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Radiation Therapy in Patients With Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer in Complete Remission

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified January 2006 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00005062
First received: April 6, 2000
Last updated: January 15, 2011
Last verified: January 2006
History of Changes

April 6, 2000
January 15, 2011
September 1999
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Incidence of brain metastases 2 years after randomization [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00005062 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
  • Overall survival and disease-free survival 2 years after randomization [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Quality of life as assessed by Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ)-C30/BN20 before randomization, at 6 and 12 months, and annually thereafter [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Treatment late sequelae as assessed by Late Effect of Normal Tissue - Subjective Objective Management Analytic scale, brain CT scan, or MRI before randomization and then annually thereafter [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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Radiation Therapy in Patients With Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer in Complete Remission
A Phase III Trial Comparing High Versus Standard Dose of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI) in Limited Small Cell Lung Cancer Complete Responders

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and prevent the spread of cancer to the brain. It is not yet known if standard-dose radiation therapy is more effective than high-dose radiation therapy in preventing the spread of limited-stage small cell lung cancer cells to the brain.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is comparing two different regimens of radiation therapy to see how well they work in treating patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer in complete remission.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare high-dose versus standard-dose prophylactic cranial radiotherapy in terms of the incidence of brain metastases and overall and disease free survival at 2 years in patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer in complete remission.
  • Evaluate the quality of life and late sequelae in this patient population treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, age (60 and under vs over 60), and interval between the start of induction therapy and date of randomization (90 days or less vs 91-180 days vs more than 180 days). Patients are randomized into one of two treatment arms according to the prophylactic cranial radiotherapy dose.

  • Arm I: Patients receive standard-dose prophylactic cranial radiotherapy (10 fractions/12 days).

  • Arm II: Patients receive high-dose prophylactic cranial radiotherapy administered over 16 or 24 days based on the choice of their treatment center.

    • 18 fractions/24 days (conventional radiotherapy) OR
    • 24 fractions/16 days (accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy) Patients with isolated brain failure may undergo further radiotherapy.

Quality of life is assessed prior to randomization, at 6 months, at 1 year, and then annually thereafter.

Patients are followed at least every 6 months for 2 years and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 700 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.
Interventional
Phase 3
Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Lung Cancer
Radiation: radiation therapy
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Active, not recruiting
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically proven limited stage small cell lung cancer
  • Complete response to induction therapy (at least on chest x-ray)
  • Normal brain CT scan or MRI less than 1 month prior to study
  • No metastases (including ipsilateral lung metastases and malignant pleural effusion)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 70 and under

Performance status:

  • WHO 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Cardiovascular:

  • No prior cerebrovascular disease

Other:

  • No epilepsy requiring permanent oral medication
  • No other prior malignancy except skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Concurrent steroids allowed

Radiotherapy:

  • Concurrent thoracic radiotherapy allowed

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other

  • No other concurrent antitumoral agent
Both
up to 70 Years
No
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
United States,   Australia,   Belgium,   Brazil,   Chile,   China,   Colombia,   Cyprus,   Czech Republic,   France,   Germany,   Greece,   Israel,   Italy,   Japan,   Korea, Republic of,   Lithuania,   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of,   Netherlands,   Poland,   Portugal,   Romania,   Serbia,   South Africa,   Spain,   Switzerland,   Turkey,   United Kingdom
 
NCT00005062
CDR0000067664, FRE-IGR-PCI-99, EU-99051, FRE-IFCT-99.01, FRE-IGR-PCI99-EULINT1, EORTC-22003, EORTC-08004
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Institut Gustave Roussy
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Investigator: Cecile Le Pechoux, MD Institut Gustave Roussy
Investigator: Suresh Senan Free University Medical Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
January 2006

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