Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00041314

Last Updated: 2023-06-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-10-04

Study Completion Date

2007-06-15

Brief Summary

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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 may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of carboplatin, gemcitabine, and exisulind in treating patients who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the 18-month survival rate in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with carboplatin, gemcitabine, and exisulind.
* Determine the feasibility and toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
* Determine the response rate, progression-free survival, and overall median survival of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8 and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Chemotherapy repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses. Patients also receive oral exisulind twice daily beginning on day 1 of course 1 and continuing until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 55 patients will be accrued for this study within 6 months.

Conditions

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Lung Cancer

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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carboplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

exisulind

Intervention Type DRUG

gemcitabine hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

* Unresectable stage IIIB (e.g., pleural effusion) not suitable for combined modality therapy OR
* Stage IV
* Prior brain metastases are allowed provided the following are true:

* Patient completed radiotherapy and/or surgery at least 3 weeks prior to study
* Objective evidence of resolution or significant improvement of brain lesions exists on follow-up CT scan or MRI
* Patient is neurologically improved or stable

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm\^3
* WBC at least 3,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin at least 9 g/L
* Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 mg/dL
* SGOT no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

* Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR
* Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

* No prior uncontrolled cardiovascular disease
* No hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, or congestive heart failure within the past 3 months

Other:

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective nonhormonal contraception
* No serious active infection
* No dementia or active psychoses
* No other prior malignancy except nonmetastatic nonmelanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or cancer curatively treated with surgery or small-field radiotherapy within the past 5 years

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

* See Disease Characteristics

Other:

* At least 1 month since prior investigational agents
* More than 7 days since prior aspirin, sulindac, cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (except ibuprofen or naproxen)
* No concurrent sulindac or COX-2 inhibitors
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

120 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Gregory A. Masters, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Endeavor Health

Locations

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Site Status

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Duarte, California, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

Stanford University Medical Center

Stanford, California, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Site Status

MBCCOP-Howard University Cancer Center

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

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainesville

Gainesville, Florida, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status

Emory University Hospital - Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur)

Decatur, Georgia, United States

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Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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CCOP - Central Illinois

Decatur, Illinois, United States

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CCOP - Evanston

Evanston, Illinois, United States

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Evanston Northwestern Health Care

Evanston, Illinois, United States

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CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Indiana University Cancer Center

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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Burgess Health Center

Onawa, Iowa, United States

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CCOP - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, United States

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MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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CCOP - Ochsner

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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New England Medical Center Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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CCOP - Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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CCOP - Duluth

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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University of Minnesota Cancer Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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CCOP - Metro-Minnesota

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange

East Orange, New Jersey, United States

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CCOP - Northern New Jersey

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

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Cancer Institute of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn

Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

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Albert Einstein Clinical Cancer Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

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MBCCOP-Our Lady of Mercy Cancer Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

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CCOP - Merit Care Hospital

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Site Status

Ireland Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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CCOP - Columbus

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

Toledo, Ohio, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Hahnemann University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

CCOP - MainLine Health

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville Campus

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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CCOP - St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Center, Green Bay

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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CCOP - Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

NSW Breast Cancer Institute

Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Site Status

MBCCOP - San Juan

San Juan, , Puerto Rico

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Juan

San Juan, , Puerto Rico

Site Status

Pretoria Academic Hospitals

Pretoria, , South Africa

Site Status

Countries

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United States Australia Puerto Rico South Africa

References

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Masters GA, Li S, Dowlati A, Madajewicz S, Langer C, Schiller J, Johnson D. A phase II trial of carboplatin and gemcitabine with exisulind (IND #65,056) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study (E1501). J Thorac Oncol. 2006 Sep;1(7):673-8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17409935 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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E-E1501

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000069467

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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