Isolated Limb Infusion Chemotherapy With Targeted Gene Therapy for Advanced, Unresectable Extremity Melanoma

Summary

This phase I/II trial studies the safety, best dose and effectiveness of targeted gene therapy combined with isolated limb infusion (ILI) of melphalan and dactinomycin for treating patients with advanced extremity melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery. Adding gene therapy to a standard chemotherapy regimen in the isolated limb may enhance anti-cancer effects by inducing a systemic immune response against the tumor cells.

Timeline

Start

2014-12

Primary completion

2016-02

Completion

2016-02

Publications

• Background Turley RS, Raymond AK, Tyler DS. Regional treatment strategies for in-transit melanoma metastasis. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2011 Jan;20(1):79-103. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2010.09.008.
• Background Aloia TA, Grubbs E, Onaitis M, Mosca PJ, Cheng TY, Seigler H, Tyler DS. Predictors of outcome after hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion: role of tumor response. Arch Surg. 2005 Nov;140(11):1115-20. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.140.11.1115.
• Background Brady MS, Brown K, Patel A, Fisher C, Marx W. A phase II trial of isolated limb infusion with melphalan and dactinomycin for regional melanoma and soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity. Ann Surg Oncol. 2006 Aug;13(8):1123-9. doi: 10.1245/ASO.2006.05.003. Epub 2006 Jun 21.
• Background Beasley GM, Riboh JC, Augustine CK, Zager JS, Hochwald SN, Grobmyer SR, Peterson B, Royal R, Ross MI, Tyler DS. Prospective multicenter phase II trial of systemic ADH-1 in combination with melphalan via isolated limb infusion in patients with advanced extremity melanoma. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Mar 20;29(9):1210-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.1224. Epub 2011 Feb 22.
• Background Kroon HM, Moncrieff M, Kam PC, Thompson JF. Outcomes following isolated limb infusion for melanoma. A 14-year experience. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Nov;15(11):3003-13. doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-9954-6. Epub 2008 May 29.
• Background Raymond AK, Beasley GM, Broadwater G, Augustine CK, Padussis JC, Turley R, Peterson B, Seigler H, Pruitt SK, Tyler DS. Current trends in regional therapy for melanoma: lessons learned from 225 regional chemotherapy treatments between 1995 and 2010 at a single institution. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Aug;213(2):306-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.03.013. Epub 2011 Apr 13.
• Background Alvarez RD, Barnes MN, Gomez-Navarro J, Wang M, Strong TV, Arafat W, Arani RB, Johnson MR, Roberts BL, Siegal GP, Curiel DT. A cancer gene therapy approach utilizing an anti-erbB-2 single-chain antibody-encoding adenovirus (AD21): a phase I trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2000 Aug;6(8):3081-7.

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