Protocol Number: 08-C-0086
Certain chemicals called growth factors can cause cancer cells to grow. The experimental drug PF-00299804 can block growth factor receptors on the surface of many tumor cells and may, therefore, stop or slow cancer cell growth. Objectives: To see if PF-00299804 can shrink lung cancers. To examine the effects of PF-00299804 on the body. To learn how the body handles PF-00299804. To see if PF-00299804 causes changes in blood proteins that are associated with lung cancer cells. Eligibility: Patients 18 years of age and older with advanced non small cell lung cancer whose cancer has not been successfully controlled with standard treatments. Design: Participants take PF-00299804 tablets by mouth once a day in 21-day treatment cycles. Treatment may continue until the patient's disease worsens or side effects become unacceptable. In addition to taking the study drug, patients undergo the following tests and procedures at specified intervals: -Before starting study drug - Medical history, physical and skin exam, height, weight, blood pressure and pulse measurements, blood and urine tests, electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiogram (ultrasound test of the heart) or MUGA (heart scan), quality of life questionnaire, scans to measure tumor. -Every cycle - Physical and skin examination, blood and urine tests, blood pressure and pulse measurements, ECG, quality of life questionnaires. -Cycles 1 and 2 - Blood tests to evaluate how the body handles PF-00299804. -Every other cycle - Scans or other exams to measure tumor. -Every fourth cycle - Echocardiogram or MUGA. -End of study - Physical and skin examination, blood tests, blood pressure and pulse measurements, ECG, quality of life questionnaires, exams to measure tumor. Participants are followed for at least 1 year after treatment for exams to measure their tumor and monitor their survival.
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