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CompletedNCT00051480

Study of TNFerade™ Gene Therapy, Radiation, 5-FU and Cisplatin in Esophageal Cancer

A Single Arm, Phase II Study of TNFerade™ Biologic Gene Therapy + Radiation + 5-FU and Cisplatin in Locally Advanced, Resectable, Esophageal Cancer

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
Sponsor
GenVec · Industry
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the safety and feasibility of giving TNFerade™ with 5-FU, Cisplatin and radiation therapy to patients with locally advanced, esophageal cancer prior to surgical resection. TNFerade™ is a replication deficient (E1, E3 and E4 deleted) adenovirus vector containing the gene for TNF-alpha controlled by a radiation inducible promoter. This allows the expression of TNF-alpha to be greatest in the area receiving radiation. TNF-alpha is a potent cytokine that has been shown to have potent anti-cancer activities but, due to systemic toxicity, could not be delivered at effective doses. TNFerade™ is a novel way of selective delivery of TNF-alpha to tumor cells. TNFerade™ will be delivered once a week for five weeks by direct intratumoral injection by using endoscopy or Endoscopic Ultrasound. 5-FU (1000 mg/m2/day) will be delivered via continuous infusion for 96 hours during weeks 1 and 4. Cisplatin (75 mg/m2) will be delivered on Day 1 and Day 29 intravenously. The dose of radiation delivered will be 45 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions for 5 weeks.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
GENETICTNFerade

Timeline

First posted
2003-01-13
Last updated
2011-05-12

Locations

12 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00051480. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.