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Lung CancerPhase 2NCT00006004

Comparison of Two Combination Chemotherapy Regimens in Treating Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin, cisplatin and gemcitabine hydrochloride in people with Lung Cancer, run by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group at 16 sites in 4 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

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. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective for treating non-small cell lung cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 120 years
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
carboplatin, cisplatin and gemcitabine hydrochloride
How many people
Not given
Where
16 sitesin 4 countries
Study dates
22 Aug 2000to Jan 2005
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 120 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung carcinoma of any of the following subtypes:
  • Squamous cell
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Large cell anaplastic
  • Bronchioalveolar
  • Non-small cell carcinoma not otherwise specified
  • No small cell anaplastic elements allowed
  • Must have:
  • Recurrent disease after prior radiotherapy or surgery OR
  • Stage IV disease with distant metastases OR
  • Stage IIIB disease presenting with pleural or pericardial effusion on CT or chest x-ray or pleural implants documented pathologically or on CT or chest x-ray
  • Bidimensionally measurable or evaluable disease
  • Brain metastases allowed provided clinically stable after treatment with surgery and/or radiotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
  • SGOT no greater than 5 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No uncontrolled high blood pressure, unstable angina, or congestive heart failure
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
  • No serious ventricular arrhythmias requiring medication

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other active malignancies requiring ongoing treatment
  • No uncontrolled serious active infections
  • No suspected hypersensitivity to agents that utilize Cremophor
  • No evidence of neuropathy grade 2 or greater by history or physical examination

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior radiotherapy to only site of measurable or evaluable disease unless subsequent progression documented by physical exam, radiograph, or pathology
  • Recovered from prior radiotherapy
  • No concurrent radiotherapy except for whole brain radiation for developing brain metastases

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Trial locations and contacts

16 sites in 4 countries.

16 sites in 4 countries

United States13 sites
  • MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131

  • Emory University Hospital - Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50309

  • Mercy Medical Center

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50314

  • Iowa Lutheran Hospital

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50316-2301

  • CCOP - St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Center, Green Bay

    Green Bay, Wisconsin, 54307-3453

  • CCOP - Northern New Jersey

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033-0850

  • Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903

  • Alegent Health-Midlands Community Hospital

    Papillion, Nebraska, 68128-4157

  • James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642

  • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

    Temple, Texas, 76508

  • CCOP - Oklahoma

    Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74136

Other trials in United States

Australia1 site
  • Westmead Hospital

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145

Other trials in Australia

Peru1 site
  • Instituto de Enfermedades Neoplasicas

    Lima, 34

Other trials in Peru

Puerto Rico1 site
  • San Juan City Hospital

    San Juan, 00936-7344

Other trials in Puerto Rico

About this study

Official title: A Randomized Phase II Trial of Paclitaxel-Carboplatin or Gemicitabine-Cisplatin in ECOG Performance Status 2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

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. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective for treating non-small cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of two combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have non-small cell lung cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare overall survival, response rate, and time to progression of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with paclitaxel and carboplatin versus gemcitabine and cisplatin.
  • Compare the toxicities of each of these 2 regimens in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to weight loss in the past 6 months (less than 5% vs at least 5%) and disease stage (stage IIIB with pleural or pericardial effusion or pleural implants vs stage IV/recurrent). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours followed by carboplatin IV over 15-30 minutes on day 1.
  • Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8 followed by cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 only.

Treatment continues in both arms every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.

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

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 40-90 patients (20-45 per arm) will be accrued for this study within 12 months.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Keywords
recurrent non-small cell lung cancer, squamous cell lung cancer, large cell lung cancer, stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV non-small cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma of the lung, adenosquamous cell lung cancer, bronchoalveolar cell lung cancer
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Adenocarcinoma of Lung, Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study start22 Aug 2000
  3. Primary completionJan 2005

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00006004
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000068012
Other IDs
E-1599
Status last verified
Jun 2023
First submitted
5 Jul 2000
Last updated
15 Jun 2023
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Langer C, Li S, Schiller J, Tester W, Rapoport BL, Johnson DH; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Randomized phase II trial of paclitaxel plus carboplatin or gemcitabine plus cisplatin in Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 2 non-small-cell lung cancer patients: ECOG 1599. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Feb 1;25(4):418-23. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.9452.

    PubMed 17264337
  • Tester WJ, Stephenson P, Langer CJ, et al.: ECOG 1599: randomized phase II study of paclitaxel/carboplatin or gemcitabine/cisplatin in performance status (PS) 2 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-7055, 630s, 2004.

  • Langer CJ, Stephenson P, Schiller J, et al.: ECOG 1599: randomized phase II study of paclitaxel/carboplatin vs cisplatin/gemcitabine in performance status (PS) 2 patients with treatment-naive advanced NSCLC. [Abstract] Lung Cancer 41 (Suppl 2): A-O52, S18, 2003.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin, cisplatin and gemcitabine hydrochloride in people with Lung Cancer, run by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group at 16 sites in 4 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Jun 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 16 sites in United States, Australia, Peru, Puerto Rico. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00006004, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Jun 2023.

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