Completed
Single-Dose SnET2 and Photodynamic Therapy Light Treatment for Cutaneous AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma
What is being tested
Tin ethyl etiopurpurin
Drug
Who is being recruted
Blood-Borne Infections+25
+ Urogenital Diseases
+ Genital Diseases
Over 18 Years
+20 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Treatment Study
Phase 2
Interventional
Summary
Principal SponsorClinical Solutions
Last updated: June 24, 2005
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All patients receive a single dose of SnET2 and are randomized to receive either PDT light treatment or no light treatment (control group). Patients are assessed prior to and at 4, 12 and 24 weeks following treatment, and are followed for 7 months.
Principal SponsorClinical Solutions
Last updated: June 24, 2005
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Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
78 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Over 18 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Blood-Borne InfectionsUrogenital DiseasesGenital DiseasesCommunicable DiseasesDNA Virus InfectionsHerpesviridae InfectionsImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesImmune System DiseasesInfectionsNeoplasmsNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasms by SiteNeoplasms, Vascular TissueRetroviridae InfectionsRNA Virus InfectionsSarcomaSexually Transmitted DiseasesSkin DiseasesSlow Virus DiseasesVirus DiseasesSexually Transmitted Diseases, ViralLentivirus InfectionsSkin and Connective Tissue DiseasesNeoplasms, Connective and Soft TissueAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeSarcoma, KaposiSkin NeoplasmsHIV Infections
Criteria
5 inclusion criteria required to participate
A minimum of 4 and no more than 36 KS lesions
ACTG disease state T(0) L(0) or (1) S(0) or (1)
All eligible lesions must be bidimensionally measurable, treatable by surface (non-contact) light illumination, and <= 40 mm in diameter of the longest bidimensional axis
Documentation of at least one biopsy-confirmed KS lesion
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15 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Active opportunistic infection or condition except thrush or herpes simplex virus infections
Advanced KS tumor stages including the presence of tumor associated edema or ulceration, extensive oral KS, or KS in other non-nodal viscera
Cardiovascular dysfunction - Presence of significant coronary artery disease requiring current treatment or myocardial infarction
Coagulation dysfunction
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Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 6 locations
Univ of Southern California / Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United StatesOpen Univ of Southern California / Los Angeles in Google MapsCedars Sinai Med Ctr
Los Angeles, United StatesUniv of California / San Francisco / Dermatology
San Francisco, United StatesHealth One - Rocky Mountain Cancer Ctr
Denver, United StatesCompleted6 Study Centers