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Lung CancerPhase 3NCT00055965

Hospitalization Rates of Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Gemcitabine and Either Cisplatin or Carboplatin

A Phase 3 study testing carboplatin, cisplatin and gemcitabine hydrochloride in people with Lung Cancer, run by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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 if one regimen will require patients to spend more time in the hospital than the other regimen for treatment of… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
carboplatin, cisplatin and gemcitabine hydrochloride
How many people
400 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Nov 2002to Aug 2006
Phase
Phase 3
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed inoperable non-small cell lung cancer
  • Stage IIIA, IIIB, or IV
  • Not eligible for curative radiotherapy or surgery
  • No symptomatic brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • Karnofsky 50-100%

Life expectancy

  • At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic

  • WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 2,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST no greater than 2.5 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases present)

Renal

  • Creatinine no greater than ULN OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study completion
  • No active infection
  • No serious systemic disorder that would preclude study participation
  • No grade 2 or greater peripheral neuropathy
  • No significant neurological problems (e.g., seizures or psychiatric disorders)
  • No other active malignancy within the past 5 years except carcinoma in situ of the cervix or adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy during or for 7 days after study therapy

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior radiotherapy
  • No concurrent radiotherapy during or for 7 days after study therapy

Surgery

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other

  • At least 12 weeks since prior investigational agents
  • No other concurrent antitumor therapy
  • No concurrent experimental medications

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site

  • Christie Hospital NHS Trust

    Manchester, England, M20 4BX

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About this study

Official title: A Pragmatic, Randomised Study To Compare The Hospitalisation Rates Of Two Platinum-Based Outpatient Regimens (Gemcitabine/Cisplatin vs. Gemcitabine/Carboplatin) In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

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 if one regimen will require patients to spend more time in the hospital than the other regimen for treatment of chemotherapy-related side effects.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the hospitalization rates of patients who are receiving gemcitabine combined with cisplatin with that of patients receiving gemcitabine combined with carboplatin for unresectable stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the rates of overnight hospitalization due to toxicity (e.g., blood transfusion, antibiotic use, and to obtain relief of treatment-related symptoms) of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with gemcitabine and cisplatin vs gemcitabine and carboplatin.
  • Compare the need for hospitalization for chemotherapy administration in patients treated with these regimens.
  • Compare the tumor response rate of patients treated with these regimens.
  • Compare the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
  • Compare the relief of tumor-related symptoms in patients treated with these regimens.
  • Compare the effect on Karnofsky performance status in patients treated with these regimens.
  • Compare the toxic effects of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to stage (IIIA vs IIIB [dry] vs IIIB [wet] or IV) and performance status (50-60% vs 70-100%). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and cisplatin IV over 1-2 hours on days 1 and 8.
  • Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8 and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1.

In both arms, treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 2 months for 6 months and then every 3-4 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 400 patients (200 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Keywords
stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

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

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Rate of hospitalization due to toxicity

Secondary outcomes (6)

  1. Need for hospitalization for chemotherapy administration

  2. Tumor response rate

  3. Overall survival

  4. Relief of tumor-related symptoms

  5. Effect on Karnofsky performance status

  6. Toxicity as measured by NCIC CTC v2.0

Timeline

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

  1. First posted7 Mar 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2002
  3. Primary completionAug 2006

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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 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Enrolment
400 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00055965
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000271903
Other IDs
CHNT-GEM-HOSP, EU-20245
Status last verified
Jan 2009
First submitted
6 Mar 2003
Last updated
20 Sep 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing carboplatin, cisplatin and gemcitabine hydrochloride in people with Lung Cancer, run by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Sep 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Rate of hospitalization due to toxicity. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00055965.

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 20 Sep 2013; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.

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