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Radiation Therapy Using 3-Dimensional Treatment Planning in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00002484
First received: November 1, 1999
Last updated: December 13, 2009
Last verified: December 2009
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Computer systems that allow doctors to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to plan treatment may result in more effective radiation therapy.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of high-dose radiation therapy planned using a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in treating patients who have stage I, stage II, or stage III non-small cell lung cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lung Cancer
 Radiation: radiation therapy
 Phase 1

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A PHASE I TRIAL OF DOSE ESCALATION OF EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY USING CONFORMAL 3-DIMENSIONAL TREATMENT PLANNING FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer
U.S. FDA Resources

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

Study Start Date: October 1991
Primary Completion Date: July 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the maximum dose of external beam irradiation deliverable using conformal 3-dimensional treatment planning in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Determine the feasibility and efficacy of 3-dimensional treatment planning in delivering high doses of external beam radiotherapy to these patients.
  • Determine whether computer-generated dose-volume histograms and normal tissue complication probability models can predict the degree of pulmonary toxicity resulting from external beam radiotherapy.
  • Determine the relationship between dose of external beam radiotherapy and the degree of pulmonary function change.

OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study.

Patients undergo 3-dimensional conformal external beam radiotherapy 5 days a week for 8-10 weeks.

Cohorts of 10 patients receive escalating doses of radiotherapy until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose at which no more than 20% of patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed at 1 month and then every 4 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60-70 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

  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 non-small cell lung cancer

    • Clinical stage T1-4, N0-2, M0

      • Clinical stage T1-2, N0-1 must be medically inoperable
  • No distant metastases on history and physical exam, CBC, screening profile, CT or MRI of brain, CT of chest and abdomen (including adrenals and liver), and bone scan
  • No pleural effusions
  • Atelectasis not clearly distinguishable from tumor mass allowed provided all tumor and atelectasis together represent a volume that can be safely treated to the total dose delivered to gross disease
  • Diffuse pulmonary infiltrates thought to represent benign disease allowed only if representative lesion samples are proven by biopsy or cytology not to contain cancer
  • No diffuse bronchoalveolar carcinoma

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 70-100%

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer or noninvasive cervical carcinoma
  • No other medical illness that cannot be adequately controlled with appropriate therapy or that is considered severe enough to preclude a radical treatment approach

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • No prior biologic therapy for lung cancer

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy for lung cancer

Endocrine therapy

  • No prior endocrine therapy for lung cancer

Radiotherapy

  • No prior radiotherapy for lung cancer

Surgery

  • No prior surgery for lung cancer
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002484

Locations
United States, New York
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10021
Sponsors and Collaborators
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Investigators
Study Chair: Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  More Information

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

Publications:
Armstrong J, Zelefsky M, Burt M, et al.: Acute toxicity of high dose 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3-DCRT) for non small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 12: A-1171, 348, 1993.

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002484     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000077300, MSKCC-91121, NCI-V91-0198
Study First Received: November 1, 1999
Last Updated: December 13, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

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

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Lung Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Bronchial Neoplasms
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
 Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases

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