Bevacizumab in Adults With Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP)

Description

Background: Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a rare disease that causes wart-like growths in the airways. These growths come back when removed; some people may need 2 or more surgeries per year to keep their airways clear. Better treatments are needed. Objective: To see if a drug called bevacizumab can reduce the number of surgeries needed in people with RRP. Eligibility: People aged 18 and older with recurrent RRP; they must need surgery to remove the growths in their airways. Design: Participants will be screened. Their ability to breathe and speak will be evaluated. They will have an endoscopy: a flexible tube with a light and camera will be inserted into their nose and throat. They will have a test of their heart function and imaging scans of their chest. Participants will have surgery to remove the growths in their airways. Bevacizumab is given through a small tube placed in a vein in the arm. After the surgery, participants will receive 11 doses of this drug: every 3 weeks for 3 doses, and then every 6 weeks for 8 more doses. They will come to the clinic for each dose; each visit will be about 8 hours. Tissue samples of the growths will be collected after the second treatment; this will be done under general anesthesia. Participants may undergo apheresis: Blood will be drawn from a needle in an arm. The blood will pass through a machine that separates out the cells needed for the study. The remaining blood will be returned to the body through a second needle. Follow-up will continue for 1 year after the last treatment.

Conditions

Respiratory Tract Diseases, Neoplasms, Neoplasms by Histologic Type, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, Neoplasms, Squamous Cell, Tumor Virus Infections, Infections, Virus Diseases, DNA Virus Infections, Pathologic Processes, Disease Attributes, Recurrence, Papilloma, Respiratory Tract Infections, Papillomavirus Infections

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Background: Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a rare disease that causes wart-like growths in the airways. These growths come back when removed; some people may need 2 or more surgeries per year to keep their airways clear. Better treatments are needed. Objective: To see if a drug called bevacizumab can reduce the number of surgeries needed in people with RRP. Eligibility: People aged 18 and older with recurrent RRP; they must need surgery to remove the growths in their airways. Design: Participants will be screened. Their ability to breathe and speak will be evaluated. They will have an endoscopy: a flexible tube with a light and camera will be inserted into their nose and throat. They will have a test of their heart function and imaging scans of their chest. Participants will have surgery to remove the growths in their airways. Bevacizumab is given through a small tube placed in a vein in the arm. After the surgery, participants will receive 11 doses of this drug: every 3 weeks for 3 doses, and then every 6 weeks for 8 more doses. They will come to the clinic for each dose; each visit will be about 8 hours. Tissue samples of the growths will be collected after the second treatment; this will be done under general anesthesia. Participants may undergo apheresis: Blood will be drawn from a needle in an arm. The blood will pass through a machine that separates out the cells needed for the study. The remaining blood will be returned to the body through a second needle. Follow-up will continue for 1 year after the last treatment.

A Phase II Study of Bevacizumab in Adults With Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP)

Bevacizumab in Adults With Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP)

Condition
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Bethesda

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age \>= 18 years old.
  • * Histologically confirmed diagnosis of RRP.
  • * Participants must require procedure(s) to remove papillomatous disease per standard of care.
  • * A history of 2 or more surgeries within 12 months prior to treatment initiation in order to control laryngeal and/or tracheal RRP (not required for re-treatment).
  • * At least one of the following:
  • * A Derkay score of 8 or greater
  • * Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 (participants with pulmonary RRP only)
  • * Tracheal involvement with RRP that has required two or more clinical interventions in the last 12 months (two or more clinical interventions not required for re-treatment)
  • * Tracheostomy.
  • * ECOG performance status of 0-1.
  • * Participants must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • * White blood cells (WBC): \>2,000/microL
  • * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC): \>=1,500/microL
  • * Hemoglobin: \>9.0 g/dL
  • * Platelets: \>=100,000/microL
  • * Total bilirubin: \<=1.5 mg/dL, except in participants with Gilbert s Syndrome who must have a total bilirubin less than 3.0 mg/dL
  • * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) /Alanine aminotransferase (ALT): \<=2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • * Creatinine: within normal institutional limits
  • * Prothrombin time (PT) /International normalized ratio (INR) and Partial thromboplastin time (PTT): \<=1 X institutional ULN. In participants on anticoagulation, coagulation tests should be within a therapeutic range.
  • * Urinalysis: Urine dipstick \< 2+ proteinuria. In participants with \>=2+ proteinuria on dipstick urinalysis should undergo a 24-hour urine collection and must demonstrate \<=1g of protein in 24 hours to be eligible
  • * Participants must have received their last systemic therapy for RRP \> 4 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to treatment initiation, except for systemic bevacizumab which must be \> 1 year prior to treatment initiation (not applicable for re-treatment)
  • * Individuals able to become pregnant and their partners must agree to use highly effective method of contraception (hormonal, intrauterine device (IUD), surgical sterilization ) for the duration of bevacizumab treatment and up to 6 months after completion of bevacizumab treatment. Note: abstinence, defined as no heterosexual sexual intercourse when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participant is also acceptable.
  • * Breastfeeding participants must be willing to discontinue breastfeeding from study treatment initiation through 6 months after bevacizumab treatment discontinuation.
  • * All participants must have the ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent.
  • * All participants must be willing to undergo mandatory biopsy during the study.
  • * History of abdominal fistula or gastrointestinal perforation within 6 months prior to treatment initiation.
  • * Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to treatment initiation.
  • * Non-healing wound, active ulcer, or untreated bone fracture.
  • * History of hemoptysis (\>2.5 mL of bright red blood per episode) within 1 month prior to treatment initiation.
  • * Evidence of bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy (with or without current therapeutic anticoagulation).
  • * Significant vascular disease (e.g., aortic aneurysm requiring surgical repair or recent peripheral arterial thrombosis) within 6 months prior to treatment initiation.
  • * Inadequately controlled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure (BP) \>150 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure \> 100 mmHg), an average of 3 BP readings on 2 sessions will be used to measure blood pressure if initial reading indicates inadequately controlled hypertension. NOTE: anti-hypertensive therapy to achieve blood pressures below these parameters is allowed.
  • * Prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy.
  • * Persisting toxicity related to prior therapy of Grade \>1 per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 5.0. NOTE: alopecia, sensory neuropathy Grade \<=2 are acceptable.
  • * Known active alcohol or drug abuse.
  • * History of allergy to study drug components.
  • * Pregnancy (confirmed with Beta-Human chorionic gonadotropin (Beta-HCG) serum or urine pregnancy test in WOCBP performed at screening).
  • * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness or situation that would limit compliance with study requirements.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 120 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

National Cancer Institute (NCI),

Scott M Norberg, D.O., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study Record Dates

2026-11-02