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Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Followed By Surgery in Treating Patients With Stage IIB or Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified May 2006 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00006469
First received: November 6, 2000
Last updated: February 6, 2009
Last verified: May 2006
History of Changes
  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. Combining these treatments before surgery may kill more tumor cells in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy before surgery in treating patients who have stage IIB non-small cell lung cancer or stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lung Cancer
 Drug: carboplatin
Drug: paclitaxel
Procedure: conventional surgery
Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy
Radiation: radiation therapy
 Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Phase II Trial of Concurrent Paclitaxel, Carboplatin and External Beam Radiotherapy Followed by Surgical Resection in Stage IIIA (N2) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

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

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Pathologic response rate as measured by pathology of the resected specimen and chest x-ray at 3 and 5 years after completion of study treatment [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Disease-free and overall survival at 3 and 5 years after completion of study treatment [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 30
Study Start Date: August 1999
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the response rate, duration of response, and survival in patients with bulky stage IIB or stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer treated with paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiotherapy followed by surgical resection.
  • Assess the toxicity of this regimen in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes weekly for 5 weeks. Patients also undergo concurrent radiotherapy daily 5 days a week for 5 weeks in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. At approximately 4 weeks after completion of chemoradiotherapy, patients with stable or regressive disease undergo surgical resection. If disease is unresectable, patients receive an additional 2 weeks of radiotherapy.

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

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 29-30 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 confirmed bulky stage IIB or stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

    • Ipsilateral mediastinal node involvement by mediastinoscopy
  • No contralateral lymph node involvement
  • No malignant pleural effusion
  • No distant metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL

Hepatic:

  • ALT/AST less than 2 times upper limit of normal
  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or nonmelanoma skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006469

Locations
United States, District of Columbia
Washington Cancer Institute at Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
United States, Maryland
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute at Franklin Square Hospital Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21237
Sponsors and Collaborators
Washington Hospital Center
Investigators
Study Chair: David J. Perry, MD Washington Hospital Center
  More Information

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

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006469     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068288, WHC-99444, NCI-V00-1632
Study First Received: November 6, 2000
Last Updated: February 6, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage II non-small cell lung cancer
stage IIIA 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
 Carboplatin
Paclitaxel
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic

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