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Tipifarnib Plus Radiation Therapy After Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This study has been completed.
First Received: October 11, 2001   Last Updated: February 6, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsors and Collaborators: University of Pennsylvania
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00025480
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Tipifarnib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by making tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing and may also make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of tipifarnib when given together with radiation therapy after combination chemotherapy in treating patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lung Cancer
Drug: carboplatin
Drug: paclitaxel
Drug: tipifarnib
Radiation: radiation therapy
Phase I

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase I Trial of Farnesyltransferase Inhibitor, R115777 (NSC # 702818) and Radiotherapy in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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

Estimated Enrollment: 12
Study Start Date: August 2001
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of tipifarnib given concurrently with radiotherapy after induction chemotherapy comprising paclitaxel and carboplatin and followed by maintenance therapy with tipifarnib in patients with stage IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Determine the tumor response at 3 months in patients treated with this regimen.

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

Patients receive induction chemotherapy comprising carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and paclitaxel IV over

1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 2 courses.

Beginning 4-6 weeks after the completion of induction chemotherapy, patients receive oral tipifarnib twice daily for 7 weeks. Patients undergo radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for 7 weeks beginning 3 days after the start of tipifarnib. After completion of radiotherapy, patients receive oral tipifarnib twice daily for 4 days and then once daily for 4 days.

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

Beginning 4-6 weeks after the completion of radiotherapy and tipifarnib, patients receive maintenance therapy comprising oral tipifarnib twice daily on days 1-21. Maintenance therapy repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed at 3, 6, and 12 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 9-12 patients will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

  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

    • Locally advanced (stage IIIA or IIIB) disease requiring radiotherapy
  • No malignant pleural effusion

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC at least 3,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
  • No grade 2 or greater elevation of liver function tests

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times normal

Pulmonary:

  • FEV_1 at least 600 cc

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • HIV negative
  • No grade 3 or 4 peripheral neuropathy
  • No known allergy to imidazole drugs (e.g., ketoconazole, miconazole, econazole, or terconazole)

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Up to 2 prior or concurrent carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy regimens allowed

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior thoracic radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • At least 3 weeks since prior exploratory thoracotomy
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00025480

Locations
United States, Pennsylvania
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4283
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Pennsylvania
Investigators
Study Chair: Stephen Michael Hahn, MD University of Pennsylvania
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068965, UPCC-NCI-5150, NCI-5150
Study First Received: October 11, 2001
Last Updated: February 6, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00025480     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

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

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Carboplatin
Antimitotic Agents
Carcinoma
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Neoplasms
Paclitaxel
Lung Diseases
Tubulin Modulators
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Tipifarnib

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Carboplatin
Pharmacologic Actions
Carcinoma
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Paclitaxel
Lung Neoplasms
Therapeutic Uses
Lung Diseases
Tubulin Modulators
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Tipifarnib

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