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Brain TumorPhase 1NCT02740933

Demeclocycline Fluorescence for Intraoperative Delineation Brain Tumors

A Phase 1 study testing Demeclocycline in people with Brain Tumor, run by Massachusetts General Hospital at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This research study is studying a drug called Demeclocycline that may help brain surgeons see tumors with a microscope during surgery. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 21 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Brain Tumor
What is being tested?
Demeclocycline
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Apr 2016to Jan 2021
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 21 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participants must present with a gadolinium-enhancing brain lesion (or lesions) that are thought by the neuroradiologist and the neurosurgeon to be consistent with high-grade glioma. These may be newly diagnosed lesions or recurrent tumors.
  • The patient must not be pregnant or nursing. Tetracycline (Demeclocycline, Doxycycline, Minocycline, Tetracycline, and Tigecycline) are classified as FDA pregnancy category D. Maternal ingestion of Tetracyclines during pregnancy may cause tooth discoloration, enamel defects, and other congenital anomalies. Tetracyclines are excreted in human breast milk; however, the extent of absorption of Tetracyclines by the breastfed infant is not known.
  • Participants must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • leukocytes ≥ 3,000/mcL
  • absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mcL
  • platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL
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  • total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 4 × institutional upper limit of normal
  • creatinine < 2mg/dL
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Participants must be undergoing a surgical procedure with the intention of removing more tissue than what would be taken for a biopsy.

Who cannot join

  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to Demeclocycline.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Pregnant and/or nursing women are excluded from this study because Demeclocycline is a known Teratogenic agent, pregnancy category D. It is known to be excreted in breast milk.
  • Patients taking etinoid medications by mouth (such as Acitretin, Isotretinoin), Strontium Ranelate may not take Demeclocycline because of toxic interactions
  • Patients taking any tetracycline class of drug (i.e. Minocycline, etc).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

William T Curry, MD contact

617-726-3779

United States1 site
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114

    William T Curry, MD, 617-726-3779

    William T Curry, MD

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About this study

This research study is studying a drug called Demeclocycline that may help brain surgeons see tumors with a microscope during surgery.

Read the detailed description

This research study is a Feasibility Study, which is the first time investigators are examining this study intervention.The FDA (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has not approved Demeclocycline for your specific disease but it has been approved for other uses.

In this research study, the investigators would like to determine the lowest dose of Demeclocycline that will allow surgeons to detect tumor cells during surgery. These cells will be marked through a process called fluorescence, which will cause tumor cells to glow brightly on an image in comparison to its surroundings.

Conditions
Brain Tumor
Being tested
Demeclocycline
Keywords
Brain Tumor Surgery
Medical subject headings
Brain Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • DemeclocyclineDrug

    Also called Declomycin

Study groups in NCT02740933
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
DemeclocyclineExperimentalAll subjects will take Demeclocycline 300 mg po bid. Patients will be advised to take demeclocycline on an empty stomach, at least 1-2 hours before meals, and they will be warned that it can reduce the efficacy of oral contraceptives. The investigators will begin by treating subjects with 2 days of demeclocycline. The investigators will increase the numbers of days that subjects are exposed to demeclocycline in increments of 1 day until at least 80% of patients at a given dose have detectably fluorescent tumors, or participants reach 5 days of drug, whichever comes first.
Receives: Drug: Demeclocycline

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Detectable fluorescence in brain tumors by confocal microscopy after oral dosing of demeclocycline (Y/N).

    Detectable fluorescence via confocal microscopy

    Measured: 2 years

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Sensitivity And Specificity Of Demeclocycline-Enhanced Multimodal Confocal Microscopy of Excised Glioma Specimens

    We aim to measure the sensitivity and specificity with which tumors can be diagnosed accurately after satisfactory detection of fluorescence

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted15 Apr 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2016
  3. Primary completionJan 2019 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJan 2021 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02740933
Sponsor's protocol ID
15-280
Status last verified
Apr 2016
First submitted
15 Mar 2016
Last updated
15 Apr 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
Yes: We plan to present on and publish the data acquired from this study.

Publications

  • Stupp R, Hegi ME, Mason WP, van den Bent MJ, Taphoorn MJ, Janzer RC, Ludwin SK, Allgeier A, Fisher B, Belanger K, Hau P, Brandes AA, Gijtenbeek J, Marosi C, Vecht CJ, Mokhtari K, Wesseling P, Villa S, Eisenhauer E, Gorlia T, Weller M, Lacombe D, Cairncross JG, Mirimanoff RO; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Brain Tumour and Radiation Oncology Groups; National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. Effects of radiotherapy with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide versus radiotherapy alone on survival in glioblastoma in a randomised phase III study: 5-year analysis of the EORTC-NCIC trial. Lancet Oncol. 2009 May;10(5):459-66. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70025-7. Epub 2009 Mar 9.

    PubMed 19269895
  • Pichlmeier U, Bink A, Schackert G, Stummer W; ALA Glioma Study Group. Resection and survival in glioblastoma multiforme: an RTOG recursive partitioning analysis of ALA study patients. Neuro Oncol. 2008 Dec;10(6):1025-34. doi: 10.1215/15228517-2008-052. Epub 2008 Jul 30.

    PubMed 18667747
  • Sanai N, Polley MY, McDermott MW, Parsa AT, Berger MS. An extent of resection threshold for newly diagnosed glioblastomas. J Neurosurg. 2011 Jul;115(1):3-8. doi: 10.3171/2011.2.jns10998. Epub 2011 Mar 18.

    PubMed 21417701
  • McGirt MJ, Mukherjee D, Chaichana KL, Than KD, Weingart JD, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Association of surgically acquired motor and language deficits on overall survival after resection of glioblastoma multiforme. Neurosurgery. 2009 Sep;65(3):463-9; discussion 469-70. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000349763.42238.E9.

    PubMed 19687690
  • Laws ER, Parney IF, Huang W, Anderson F, Morris AM, Asher A, Lillehei KO, Bernstein M, Brem H, Sloan A, Berger MS, Chang S; Glioma Outcomes Investigators. Survival following surgery and prognostic factors for recently diagnosed malignant glioma: data from the Glioma Outcomes Project. J Neurosurg. 2003 Sep;99(3):467-73. doi: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.3.0467.

    PubMed 12959431
  • Stummer W, Reulen HJ, Meinel T, Pichlmeier U, Schumacher W, Tonn JC, Rohde V, Oppel F, Turowski B, Woiciechowsky C, Franz K, Pietsch T; ALA-Glioma Study Group. Extent of resection and survival in glioblastoma multiforme: identification of and adjustment for bias. Neurosurgery. 2008 Mar;62(3):564-76; discussion 564-76. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000317304.31579.17.

    PubMed 18425006
  • Liu JT, Meza D, Sanai N. Trends in fluorescence image-guided surgery for gliomas. Neurosurgery. 2014 Jul;75(1):61-71. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000344.

    PubMed 24618801
  • Senft C, Bink A, Franz K, Vatter H, Gasser T, Seifert V. Intraoperative MRI guidance and extent of resection in glioma surgery: a randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2011 Oct;12(11):997-1003. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70196-6. Epub 2011 Aug 23.

    PubMed 21868284
  • Zehri AH, Ramey W, Georges JF, Mooney MA, Martirosyan NL, Preul MC, Nakaji P. Neurosurgical confocal endomicroscopy: A review of contrast agents, confocal systems, and future imaging modalities. Surg Neurol Int. 2014 Apr 28;5:60. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.131638. eCollection 2014.

    PubMed 24872922
  • Sanai N, Snyder LA, Honea NJ, Coons SW, Eschbacher JM, Smith KA, Spetzler RF. Intraoperative confocal microscopy in the visualization of 5-aminolevulinic acid fluorescence in low-grade gliomas. J Neurosurg. 2011 Oct;115(4):740-8. doi: 10.3171/2011.6.JNS11252. Epub 2011 Jul 15.

    PubMed 21761971
  • Wirth D, Snuderl M, Sheth S, Kwon CS, Frosch MP, Curry W, Yaroslavsky AN. Identifying brain neoplasms using dye-enhanced multimodal confocal imaging. J Biomed Opt. 2012 Feb;17(2):026012. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.2.026012.

    PubMed 22463044
  • Snuderl M, Wirth D, Sheth SA, Bourne SK, Kwon CS, Ancukiewicz M, Curry WT, Frosch MP, Yaroslavsky AN. Dye-enhanced multimodal confocal imaging as a novel approach to intraoperative diagnosis of brain tumors. Brain Pathol. 2013 Jan;23(1):73-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2012.00626.x. Epub 2012 Aug 28.

    PubMed 22882328
  • Wirth D, Snuderl M, Curry W, Yaroslavsky A. Comparative evaluation of methylene blue and demeclocycline for enhancing optical contrast of gliomas in optical images. J Biomed Opt. 2014 Sep;19(9):90504. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.9.090504.

    PubMed 25239672

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Demeclocycline in people with Brain Tumor, run by Massachusetts General Hospital at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 11 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Apr 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact William T Curry, MD (617-726-3779), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Detectable fluorescence in brain tumors by confocal microscopy after oral dosing of demeclocycline (Y/N). (time frame: 2 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02740933, which also lists 13 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Apr 2016.

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