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    P3.16 - Treatment of Early Stage/Localized Disease (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 982)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
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    • Coordinates: 9/26/2018, 12:00 - 13:30, Exhibit Hall
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      P3.16-05 - A Nanotechnology-Enabled Strategy for Image-Guided Transbronchial and Transpleural Photothermal Therapy of Peripheral Lung Cancer (ID 12048)

      12:00 - 13:30  |  Author(s): Robert Weersink

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      Background

      Surgical resection has been established as standard of care for early-stage peripheral non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the development of non-surgical treatment and minimally invasive therapeutics is urgently needed due to the known morbidity of surgery, particularly in high-risk patients. We have previously demonstrated the potential of porphysome nanoparticle-enabled fluorescence-guided photothermal therapy (PTT) of peripheral lung cancer in preclinical animal models. In an effort to prepare this technology for clinical application, we developed a porphysome-specific fiberscope (scanning fiber endoscope [SFE]) and porphysome-specific thoracoscope (P-PINPOINT), both capable of operating in fluorescence mode, for image-guided transbronchial and transpleural PTT to treat endo-/peribronchial and subpleural tumors respectively.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      In our study, we used three animal models: an in vivo human lung cancer xenograft (A549) in mice, another in vivo orthotopic VX2 tumor in rabbits, and an ex vivo pig lung into which A549 tumor tissue was transplanted. Forty-eight hours after intravenous injection of the porphysomes, the animals were used for imaging evaluation by SFE and P-PINPOINT, followed by photothermal ablation.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      The SFE, whose 1.2mm diameter is small enough to pass through the working channel of a conventional bronchoscope, could visualize porphysome-laden tumors located inside or close to the peripheral bronchial wall. The P-PINPOINT system had high sensitivity for porphysome fluorescence and enabled image-guided thoracoscopic resection of porphysome-accumulated tumors close to pleural. Porphysomes also enhanced the efficacy of SFE-guided transbronchial PTT and P-PINPOINT-guided transpleural PTT, resulting in selective and efficient tumor tissue ablation in the rabbit and pig models.

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      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      These promising results suggest potential in the clinical translation of this novel platform to impact non-surgical and minimally invasive treatment options for early-stage peripheral lung cancer. This could offer new strategies for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.

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