Porfimer Sodium in Diagnosing Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT00002964
• Lead Sponsor: Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs that make cancer cells more visible to light may help in the diagnosis of head and neck cancer.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the usefulness of porfimer sodium in diagnosing patients with head and neck cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether porfimer sodium fluorescence can be used to reveal early malignant changes in patients with lesions of the oral cavity. II. Investigate whether porfimer sodium fluorescence can define areas of field cancerization in the oral mucosa, specifically satellite foci of malignant cells within the margins of an excision. III. Determine whether uptake of fluorescence is indicative of disease stage.

OUTLINE: Patients receive porfimer sodium IV bolus and are kept in subdued light until examination with a fluorescence photometer 48 hours later. Patients must avoid sunlight and other intense lights for an additional 30 days.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 20 patients will be accrued per year.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1995-02
• Study First Submitted: 1999-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2004-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2004-04-26
• Study First Posted: 2004-04-27
• Status Verified: 2013-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-02-04
• Last Update Posted: 2013-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Roswell Park Cancer Institute; 🇺🇸 Buffalo, New York, United States