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CompletedNCT01163552

Heated Chemotherapy for Cancers That Have Spread to the Chest Cavity

Surgical Cytoreduction Followed by Intraoperative Intrathoracic Hyperthermic Chemotherapy Perfusion for the Management of Disseminated Pleural Malignancies

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
5 (actual)
Sponsor
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Cancers that have spread to the inner lining of the chest are classified as Stage IV and bear a poor prognosis. Surgery is rarely an option, with palliative chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy the only treatment options. This study intends to evaluate whether surgical removal of all visible tumor on the chest wall followed by bathing the chest cavity in heated chemotherapy solution will improve outcomes for these advanced cancers.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURESurgical debulking and Intrathoracic Hyperthermic ChemotherapySurgical debulking of intrathoracic metastases will be performed, followed by perfusion of the chest with heated Cisplatin for 60 minutes.

Timeline

Start date
2010-06-01
Primary completion
2014-05-01
Completion
2014-05-01
First posted
2010-07-15
Last updated
2014-06-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01163552. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.