Biodistribution Study With 186 Re-labelled Humanised Monoclonal Antibody BIWA 4 in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The primary objectives of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of intravenously (i.v.) administered 186 Rhenium-isotope (186Re)-labelled bivatuzumab and to investigate the biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of 186 Re-labelled bivatuzumab in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
• Treatments: Antibodies; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Immunoglobulins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients must have histological or cytological confirmation of Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) stage I, II or IIIa according to the staging system of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)

• Patients destined for resection of the tumour

• Patients over 18 years of age

• Patients younger than 80 years of age

• Patients who had given 'written informed consent'

• Patients with a life expectancy of at least 3 months

• Patients with a good performance status: Karnofsky > 60

Exclusion Criteria:

• Life-threatening infection, allergic diathesis, organ failure (bilirubin > 30µmol/l and/or creatinine > 150 µmol/l) or evidence of a recent myocardial infarction on Electrocardiogram (ECG) or unstable angina pectoris

• Pre-menopausal women (last menstruation <= 1 year prior to study start)

• Not surgically sterile (hysterectomy, tubal ligation) and

• Not practicing acceptable means of birth control, (or not planned to be continued throughout the study). Acceptable methods of birth control include oral, implantable or injectable contraceptives

• Women with a positive serum pregnancy test at baseline

• White blood cell count < 3000/mm³, granulocyte count < 1500/mm³ or platelet count < 100000/mm³. Details of prior chemotherapy and radiotherapy had to be known.

• Hematological disorders, congestive heart failure, bronchial asthma, alimentary or contact allergy, severe atopy or allergy