Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in Treating Patients With Melanoma - Full Text View

Purpose

RATIONALE: Boron neutron capture therapy may selectively kill tumor cells without harming normal tissue.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of boron neutron capture therapy in treating patients who have melanoma.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Melanoma (Skin)	Procedure: boron neutron capture therapy	Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics:

Melanoma

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Non-Randomized, Active Control

Official Title:	A Phase II Trial For Neutron Capture Therapy In Melanoma

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:

Clinical response [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Time course, uniformity, and severity of acute dermal reactions [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Late dermal reaction after at least six months [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Pharmacokinetics [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Study Start Date:

May 2002

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Determine the clinical response, by serial objective measurements, in patients with melanoma treated with boron neutron capture therapy.
Determine the time course, uniformity, and severity of acute dermal reactions in patients treated with this regimen.
Determine the late dermal reactions in patients who are followed for at least 6 months after treatment with this regimen.
Determine the pharmacokinetics of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to tumor size (no greater than 15 cc vs greater than 15 cc).

Patients undergo boron neutron capture therapy.

Patients are followed for 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 36 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Histologically confirmed melanoma
Evaluable disease
Lesion(s) to be irradiated must be located in 1 of the following areas:
- On an extremity
- On the head or neck (including the scalp)
- In the subdermal lymphatics (excluding the proximal axilla)
Area to be irradiated must not exceed a maximum dimension of 10 cm
- Maximum tumor depth from the surface of the skin cannot exceed 6 cm

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

18 and over

Performance status

ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy

More than 6 months

Hematopoietic

Not specified

Hepatic

Not specified

Renal

Creatinine normal

Cardiovascular

No history of severe cardiac disease
No uncontrolled arrhythmias or conduction defects
No unstable or newly diagnosed angina pectoris
No recent coronary artery disease
No congestive heart failure

Other

Not pregnant
Negative pregnancy test
No history of phenylketonuria
Must have sufficient mental competence

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

Not specified

Chemotherapy

Not specified

Endocrine therapy

Not specified

Radiotherapy

No prior radiotherapy to study sites

Surgery

Not specified

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00059800

Locations


United States, Massachusetts
	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
	Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 02139

Sponsors and Collaborators

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Investigators


Study Chair:	Paul M. Busse, MD, PhD	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers:	CDR0000287207, BIDMC-W-01-0380-FB, BIDMC-2001-P-001946
First Received:	May 6, 2003
Last Updated:	July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00059800
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

recurrent melanoma

stage 0 melanoma

stage I melanoma

stage II melanoma

stage III melanoma

stage IV melanoma

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Neuroectodermal Tumors

Nevus, Pigmented

Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal

Neuroepithelioma

Nevus

Recurrence

Neuroendocrine Tumors

Melanoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Neoplasms

Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue

Nevi and Melanomas

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 30, 2008

Sponsored by:	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Information provided by:	National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00059800