Intratumoral Cancer Chemotherapy Through a Flexible Bronchoscope as an Adjunct to Brachytherapy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study is being conducted in order to determine if intratumoral chemotherapy will be helpful in the palliation of endobronchial tumors when used in conjunction with endobronchial brachytherapy.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Southwestern Regional Medical Center
• Treatments: Cisplatin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with inoperable lung carcinoma and/or recurrent disease.

• Patients with symptomatic obstruction.

• Occlusion or partial occlusion of bronchi.

• Disease verified via bronchoscopy.

• Patients with a least one endobronchial tumor, measuring at least 0.5 cm.

• Patients between ages of 20 and 80 years.

• Documented informed consent must be obtained.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients without diagnosis confirmed by bronchoscopy.

• Patients with endobronchial tumors measuring less than 0.5 cm.

• Patients younger than 20 or older than 80 years.

• Patients who do not sign informed consent form.