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trūFreeze® Palliative Esophageal Cancer

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Esophageal Cancer
Interventions
Device: trūFreeze® System spray cryotherapy
Registration Number
NCT03243734
Lead Sponsor
US Endoscopy Group Inc.
Brief Summary

Prospective, open label, non-controlled single arm, multi-center study The primary objective is to study the effects of the trūFreeze® Spray Cryotherapy System in a population of subjects who have been diagnosed with persistent local esophageal cancer and who are not surgical candidates or have completed or declined systemic therapy.

Detailed Description

The use of cryotherapy delivered with the trūFreeze® System via noncontact spray ablates the cancer cells while allowing adjacent normal tissue to regenerate. When the liquid nitrogen is delivered to the malignant lesion the cancer cells undergo ablation induced by intracellular water being frozen in place such that ice crystals are formed. These ice crystals aggregate quickly causing immediate intracellular energy producing organelles to be destroyed leading to a non-viable cell. Subsequent tumor sloughing and absorption of apoptotic cells occurs with a subsequent debulking of the tumor mass. Normal tissue will regenerate as re-epithelialization occurs. The extreme cold of -196 degrees Celsius or a "hard freeze" leads to more extensive primary cell death over a shorter freeze time as compared to cryoprobes. A reduction of overall tumor obstruction in the esophageal lumen can reduce symptoms of dysphagia, delay the time until stent is needed, provide palliative care for patients for whom additional tri-modal therapies are not an option, and may increase quality of life in esophageal cancer patients. The studies conducted to date have provided documentation of the safety and effectiveness of spray cryotherapy (SCT) when used for malignancies in the esophagus. Measures of dysphagia relief have been described in peer reviewed literature. This study aims to provide much needed HRQOL information as well as additional tumor characteristics before and after SCT. A cohort of patients with locally persistent esophageal cancer will be studied in up to twelve (12) centers in the United States to provide important HRQOL data and more a comprehensive understanding of clinical tumor response post SCT. In the proposed study, the trūFreeze® System spray cryotherapy procedure will be performed during endoscopy. Each SCT procedure will be performed endoscopically at clinically indicated intervals of 6 weeks +/- 3 weeks. Total procedure dosimetry will be delivered at the discretion of the Investigator based on tumor location and patient tolerability. After each procedure at defined intervals, patients will be contacted and QOL symptom related information will be collected. If at any point an Investigator determines that a subject is not a candidate for further spray cryotherapy or is unable to tolerate additional procedures, they will be contacted via telephone to ascertain HRQOL information. Subject participation will last up to two years or until death

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria
  • Males and females of 18 to 89 years of age.
  • Subject is able to read, understand, and sign a written Informed Consent to participate in the study.
  • Subject has persistent esophageal cancer with local luminal involvement and who is not a surgical candidate or has completed or declined systemic therapy.
  • Subject is able to tolerate endoscopy
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subject is pregnant, nursing, or planning to get pregnant during study duration.
  • Subjects with an esophageal stent in situ at the time of study enrollment
  • Subject, as deemed by treating investigator has contraindication to endoscopy or Spray Cryotherapy Procedure.
  • Subject has received radiation within the past 6 weeks
  • Subject has received chemotherapy within the past 2 weeks Subject has received immunotherapy within 30 days
  • Subject has participated in another clinical study for systemic therapy within 6 weeks of baseline.
  • Subject has had previous Spray Cryotherapy for esophageal cancer.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
trūFreeze® System spray cryotherapytrūFreeze® System spray cryotherapytrūFreeze® System spray cryotherapy as clinically indicated for symptom relief
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline EORTC at 14 days post cryotherapy procedure14 days post spray cryotherapy

Validated Cancer Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire

Change from baseline dysphagia scale at 14 days post cryotherapy procedure14 days post spray cryotherapy

Dysphagia Severity Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to additional interventional procedure(s) other than spray cryotherapy (e.g. stent placement)up to 2 years post SCT procedure

baseline to procedure other than spray cryotherapy

Mean change in the amount of residual tumor from baseline to follow-up cryospray delivery sessionup to 2 years post SCT procedure

Describe changes in tumor

Overall Survivalup to 2 years post SCT procedure

SCT to death

Trial Locations

Locations (10)

University of California at Irvine

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Orange, California, United States

Cancer Treatment Centers of America Western Regional Medical Center

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Goodyear, Arizona, United States

Dartmouth-Hotchcock Medical Center

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Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Spectrum Health

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

University of Rochester

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Rochester, New York, United States

Emory University

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center

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Manhasset, New York, United States

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Richmond, Virginia, United States

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