Status:

TERMINATED

Suicide Plus Immune Gene Therapy for Advanced Melanoma

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Collaborating Sponsors:

Instituto de Oncología Ángel H. Roffo

National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion, Argentina

Conditions:

Melanoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

Safety evaluation of combined immunogene therapy in patients with advanced melanoma.

Detailed Description

This phase I clinical protocol is proposed to evaluate the safety of combined immunotherapy genetics in humans. This treatment combines the high local cytotoxicity of the suicide gene system (HSV thy...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with histologically and / or cytologically confirmed melanoma.
  • Patients progressed or are intolerant to conventional systemic treatments.
  • Patients that are not candidates for surgery under oncologic criteria (complete resection).
  • Performance status (ECOG) 0 or 1.
  • Patients with life expectancy greater than 6 months.
  • Patients with at least one accessible target lesion for gene inoculation (superficial localizations of the primary tumor, satelitosis, subcutaneous or accessible lymph node metastasis).
  • Patients with measurable disease (according to RECIST 1.1 criteria, irrespective of the target lesion chosen for suicide gene inoculation)
  • Patients with signed informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Patients with uncontrolled cardiovascular disease
  • Patients with uncontrolled respiratory disease.
  • Patients with uncontrolled immune disease.
  • Patients with glucocorticoids or immunosuppressive drugs or agents with immunomodulatory activity (except non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents) up to 2 weeks before treatment.
  • Patients performing other experimental therapies.
  • Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Patients undergoing concurrent chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
  • Uncontrolled diabetes.
  • Patients with active diagnosis of other malignant neoplasms.
  • HIV-positive patients.
  • Uncontrolled thyroid abnormality.
  • Patients with significant medical morbidity.
  • Patients with a history of allergic reactions to chemicals or similar to those used in this study.
  • Metastasis in the central nervous system.
  • Laboratory eligibility criteria excluded:
  • Hemoglobin: \<8 g / dL, leukocytes: \<3,000 / mm3, platelets: \<100,000 / mm3, neutrophils: \<1000 / mm3, hematocrit: \<25%. bilirubin\> 2.0 mg / dL, GOT or GPT: 2.5 times\> than normal upper institutional limit (ULN), alkaline phosphatase: 2 times\> ULN, creatinine\> 2.0 mg / dL, creatinine clearence : \<60 ml / min / 1.73 m2.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 20 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 20 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

4 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03338777

Start Date

February 20 2020

End Date

February 20 2020

Last Update

February 25 2020

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Hospital Italiano

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina