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Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
First Received: December 10, 1999   Last Updated: July 23, 2008   History of Changes
Sponsors and Collaborators: Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
National Cancer Institute of Canada
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004100
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which regimen of chemotherapy is more effective for non-small cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two regimens of chemotherapy in treating patients who have stage IIIB or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lung Cancer
Drug: cisplatin
Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
Drug: vinorelbine ditartrate
Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer
Drug Information available for: Cisplatin Vinorelbine Gemcitabine Gemcitabine hydrochloride Vinorelbine tartrate
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized
Official Title: Gemcitabine and Vinorelbine vs Standard Chemotherapy Containing Cisplatin for Stage IIIB/IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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

Study Start Date: November 1998
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Compare gemcitabine plus vinorelbine vs standard chemotherapy containing cisplatin in terms of the effect on the quality of life of patients with stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer. II. Compare the effect of these regimens on the overall survival of these patients. III.

Compare the toxic effects of these regimens in these patients. IV. Compare the effect of these regimens on the rate of objective response in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to center, stage of disease (IIIB vs IV), and performance status (0 vs 1 vs 2). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Arm I: Patients receive cisplatin IV on day 1 and either gemcitabine IV or vinorelbine IV on days 1 and 8. Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine IV and vinorelbine IV on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses.

Quality of life is assessed prior to therapy and before each course of chemotherapy to the fourth course.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 500 patients will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 69 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven non-small cell lung cancer Stage IV OR Stage IIIB with supraclavicular lymph node metastases and/or pleural effusion that is not curable with radiotherapy Measurable or evaluable disease No CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Under 70 Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Neutrophil count at least 2000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL Hepatic: (Unless caused by liver metastases) Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT or SGPT no greater than 1.25 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.25 times ULN Other: No prior or concurrent malignancy except basal or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Concurrent palliative radiotherapy allowed Surgery: Not specified

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00004100

Locations
Italy
ASL 2 - Napoli
Napoli, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliena G. Rummo
Benevento, Italy, 82100
Federico II University Medical School
Naples, Italy, 80131
Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri - Roma
Rome, Italy, 00161
Istituto Di Science Biomediche San Paolo
Milano, Italy, 20142
Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
Naples, Italy, 80131
Ospedale Agnelli
Pinerolo, Italy, 10064
Ospedale Cardarelli - Campobasso
Campobasso, Italy
Ospedale Civile - Rovereto
Rovereto, Italy
Ospedale Civile Avellino
Avellino, Italy
Ospedale Civile Cosenza
Cosenza, Italy, 87100
Ospedale Di Gabargnate Milanese
Milan, Italy, 20024
Ospedale di Legnano
Legnano, Italy, 20025
Ospedale G. Di Maria - Avola (SR)
Avola (SR), Italy
Universita di Palermo
Palermo, Italy, 90141
Ospedale La Maddalena - Palermo
Palermo, Italy
Ospedale Maggiore Lodi
Lodi, Italy, I-20075
Ospedale Oncologieo G. Fortunato
Rionero, Italy
Ospedale S. Francesco - Paola
Paola (CS), Italy
Ospedale S. Gennora USL 42
Naples, Italy, 80136
Ospedale San Bortolo
Vicenza, Italy, 36100
Ospedale San Carlo
Potenza, Italy, 85100
Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo
Milan, Italy, 20153
Ospedale San Lazzaro
Alba, Italy, 12051
Ospedale San Martino/Cliniche Universitarie Convenzionate
Genoa, Italy, 16132
Ospedale Vincenzo Monaldi
Napoli, Italy, 80131
Ospedali Riuniti
Reggio Calabria, Italy, 89100
U.S.S.L. 33
Rho, Italy
Ospedale Gen. Provinciale Santa Maria Goretti
Latina, Italy, 04100
Sponsors and Collaborators
Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
National Cancer Institute of Canada
Investigators
Study Chair: Cesare Gridelli, MD Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
Study Chair: Vera Hirsh, MD, FRCPC Royal Victoria Hospital - Montreal
  More Information

Additional Information:
Publications:
Gridelli C, Gallo C, Shepherd FA, Illiano A, Piantedosi F, Robbiati SF, Manzione L, Barbera S, Frontini L, Veltri E, Findlay B, Cigolari S, Myers R, Ianniello GP, Gebbia V, Gasparini G, Fava S, Hirsh V, Bezjak A, Seymour L, Perrone F. Gemcitabine plus vinorelbine compared with cisplatin plus vinorelbine or cisplatin plus gemcitabine for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase III trial of the Italian GEMVIN Investigators and the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Aug 15;21(16):3025-34. Epub 2003 Jul 1.
Gridelli C, Shepherd F, Perrone F, et al.: Gemvin III: a phase III study of gemcitabine plus vinorelbine (GV) compared to cisplatin plus vinorelbine or gemcitabine chemotherapy (PCT) for stage IIIb or IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): an Italo-Canadian study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-1165, 2002.
Wheatley-Price P, Le Maître A, Ding K, et al.: The influence of sex on efficacy, toxicity and delivery of treatment in National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group (NCIC CTG) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) chemotherapy trials. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-8054, 2008.

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000067316, ITA-GEMVIN, CAN-NCIC-BR14, EU-99016
Study First Received: December 10, 1999
Last Updated: July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004100     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Antimetabolites
Thoracic Neoplasms
Immunologic Factors
Vinblastine
Antimitotic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Antiviral Agents
Carcinoma
Vinorelbine
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Cisplatin
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Lung Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Tubulin Modulators
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Gemcitabine
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Antimetabolites
Anti-Infective Agents
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Immunologic Factors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Vinblastine
Neoplasms by Site
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Cisplatin
Lung Neoplasms
Therapeutic Uses
Gemcitabine
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Mitosis Modulators
Enzyme Inhibitors
Antimitotic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Antiviral Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Carcinoma
Neoplasms
Vinorelbine
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Lung Diseases
Tubulin Modulators
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic

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