NCT05508555

Brief Summary

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive malignancy of the pleural lining with exceptionally poor survival. Median survival from diagnosis is less than 12 months (1). The widespread use of asbestos in past decades together with the long latency of MPM are responsible for the still increasing incidence of MPM (2), affecting 7-40 people per million inhabitants depending on the geographic region (3). The main therapeutic strategies for MPM are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy (RT). Multimodality treatment for MPM is a topic that has been attracting a lot of attention from researchers, as therapeutic modalities such as surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy have not proven to be effective as single-modality treatments (4). surgery alone is not able to achieve microscopic complete (R0) resection. Therefore, combined treatment modalities have been established in many centres during the last years to achieve a better local tumor control with increasing overall survival (5). In this regard, hyperthermic intrathoracic or intrapleural chemotherapy has been used as one of the multimodality therapies. Intrapleural injection of cytotoxic drugs with hyperthermic perfusion has been proved to enhance cytotoxic effect on tumor cells with limited systemic side effect (6). While cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has become a standard therapy for intraperitoneal original carcinoma or carcinomatosis peritonei such as pseudomyxoma and colorectal cancer induced ascites (7), limited studies have been reported on the application of hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) in combination with cytoreductive surgery for the treatment of the malignant pleural mesothelioma (8). With the application of the HITOC after macroscopic complete pleural tumour resection, it is expected to obtain better local tumour control, and thereby improve progression-free as well as overall survival (9). In this study, we aim to compare results of HITHOC after P/D versus P/D alone in managing patients with localised MPM and our main outcomes are disease free survival, overall survival and possible perioperative complications.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
50

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2022

Typical duration for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 1, 2022

Completed
5 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

August 1, 2022

Completed
18 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

August 19, 2022

Completed
1.5 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

March 1, 2024

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

November 1, 2024

Completed
Last Updated

August 22, 2022

Status Verified

August 1, 2022

Enrollment Period

2 years

First QC Date

August 1, 2022

Last Update Submit

August 18, 2022

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • disease free survival or time to recurrence

    time from clearance of disease till onset of recurrence of same disease

    Through out the whole study with maximum of 2 years

  • overall survival

    survival of the cases till mortality

    till mortality of the case or 2 years maximum

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • comorbidities

    Through out the whole study duration with maximum of two years

Study Arms (2)

HITHOC group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

the group that will receive HITHOC after pleurectomy decortication

Procedure: hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy

pleurectomy decortication without HITOC

NO INTERVENTION

the group who received pleurectomy decortication without HITHOC

Interventions

application of chemotherapeutic agent intrathoracic under hyperthermic conditions

HITHOC group

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • patients presented with localised MPM are the main target and histopathological diagnosis of MPM is made via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or open multiple pleural biopsies.

You may not qualify if:

  • patients with stage III or IV MPM in which cytoreductive surgery has no role.
  • Patients underwent extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) as a cytoreductive surgery , because we are focusing on P/D only either conventional P/D or extended P/D

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Ain Shams University hospitals

Cairo, 02, Egypt

RECRUITING

Related Publications (4)

  • Cao C, Tian D, Park J, Allan J, Pataky KA, Yan TD. A systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical treatments for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Lung Cancer. 2014 Feb;83(2):240-5. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2013.11.026. Epub 2013 Dec 6.

    PMID: 24360321BACKGROUND
  • Opitz I. Management of malignant pleural mesothelioma-The European experience. J Thorac Dis. 2014 May;6 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S238-52. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.05.03.

    PMID: 24868442BACKGROUND
  • Friedberg JS, Simone CB 2nd, Culligan MJ, Barsky AR, Doucette A, McNulty S, Hahn SM, Alley E, Sterman DH, Glatstein E, Cengel KA. Extended Pleurectomy-Decortication-Based Treatment for Advanced Stage Epithelial Mesothelioma Yielding a Median Survival of Nearly Three Years. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Mar;103(3):912-919. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.071. Epub 2016 Nov 5.

    PMID: 27825687BACKGROUND
  • Maziak DE, Gagliardi A, Haynes AE, Mackay JA, Evans WK; Cancer Care Ontario Program in Evidence-based Care Lung Cancer Disease Site Group. Surgical management of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a systematic review and evidence summary. Lung Cancer. 2005 May;48(2):157-69. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.11.003. Epub 2005 Jan 5.

    PMID: 15829316BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mesothelioma, Malignant

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

MesotheliomaAdenomaNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasmsNeoplasms, MesothelialLung NeoplasmsRespiratory Tract NeoplasmsThoracic NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SitePleural NeoplasmsLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

  • Hany Hassan El sayed, prof Dr.

    hanyhassan77@hotmail.com

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Hazem Mohamed Youssef, M.S.C

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

August 1, 2022

First Posted

August 19, 2022

Study Start

March 1, 2022

Primary Completion

March 1, 2024

Study Completion

November 1, 2024

Last Updated

August 22, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

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