Recruiting
Phase 1

Dornase Alfa & tPA

Sponsor:

Eastern Regional Medical Center

Code:

NCT02135588

Conditions

Loculated or Non-draining Malignant Pleural Effusions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Combination TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR (TPA) AND DORNASE ALFA (DNASE)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intrapleural dornase alfa and tPA administered to patients with clinical failure of small-bore chest tube with persistent pleural effusions or malignancy-related loculated effusion to improve pleural drainage.

Conditions

Loculated or Non-draining Malignant Pleural Effusions

Study ID

NCT02135588

Start date

Oct, 2013

Status verified date

Feb, 2021

Completion date

Dec, 2021

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2021

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Clinical failure of small-bore chest tube with persistent pleural effusion
2. 18 years of age or older
3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score 0-2.
4. Life expectancy ≥ 6 weeks
5. Absolute neutrophil count > 1500 mm3, platelet count ≥ 100×109 L, hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL
6. Serum creatinine ≤2.0 times the upper limit of the normal range, total bilirubin ≤ 2.5 mg/dL, AST/ALT ≤ 5 times the upper limit of normal range
7. At least 2 days from administration of chemotherapy
8. At least 7 days from prior major surgery
9. Women of child-bearing potential (i.e., women who are pre-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must be willing to use an acceptable contraceptive method (abstinence, oral contraceptive or double barrier method) for the duration of the study and for 30 days following the last dose of study drug, and must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to beginning treatment on this trial.
10. Patient judged to be 'medically stable' by primary investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior treatment with intrapleural fibrinolytic agents
2. Presence of any intracranial mass
3. Traumatic hemorrhagic pleural effusion
4. Major hemorrhage, coincidental stroke, or major trauma
5. High-risk for systemic bleeding
6. Allergy or intolerance to dornase alfa
7. Active clinically serious infection > CTCAE (version 4.03) Grade 2.
8. Serious non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
9. Major surgery, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury within seven (7) days of first study drug--including neurosurgery.
10. Inability to complete informed consent process and adhere to the protocol treatment plan and follow-up requirements.
11. Concurrent severe illness such as active infection, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit safety and compliance with study requirements.
12. Patients who are pregnant or lactating (females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to participation in this study)
13. Expected survival less than six weeks

Study Design

Enrollment

10 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Active Treatment

Intra-pleural deoxyribonuclease 5mg and intra-pleural Alteplase 10mg, every 12 hours over 72 hours (total of 6 treatments)

Interventions

Combination TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR (TPA) AND DORNASE ALFA (DNASE)

Primary outcome measure

  • Radiographic improvement in area of pleural collection [ Time Frame: Day 14 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Eastern Regional Medical Center

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19124

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Steven B Standiford, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Eastern Regional Medical Center

Last update posted

Feb 11, 2021

Last verified

Feb, 2021

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Eastern Regional Medical Center on 2021-02-11.