks as a period. Adverse effects will be evaluated during and after treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
48
Cinobufacini injection is extracted from a traditional Chinese medicine Bufo toad skins, it's something cold and poisonous with damp evil. On one hand it can kill the cancer cells direct; on the other hand it has the ability to contract blood vessels and inhibit the formation of tumor new vessels. It has been widely used in the treatment of various malignancies.
Oncology dept; Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
RECRUITINGthe grade of adverse events
According to The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE 4.0),grade the severity of adverse events (AE) that occur with drug treatment,which include symptoms, electrocardiogram, blood routine, urine routine, hepatic and renal function. Each item is graded 1-5.
Time frame: 14 days
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