Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by:	National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00041314

Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of carboplatin, gemcitabine, and exisulind in treating patients who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Lung Cancer	Drug: carboplatin Drug: exisulind Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride	Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer

Drug Information available for: Carboplatin Gemcitabine hydrochloride Gemcitabine Sulindac sulfone

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment
Official Title:	A Phase II Trial Of Carboplatin And Gemcitabine With Exisulind In Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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

Study Start Date:

August 2002

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Determine the 18-month survival rate in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with carboplatin, gemcitabine, and exisulind.
Determine the feasibility and toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
Determine the response rate, progression-free survival, and overall median survival of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8 and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Chemotherapy repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses. Patients also receive oral exisulind twice daily beginning on day 1 of course 1 and continuing until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 55 patients will be accrued for this study within 6 months.

Eligibility

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

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
- Unresectable stage IIIB (e.g., pleural effusion) not suitable for combined modality therapy OR
- Stage IV
Prior brain metastases are allowed provided the following are true:
- Patient completed radiotherapy and/or surgery at least 3 weeks prior to study
- Objective evidence of resolution or significant improvement of brain lesions exists on follow-up CT scan or MRI
- Patient is neurologically improved or stable

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

18 and over

Performance status:

ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy:

Not specified

Hematopoietic:

Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
Hemoglobin at least 9 g/L
Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 mg/dL
SGOT no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR
Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

No prior uncontrolled cardiovascular disease
No hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, or congestive heart failure within the past 3 months

Other:

Not pregnant or nursing
Negative pregnancy test
Fertile patients must use effective nonhormonal contraception
No serious active infection
No dementia or active psychoses
No other prior malignancy except nonmetastatic nonmelanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or cancer curatively treated with surgery or small-field radiotherapy within the past 5 years

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

Not specified

Chemotherapy:

No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

Not specified

Radiotherapy:

See Disease Characteristics
At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

See Disease Characteristics

Other:

At least 1 month since prior investigational agents
More than 7 days since prior aspirin, sulindac, cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (except ibuprofen or naproxen)
No concurrent sulindac or COX-2 inhibitors

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00041314

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Sponsors and Collaborators

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

Study Chair:

Gregory A. Masters, MD

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare - Evanston Hospital

More Information

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

Publications of Results:

Masters GA, Xu R, Langer C, et al.: A phase II trial of carboplatin and gemcitabine with exisulind (IND # 65,056) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group trial 1501. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-7037, 626s, 2004.

Study ID Numbers:	CDR0000069467, E-E1501
Study First Received:	July 8, 2002
Last Updated:	July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00041314
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

recurrent non-small cell lung cancer
stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Thoracic Neoplasms
Non-small cell lung cancer
Carboplatin
Sulindac sulfone
Recurrence
Carcinoma
Respiratory Tract Diseases

Lung Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Sulindac
Gemcitabine
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antimetabolites
Anticarcinogenic Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunologic Factors
Antineoplastic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Neoplasms by Site
Sensory System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics

Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Antiviral Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Protective Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Neoplasms
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Central Nervous System Agents

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