An Expanded Access Programme With Iressa for Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Cancer of the Head and Neck

The purpose of this study is to provide ZD1839 for those patients with locally advanced and/or metastatic non-operable non-small cell lung cancer (stage III or IV) or recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell head and neck cancer who receive the therapy on an expanded access basis due to their inability to meet eligibility criteria for on-going recruiting trials, inability to participate in other clinical trials (e.g., poor performance status, lack of geographic proximity), or because other medical interventions are not considered appropriate or acceptable.

• Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
• Cancer of the Head and Neck (H&N)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Have received at least one course of standard systemic chemotherapy or radiation therapy
• Are ineligible for chemotherapy or radiotherapy
• Are ineligible or not candidates for enrollment in available ZD1839 trials for NSCLC or squamous cell H&NC
• Are, in the investigators opinion, not medically suitable for chemotherapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current eligibility (i.e., meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria except signed informed consent) for any ZD1839 protocol available to the patient, or previous enrollment in a blinded ZD1839 protocol
• Patients from a blinded protocol may be considered for acceptance, with AstraZeneca's permission, only after trial completion and unblinding of all patients.
• Patients eligible for or previously enrolled in an open-label or unblinded ZD1839 clinical trial may be considered for acceptance with AstraZeneca's permission
• Incomplete healing from prior oncologic or other major surgery