Gene Therapy in Treating Patients With Unresectable, Recurrent, or Refractory Head and Neck Cancer
Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2
Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer
In brief
Participant with squamous cell cancer of head and neck are invited to participate in this study. In this study the investigators will be Inserting the gene for interleukin-12 into a person's cancer cells with the anticipation to make the body build an immune response to kill more tumor cells.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00004070
- Run by
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- People needed
- 7
- Starts
- 1999-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2000-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-04-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Females must be non-pregnant and non-lactating and either surgically sterile (via hysterectomy or bilateral tubal ligation), at least one year post-menopausal, or using acceptable methods of contraception for the duration of the study.
- Male subjects must be surgically sterile or using an acceptable method of contraception for the duration of the study.
- Disease: biopsy-proven unresectable or recurrent/refractory squamoussell_eareinoma_of_the:head-and-neck-(usualLy -Stage-Di-or-IV) -
- Tumor accessible to direct injection
- Karnofsky performance of at least 70%
- Life expectancy of at least three months
- Able to give written informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- Infection (concurrent or within previous 2 weeks)
- Active or clinically-relevant viral illnesses.
- Use of corticosteroids, high-dose non-steroidal antiinflammatory, or immunosuppressive drugs
- Chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy within 28 days of study entry or during the course of study
- Respiratory disease sufficient to influence oxygenation of arterial blood
- Active liver disease with transaminases >3 times the upper limit of normal
- Previous history of liver disease
- NYHA Class EU or greater heart failure
- Serum creatinine of greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
- Polymorphonuclear neutrophilic leukocyte count <3,000/mm3
- Platelet count <50,000/mm 3
- Tumor involving major blood vessels or obstructing the airway
- Previous treatment with viral-based gene therapy, recombinant DNA products, or bacterial plasmids
- Use of an investigational drug within 30 days of screening
- Other malignancies requiring treatment during the study
- Scheduled surgical resection
- History of autoimmune disease, including rheumatic disease, Crohn's disease, etc. ,
- Known allergy to polyvinylpyrrofidone (PVP) or related products
- History of psychiatric disabilities or seizures.
Where it is running
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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