Feasibility Study of Using Navigational Bronchoscopy to Perform PDT-Photofrin® in Unresectable Peripheral Lung Cancer
Status: | Active, not recruiting |
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Conditions: | Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cancer |
Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - Any |
Updated: | 1/9/2019 |
Start Date: | January 26, 2017 |
End Date: | May 2019 |
A Multicenter, Prospective, Open-label, Single-arm Clinical Study of the Safety and Feasibility of Using Navigational Bronchoscopy to Perform Interstitial Photodynamic Therapy Using Photofrin® as Treatment in Subjects With Unresectable Solid Tumor in Peripheral Lung
This research study is being conducted to assess the safety and feasibility of using a new
developed bronchoscopic technology called electronavigational bronchoscopy to treat subjects
with solid tumor in peripheral lung, who are inoperable or refused surgery. It will involve
10 sites in USA and Canada. Participation will last 6 months.
developed bronchoscopic technology called electronavigational bronchoscopy to treat subjects
with solid tumor in peripheral lung, who are inoperable or refused surgery. It will involve
10 sites in USA and Canada. Participation will last 6 months.
Lung cancer accounts for almost one-third of cancer deaths. Cancer screening strategies have
the potential to achieve a 20% reduction in death rates. Newly developed bronchoscopic
technologies (such as navigational bronchoscopy) have shown to enable physicians to safely
reach lesions in peripheral regions of the lung and obtain diagnosis. This new technology may
now potentially offer bronchoscopic therapeutic interventions, such as photodynamic therapy,
to tumors that were previously unreachable due to their peripheral anatomic location.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses a combination of a photosensitizing drug (a drug that is
activated by light), called porfimer sodium (Photofrin®), and a light from a laser that emits
no heat. This technique works to allow the medical doctor to specifically target and destroy
abnormal or cancer cells while limiting damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The activation
of the drug is done by lighting the abnormal area using a fiber optic device (very fine fiber
[like a fishing line] that permits light transmission) inserted into a flexible tube called
bronchoscope. The light activates the porfimer sodium, which is concentrated in the abnormal
tissue, leading to its destruction.
The purpose of this study is to determine if physicians can reach the tumors in the periphery
of the lung via electronavigational bronchoscopy and deliver the photodynamic therapy by
placing the optical fiber into the tumor.
the potential to achieve a 20% reduction in death rates. Newly developed bronchoscopic
technologies (such as navigational bronchoscopy) have shown to enable physicians to safely
reach lesions in peripheral regions of the lung and obtain diagnosis. This new technology may
now potentially offer bronchoscopic therapeutic interventions, such as photodynamic therapy,
to tumors that were previously unreachable due to their peripheral anatomic location.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses a combination of a photosensitizing drug (a drug that is
activated by light), called porfimer sodium (Photofrin®), and a light from a laser that emits
no heat. This technique works to allow the medical doctor to specifically target and destroy
abnormal or cancer cells while limiting damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The activation
of the drug is done by lighting the abnormal area using a fiber optic device (very fine fiber
[like a fishing line] that permits light transmission) inserted into a flexible tube called
bronchoscope. The light activates the porfimer sodium, which is concentrated in the abnormal
tissue, leading to its destruction.
The purpose of this study is to determine if physicians can reach the tumors in the periphery
of the lung via electronavigational bronchoscopy and deliver the photodynamic therapy by
placing the optical fiber into the tumor.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female aged 18 or older
- Diagnosed with histologically confirmed solid tumor located in the peripheral lung
- Not candidate for curative surgery, is unfit for surgery, or does not wish to undergo
curative surgery
- May be candidate for, have failed, or does not wish to undergo radiation therapy
- The tumor is ≤ 3 cm in size and clearly observable in computerized tomography (CT
scan)
- Able to sign an informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnostic of small cell lung cancer
- Solid tumor located in central lung
- Presence of concurrent non-solid malignancy
- Abnormal blood results
- Received chemotherapy/immunotherapy in the last 4 weeks
- Tumor invades a major blood vessel
- Porphyria or known hypersensitivity to Photofrin® or porphyrin-like compounds or to
any of its excipients
- Planned surgical procedure within the next 90 days
- Coexisting ophthalmic disease likely to require slit-lamp examination within the next
90 days
- Acute or chronic medical or psychological illnesses that prevent endoscopy procedures
- Pregnant or intend to become pregnant, breastfeeding or intend to breastfeed during
the study
- Received PDT during the past 3 months
- Severe impairment of your kidney or liver function
- Participates or intends to participate in another drug study (other than observational
studies) during the study
We found this trial at
7
sites
600 Celebrate Life Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30265
Atlanta, Georgia 30265
Principal Investigator: Rabih Bechara, MD
Phone: 770-400-7194
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Gainesville, Florida 32610
(352) 392-3261

Principal Investigator: Hiren Mehta, MD
Phone: 352-273-5870
University of Florida The University of Florida (UF) is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research...
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Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
Principal Investigator: Neeraj R Desai, MD
Phone: 847-230-3993
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Madison, Wisconsin 53706
(608) 263-2400

Principal Investigator: John S Ferguson, MD
Phone: 608-263-1739
University of Wisconsin-Madison In achievement and prestige, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has long been recognized...
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Spokane, Washington 99204
Principal Investigator: Jiten Patel, MD
Phone: 509-474-3823
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Toronto, Ontario
Principal Investigator: Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD
Phone: 416-340-4857
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Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133
Principal Investigator: Daniel A Nader, DO
Phone: 918-286-5448
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