A Phase 1 interventional study of Dexamethasone and Diphenhydramine in Diseases of Oesophagus Stomach and Duodenum, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-21.
Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical research study is to find the highest tolerable dose of paclitaxel that can be given as hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to patients with gastric or gastroesophageal cancer. HIPEC is a system in which heated chemotherapy is delivered directly inside the abdomen during surgery. In this study, paclitaxel is being combined with mitomycin and cisplatin to see if this study drug combination can help to control the disease.
This is an investigational study. Mitomycin, cisplatin, and paclitaxel are FDA-approved and commercially available for the treatment of gastric and gastroesophageal cancer. It is investigational to give these drugs by HIPEC.
The study doctor can describe how the study drugs and HIPEC are designed to work.
Up to 48 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.
Study Groups:
If participant is found to be eligible to take part in this study, participant will be assigned to a dose level of paclitaxel based on when participant joins this study. Up to 8 dose levels of paclitaxel will be tested. Up to 6 participants will be enrolled at each dose level. The first group of participants will receive the lowest dose level. Each new group will receive a higher dose than the group before it, if no intolerable side effects were seen. This will continue until the highest tolerable dose of paclitaxel is found.
All participants will receive the same dose level of mitomycin and cisplatin.
HIPEC Treatment and Study Visits:
On the day of HIPEC treatment, participant will receive heated mitomycin, cisplatin, and paclitaxel as a liquid that is injected through 3 to 4 small incisions in participant's abdomen over about 1 hour. Heated mitomycin, cisplatin, and paclitaxel will be delivered through plastic tubing that is connected to a pump into the abdominal cavity. The pump pushes the heated drugs into the abdominal cavity and then pulls it out and recirculates the drugs. The skin of the abdominal cavity is temporarily closed during this procedure. A pump will be used to pump the heated drugs in and out of the abdominal cavity over 60 minutes while the surgeon gently presses on the abdominal wall so the drugs can reach all areas in the abdominal cavity. After 60 minutes, the drugs are removed and the abdominal cavity will be washed. The remaining fluid will be removed before the surgeon closes the abdominal cavity with stitches.
Additionally, participant will be given standard drugs to help decrease the risk of side effects. Participant may ask the study staff for information about how the drugs are given and their risks.
Participant will remain in the hospital for 3-7 days after treatment.
While participant is in the hospital after surgery, blood (about 2-3 tablespoons) may be drawn for routine tests at any time that the study doctor thinks it is needed.
One (1) time between 2-6 weeks after HIPEC Treatment:
Follow-Up Visits:
Participant will have routine clinic visits or participant will be called every 6 months after the HIPEC procedure. Participant will be asked about any other cancer treatments participant may be receiving. If participant is called, these calls should last about 5-10 minutes. If participant stopped the study early, the study doctor may ask participant to return to the clinic for extra CT scans, PET scan, or MRIs during the follow-up period.
Participant will have a CT scan, PET scan, or MRI of participant's chest, abdomen, and pelvis every 6 months for 5 years after surgery to check the status of the disease.
Length of Study Participation:
Participant will be on study for about 5 years after participant's last procedure (HIPEC or surgery). Participant will be taken off study early if the disease gets worse, if intolerable side effects occur, or if participant is unable to follow study directions.
Participation on the study will be over after the follow-up visits.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.
Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
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Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
NYHA class (heart failure)
The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.
Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants receive heated Mitomycin, Cisplatin, and Paclitaxel as a liquid that is injected through 3 to 4 small incisions into the abdomen over about 1 hour.
Drug: Dexamethasone · Drug: Diphenhydramine · Drug: Famotidine · Drug: Mitomycin C · Drug: Cisplatin · Drug: Paclitaxel
10 mg by vein approximately 60 minutes before Paclitaxel.
Also known as: Decadron
50 mg by vein approximately 60 minutes before Paclitaxel.
Also known as: Benadryl
20 mg by vein approximately 60 minutes before Paclitaxel.
Also known as: Pepcid
Mitomycin C 30 mg in 3-7 liters of infusate administered using a rolling pump with hyperthermia for approximately 60 minutes through 3 to 4 small incisions in abdomen.
Also known as: Mitomycin
Cisplatin 200 mg in 3-7 liters of infusate administered using a rolling pump with hyperthermia for approximately 60 minutes through 3 to 4 small incisions in abdomen.
Also known as: Platinol-AQ, Platinol, CDDP
Starting dose of Paclitaxel is 20 mg/m2 in 3-7 liters of infusate administered using a rolling pump with hyperthermia for approximately 60 minutes through 3 to 4 small incisions in abdomen. Dose-escalation scheme of Paclitaxel is in increments of 5 mg/m2.
Also known as: Taxol
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of Paclitaxel via Intraperitoneal Route Combined with Fixed Doses of Mitomycin and Cisplatin during Laparoscopic Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
MTD selected based on isotonic regression as specified per methods by Liu and Yuan.
Time frame: 3 to 7 days after Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) infusion
Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) of Paclitaxel via Intraperitoneal Route Combined with Fixed Doses of Mitomycin and Cisplatin during Laparoscopic Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
Dose limiting toxicity (DLT) graded according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) by organ system. DLT defined as any grade III/IV non-hematologic or neutropenia-associated (infection or fever treated in the hospital) toxicity attributable to this therapy.
Time frame: Within 21 days after Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) infusion
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Studies of the drugs tested here: Dexamethasone · Diphenhydramine · Famotidine · Mitomycin · Cisplatin · Paclitaxel