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Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy in Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer
The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified December 2000 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).   Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting

First Received on November 1, 1999.   Last Updated on February 6, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsor: Medical Research Council
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002822
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug is a way to kill more tumor cells. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effect of two combination chemotherapy regimens followed by radiation therapy in treating patients with small cell lung cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lung Cancer
 Drug: carboplatin
Drug: cisplatin
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Drug: etoposide
Drug: ifosfamide
Drug: mesna
Drug: vincristine sulfate
Radiation: radiation therapy
 Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL OF IFOSFAMIDE, CARBOPLATIN AND ETOPOSIDE WITH MID-CYCLE VINCRISTINE (VICE) VERSUS STANDARD PRACTICE CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH LIMITED STAGE SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (SCLC) AND GOOD PERFORMANCE STATUS

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer
Drug Information available for: Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Cisplatin Mesna Doxorubicin Doxorubicin hydrochloride Etoposide Carboplatin Etoposide phosphate Vincristine sulfate Ifosfamide
U.S. FDA Resources

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

Estimated Enrollment: 400
Study Start Date: March 1996
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the survival rate in patients with newly diagnosed small cell lung cancer and good performance status treated with an intensive regimen of ifosfamide/carboplatin/etoposide with mid-cycle vincristine (VICE) vs. standard chemotherapy followed, as feasible, by thoracic radiotherapy.
  • Compare the adverse effects of treatment and quality of life (including psychological distress, physical status, and functional status and global quality of life) in these patients.
  • Compare the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist vs. the EORTC QLQ-C30 and LC13 quality-of-life questionnaires in relation to compliance and ability to detect differences between treatments.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study.

The first group receives standard combination chemotherapy with doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide/etoposide (ACE) or cisplatin/etoposide (PE) every 3 weeks for 6 courses.

The second group receives intensive combination chemotherapy with carboplatin/ifosfamide/etoposide on days 1-3 with vincristine on day 14 (VICE). Courses repeat every 4 weeks for 6 courses.

Patients in both groups are considered for thoracic radiotherapy beginning 4-5 weeks after the first day of the last course of chemotherapy.

Concurrent prophylactic antibiotics should be given. Patients who relapse may receive further treatment at the clinician's option.

Patients are followed monthly for 6 months, every 2 months for up to 1 year, every 3 months for up to 2 years, every 6 months for 5 years, and annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 400 patients will be entered over 3 years.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Microscopically proven small cell lung cancer

    • Diagnosis based on bronchial, mediastinal, pleural, lung, or lymph node biopsy, sputum cytology, or bronchial brushing or fine needle aspirate cytology
    • No pleural fluid cytology
  • No prior therapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Any age

Performance status:

  • WHO 0-2

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC more than 3,000
  • ANC more than 1,500
  • Platelets more than 100,000

Hepatic/Renal:

  • Alkaline phosphatase, aminotransferase, sodium, and LDH normal or no more than 1 of them abnormal
  • Creatinine or urea normal
  • Creatinine clearance or GFR more than 65 mL/min

Other:

  • No clinical evidence of infection
  • No prior or concurrent malignancy that interferes with protocol treatments or comparisons
  • No other condition that contraindicates treatment

  • Willing and able to complete quality-of-life questionnaires

    • Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Rotterdam Symptom Checklist, and EORTC questionnaires completed prior to randomization

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002822

Locations
United Kingdom
Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit
London, England, United Kingdom, NW1 2DA
Sponsors and Collaborators
Medical Research Council
Investigators
Study Chair: David J. Girling, MD Medical Research Council
  More Information

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

Publications:
Thatcher N, Qian W, Clark PI, Hopwood P, Sambrook RJ, Owens R, Stephens RJ, Girling DJ. Ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide with midcycle vincristine versus standard chemotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer and good performance status: clinical and quality-of-life results of the British Medical Research Council multicenter randomized LU21 trial. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Nov 20;23(33):8371-9.
Thatcher N, Qian W, Girling DJ: Ifosfamide, carboplatin and etoposide with mid-cycle vincristine (ICE-V) versus standard chemotherapy (C) in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and good performance status (PS): results of an MRC randomized trial (LU21). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-2489, 619, 2003.

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002822     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000064998, MRC-LU21, EU-96019
Study First Received: November 1, 1999
Last Updated: February 6, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
limited stage small cell lung cancer
extensive stage small cell lung cancer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Neoplasms
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Bronchial Neoplasms
Etoposide phosphate
Isophosphamide mustard
Cisplatin
Cyclophosphamide
Doxorubicin
 Etoposide
Ifosfamide
Vincristine
Carboplatin
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action

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