Phase III Study of Docetaxel Vs Vinorelbine in Elderly Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

180 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-06-30

Brief Summary

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Vinorelbine is currently the standard treatment for elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Docetaxel has also shown promising results against elderly patients in phase II studies. We conducted a randomized phase III trial to evaluate whether docetaxel provided better overall survival than vinorelbine in elderly patients with advanced NSCLC.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Lung Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Patients were randomized to receive either docetaxel 60 mg/m2 on day 1 or vinorelbine 25 mg/m2 on days 1and 8, repeated every 21 days over four cycles.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-naïve patients with histologically or cytologically diagnosis of stage IIIB or IV NSCLC and who were ≧ 70 years old with measurable or assessable disease were eligible for this trial. They had to have a life expectancy of at least 3 months. Additional entry criteria were as follows: (a) a performance status (PS) 0 to 2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale; (b) adequate function of bone marrow (leukocyte count ≧ 4,000/μL, absolute neutrophil count ≧ 2,000/μL, hemoglobin concentration ≧ 9.5 g/dL, platelet count ≧ 100,000/μL), kidney (serum creatinine ≦ 1.2 mg/dL), liver (total bilirubin ≦ 1.5 times the institutional upper limits of normal, transaminase of AST and ALT ≦ 2.5 times the institutional upper limits of normal).

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with symptomatic brain metastasis or apparent dementia were ineligible. Patients with active concomitant malignancy, massive pleural effusion or ascites, active infection, severe heart disease, grade 2 or higher ECG abnormality, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, ileus, pulmonary fibrosis, diarrhea, and a bleeding tendency were excluded.-

Minimum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Principal Investigators

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Shinzoh Kudoh, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

West Japan Thoracic Oncology Group

Other Identifiers

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WJTOG9904

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id