PET/CT Scan as a Tool to Rationalize the Treatment of of Advanced NSCLC Patients Undergoing First Chemotherapy (PETRA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02035683 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified March 2017 by National Cancer Institute, Naples.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : January 14, 2014
Last Update Posted : March 29, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IIIB | Procedure: PET/CT | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 220 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Study of the Role of Metabolic Response Measured by PET/CT Scan After 1 Cycle of Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) |
Study Start Date : | October 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 2017 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Advanced NSCLC patients undergoing first-line chemotherapy
single cohort
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Procedure: PET/CT
PET/CT scan at baseline and 3 weeks after first cycle chemotherapy |
- change from baseline in highest value SUVmax (maximum standardized uptake values in PET/CT scan) [ Time Frame: one year ]To validate as prognostic factor, in terms of overall survival,early metabolic response, defined as a reduction of more than 50% of the highest value of SUVmax recorded at PET/CT scan after one cycle of chemotherapy, compared to the highest value of SUVmax recorded baseline examination
- Change from baseline in SUVmaxsum, TLGmax and TLGmaxsum [ Time Frame: one year ]to describe and validate early metabolic response as a prognostic factor (in terms of overall survival), using the sum of the SUVmax (SUVmaxsum) , the highest value of TLG (TLGmax), the sum of TLG ( TLGmaxsum).
- correlation among SUVmax, SUVmaxsum, TLGmax, TLGsum with progression-free survival [ Time Frame: one year ]prognostic role of early metabolic response (defined according the above reported 4 parameters) in terms of progression free survival after a first line chemotherapy
- correlation among SUVmax, SUVmaxsum, TLGmax, TLGsum with objective response [ Time Frame: 3 months ]To describe the association between early metabolic response (defined according the above reported 4 parameters) and objective response according RECIST criteria, measured after 3 cycles of chemotherapy
- overall survival [ Time Frame: one year ]
- progression free survival [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- objective response [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of cytologically or histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer.
- Metastatic (stage IV, both M1A or M1B) or locally advanced (stage IIIB, with metastasis to supraclavicular nodes) according to TNM VII edition.
- Both patients at first diagnosis or those with disease recurrence after initial surgery are eligible.
- At least one target or non-target lesion according to RECIST revised version 1.1.
- Age > or = 18 years .
- ECOG PS 0-2.
- Life expectancy > 3 months.
- Signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Uncontrolled diabetes (glucose > 200 mg/dl
- EGFR mutation, for those patients who have had testing done. (EGFR test is not required for participation in the study, but may be conducted as part of normal clinical practice, and patients with EGFR mutation would not be candidate for first-line chemotherapy.)
- Any other malignancies within 5 years (except for adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal or squamous cell skin cancer or surgically resected prostate cancer with normal PSA).
- Pregnant or lactating females.
- Previous medical therapy for metastatic disease (prior surgery, radiation therapy are permitted, as well as adjuvant medical therapy completed at least 6 months prior to study entry).
- Any poorly controlled illness (including active infections, significant hepatic, renal, metabolic or cardiac disease, myocardial infarction within previous 12 months) that may, according to physician's judgement, interfere with the patient's ability to undergo chemotherapy and/or the examinations within the study protocol
- Inability to provide informed consent.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02035683
Contact: Francesco Perrone, M.D., Ph.D. | +39 081 5903571 | francesco.perrone@usc-intnapoli.net | |
Contact: Maria Carmela Piccirillo, M.D. | +39 081 5903383 | marilina.piccirillo@usc-intnapoli.net |
Italy | |
Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori | Recruiting |
Napoli, Italy |
Principal Investigator: | Secondo Lastoria, M.D. | National Cancer Institute, Naples | |
Principal Investigator: | Francesco Perrone, M.D., Ph.D | National Cancer Institute Naples, Italy; Director Clinical Trials Unit | |
Principal Investigator: | Ciro Gallo, M.D., Ph.D | Second University of Naples, Italy; Chair of Medical Statistics | |
Principal Investigator: | Massimo Di Maio, M.D. | National Cancer Institute, Naples | |
Principal Investigator: | Alessandro Morabito, M.D. | National Cancer Institute, Naples | |
Principal Investigator: | Gaetano Rocco, M.D. | National Cancer Institute, Naples |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute, Naples |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02035683 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PETRA |
First Posted: | January 14, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 29, 2017 |
Last Verified: | March 2017 |
metabolic response chemotherapy |
Lung Neoplasms Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site |
Neoplasms Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Bronchial Neoplasms |