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Tumor Necrosis Factor in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Primary Cancer or Metastatic Cancer

Early Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Breast Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Liver Cancer
Melanoma (Skin)
Ovarian Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Sarcoma
Registration Number
NCT00436410
Lead Sponsor
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Biological therapies, such as tumor necrosis factor, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop tumor cells from growing. Studying tumor necrosis factor in samples of tumor tissue and healthy tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn how tumor necrosis factor works in tumor tissue and healthy tissue.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying tumor necrosis factor in patients undergoing surgery for primary cancer or metastatic cancer .

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the tumor tissue and normal tissue distribution of colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor in patients with primary or metastatic cancer undergoing surgery.

Secondary

* Determine, by histological examination of resected tumor tissue, the acute antitumor effects of this treatment in these patients.

* Determine the long-term toxicities of this treatment in these patients.

* Determine the response to this treatment in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a cohort study. Patients are stratified according to disease type (colorectal cancer vs hepatocellular cancer vs pancreatic exocrine cancer vs pancreatic endocrine cancer vs breast cancer vs melanoma vs primary adrenal tumors vs renal cell carcinoma).

Patients receive colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor IV over 15-30 seconds 12-78 hours prior to surgery. Patients then undergo standard-care surgery.

Tumor and normal tissues are removed during surgery for analysis of antitumor effects and tissue distribution of colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor by electron microscopy.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 108 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
108
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tumor tissue and normal tissue distribution of colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor
Comparison of the impact of distribution time and histology on accumulation of treatment particles in tumor vs normal tissues
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acute antitumor activity of treatment
Long-term toxicity of treatment as assessed by CTCAE v3.0

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

NCI - Center for Cancer Research-Medical Oncology

🇺🇸

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

NCI - Surgery Branch

🇺🇸

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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