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A Phase I Study of Isolated Hepatic Portal and Arterial Perfusion (IHP) With Escalating Dose Melphalan for Primary or Metastatic Unresectable Cancers of the Liver

NCT00001587 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2008-03-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with unresectable primary or metastatic cancer confined to the liver will undergo a 1 hour hyperthermic isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP) via the portal vein and hepatic artery with escalating dose melphalan. Patients eligible for this protocol are those with non-colorectal histologies and those with colorectal cancer previously treated with intra-arterial FUDR. Hepatic and systemic toxicity, response to treatment, duration of response, and survival will be followed.

Conditions

  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Neoplasm Metastasis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Isolated hepatic portal and arterial perfusion

DRUG

Melphalan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    lead NIH

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-09-30
Completion
2001-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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