Combination Chemotherapy Plus Fluoxetine in Treating Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00005850

Last Updated: 2016-07-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

21 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-08-31

Study Completion Date

2003-09-30

Brief Summary

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This trial is designed to test the efficacy of fluoxetine to improve patient's quality of life during chemotherapy. An innovative application of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor may modulate the effects of fatigue, anxiety and depression which worsen quality of life.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary Objectives:

1. To preliminarily test the efficacy of fluoxetine to improve the quality of life of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy by decreasing anxiety, depression and fatigue.
2. To test the feasibility of conducting a multi-center clinical trial of fluoxetine administered by oncologists concurrently with chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Secondary Objectives:

1. To describe the tumor response rate associated with the administration of gemcitabine/cisplatin in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
2. To describe the overall survival and failure-free survival associated with the administration of gemcitabine/cisplatin.
3. To describe the toxicity associated with the administration of gemcitabine/cisplatin.

Conditions

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Anxiety Disorder Depression Fatigue Lung Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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gemcitabine + cisplatin + fluoxetine

Patients receive gemcitabine and cisplatin. Treatment repeats every 21 days for a total of six cycles. Patients receive fluoxetine for 7 weeks. Further use of fluoxetine is at the discretion of the patient and physician.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

cisplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

80 mg/m2 administered by intravenous (IV) over 30 minutes on Day 1 following the gemcitabine infusion. Treatment repeated every 21 days for a total of 6 cycles.

fluoxetine

Intervention Type DRUG

10 mg PO QD (by mouth once daily) starting on week 2 (day 8) and continuing for 7 weeks (days 8-57). After 7 weeks of fluoxetine treatment (day 57), further use of fluoxetine is at the discretion of the patient and physician.

gemcitabine hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

1000 mg/m2 intravenous (IV) administered by IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Repeat treatment every 21 days for a total of 6 cycles.

Interventions

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cisplatin

80 mg/m2 administered by intravenous (IV) over 30 minutes on Day 1 following the gemcitabine infusion. Treatment repeated every 21 days for a total of 6 cycles.

Intervention Type DRUG

fluoxetine

10 mg PO QD (by mouth once daily) starting on week 2 (day 8) and continuing for 7 weeks (days 8-57). After 7 weeks of fluoxetine treatment (day 57), further use of fluoxetine is at the discretion of the patient and physician.

Intervention Type DRUG

gemcitabine hydrochloride

1000 mg/m2 intravenous (IV) administered by IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Repeat treatment every 21 days for a total of 6 cycles.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with Stage IIIB because of a malignant pleural effusion, supraclavicular node involvement, or contralateral hilar nodes are eligible (IIIB patients eligible for CALGB protocols of combined chemotherapy and chest irradiation are not eligible.
* Patients with known CNS metastases are not eligible.
3. Measurable or Non-Measurable Disease

* Measurable Disease: Lesions that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as ≥ 20 mm with conventional techniques or as ≥ 10 mm with spiral CT scan.
* Non-measurable Disease: Only those non-measurable disease patients with ill-defined masses associated with post-obstructive changes and diffuse parenchymal malignant disease are eligible. All other lesions, including small lesions (longest diameter \< 20 mm with conventional techniques or \< 10 mm with spiral CT scan) and truly non-measurable lesions, are not eligible.

Lesions that are considered non-measurable include the following:
* Bone lesions
* Leptomeningeal disease
* Ascites
* Pleural/pericardial effusion
* Abdominal masses that are not confirmed and followed by imaging techniques
* Cystic lesions
4. Prior Treatment:

* No prior chemotherapy.
* ≥ 2 weeks since radiation therapy.
* No antidepressant treatment (eg, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, tricyclics, novel antidepressants, St. John's Wort or monoamine oxidase inhibitors) currently or within the last month.
5. If the patient requires pain medication, pain must be managed with non-codeine preparations, including but not limited to: acetaminophen, any morphine based preparation (short or long acting), hydromorphone, fentanyl, levorphanol or methadone.
6. CTC Performance Status 0-1.
7. Non-pregnant and non-nursing because of significant risk to the fetus/infant.
8. Required Initial Laboratory Data:

* Granulocytes ≥ 1,500/µl
* Platelet count ≥ 100,000/µl
* Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dl or Calculated CrCl ≥ 60 ml/min
* Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)
* Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) ≤ 2.0 x ULN
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Donna Greenberg, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Massachusetts General Hospital

Locations

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Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center

Anniston, Alabama, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Diego

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Washington, DC

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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Broward General Medical Center

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

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Memorial Regional Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center

Hollywood, Florida, United States

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Florida Hospital Cancer Institute

Orlando, Florida, United States

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Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Institute at Good Samaritan Medical Center

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

West Suburban Center for Cancer Care

River Forest, Illinois, United States

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Saint Anthony Medical Center

Rockford, Illinois, United States

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Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Incorporated

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

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Baptist Hospital East - Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Beth Israel Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Lakeland Medical Center - St. Joseph

Saint Joseph, Michigan, United States

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Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri, United States

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Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Cooper University Hospital

Camden, New Jersey, United States

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Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst, New York, United States

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Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital

Jamaica, New York, United States

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

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State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, New York, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse

Syracuse, New York, United States

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CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.

Syracuse, New York, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

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NorthEast Oncology Associates

Concord, North Carolina, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Cape Fear Valley Health System

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

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Lenoir Memorial Hospital Cancer Center

Kinston, North Carolina, United States

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FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital

Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States

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New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Fargo

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status

Martha Jefferson Hospital

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Virginia Oncology Associates - Norfolk

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia, Inc.

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Site Status

St. Mary's Medical Center

Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Site Status

Ministry Medical Group - Northern Region

Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus

San Juan, , Puerto Rico

Site Status

Countries

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United States Puerto Rico

Other Identifiers

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U10CA031946

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CLB-119802

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000067871

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CALGB-119802

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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