Combination Tissue Plasminogen Activator (Tpa) and Dornase Alfa (Dnase) Administration Through Intrapleural Catheters for the Treatment of Loculated or Non-Draining Malignant Pleural Effusions

Eastern Regional Medical Center

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 1

Conditions: Loculated or Non-draining Malignant Pleural Effusions

Treatments: Drug: Combination TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR (TPA) AND DORNASE ALFA (DNASE)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02135588

ERMC 13-29

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Active Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

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