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Chemotherapy, Tirapazamine, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This study has been completed.
Sponsors and Collaborators: California Cancer Consortium
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00033410
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Tirapazamine may make the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Combining chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and tirapazamine may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining chemotherapy with tirapazamine and radiation therapy in treating patients who have stage II or stage III non-small cell lung cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lung Cancer
Drug: carboplatin
Drug: paclitaxel
Drug: tirapazamine
Procedure: radiation therapy
Phase I

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer
Drug Information available for: Carboplatin Paclitaxel Tirapazamine
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase I Study Of Tirapazamine (NSC 130181) Paclitaxel And Carboplatin With Concurrent Radiation Followed By Tirapazamine/Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Consolidation For Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Estimated Enrollment: 30
Study Start Date: March 2002
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose of tirapazamine when administered with paclitaxel, carboplatin, and concurrent radiotherapy in patients with stage IIB-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Determine, preliminarily, the response rate and survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, dose-escalation study of tirapazamine.

Patients receive induction chemotherapy comprising tirapazamine IV over 2 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36 and paclitaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29, 32, 36, and 39. Beginning on day 1, patients undergo radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for 6.5 weeks. Beginning 4-5 weeks after completion of radiotherapy, patients with stable or responding disease receive consolidation chemotherapy comprising paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 22.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of tirapazamine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 3-30 patients will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed primary bronchogenic non-small cell lung cancer

    • Adenocarcinoma
    • Large cell carcinoma
    • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Stage IIIA or IIIB disease (T1-4, N2-3)

    • Mediastinal lymph nodes at least 2 cm in diameter by radiography sufficient to stage N2-3 (must be node positive [cytologically or histologically confirmed] if largest mediastinal node is less than 2 cm in diameter) OR
  • Selected stage IIB disease (T3, N0 or T3, N1 with a medical condition that precludes surgery)

    • No malignant pleural effusion
  • Measurable or evaluable disease by chest x-ray or CT scan

    • No metastatic disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-2 OR
  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC at least 3,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count normal

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No uncontrolled congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina
  • No unstable cardiac arrhythmias

Pulmonary:

  • FEV_1 at least 1.0 L

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No clinically significant hearing loss

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for lung cancer

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy for lung cancer

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00033410

Locations
United States, California
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000
University of California Davis Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
Sponsors and Collaborators
California Cancer Consortium
Investigators
Study Chair: Derick H. Lau, MD University of California, Davis
  More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000069281, CCC-PHI-31, CHNMC-PHI-31, NCI-571
Study First Received: April 9, 2002
Last Updated: July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00033410  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage II non-small cell lung cancer
squamous cell lung cancer
large cell lung cancer
stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
adenocarcinoma of the lung

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Non-small cell lung cancer
Carboplatin
Carcinoma
Adenocarcinoma of lung
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Neoplasms
Paclitaxel
Lung Diseases
Tirapazamine
Adenocarcinoma
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Mitosis Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Tubulin Modulators
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009