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Non-small Cell Lung CancerPhase 1/2NCT00268255

Gefitinib and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Inoperable Stage I or Stage II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 1/2 study testing gefitinib, adjuvant therapy and enzyme inhibitor therapy in people with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Gefitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Gefitinib may make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Giving gefitinib together with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
gefitinib, adjuvant therapy and enzyme inhibitor therapy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
0 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Start not givento not given
Phase
Phase 1/2
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
  • Any non-small cell histology allowed
  • T1-3, N0* disease
  • No metastatic disease
  • Refused or ineligible for surgery
  • Measurable disease, defined as lesion diameter ≤ 5 cm NOTE: *No evidence of N1 or N2 disease by positron emission tomography (PET) scan or any histological means (mediastinoscopy, thoracotomy, transbronchial, tracheal aspirations, or transesophageal aspiration by endoscopic ultrasound guidance

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Performance status

  • Any performance status

Life expectancy

  • At least 1 year

Hematopoietic

  • No restrictions

Hepatic

  • No restrictions

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ CTC grade 2

Pulmonary

  • No clinically active interstitial lung disease
  • Chronic, stable, asymptomatic radiographic changes allowed

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective nonhormonal contraception
  • No known severe hypersensitivity to gefitinib or any of the excipients of this product
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No active or uncontrolled infection
  • No uncontrolled systemic disease
  • No psychiatric illness or other severe medical condition that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy

Radiotherapy

  • No prior radiotherapy to the chest or mediastinum
  • No concurrent elective nodal irradiation

Surgery

  • Recovered from prior surgery
  • No concurrent ophthalmic surgery

Other

  • Recovered from all other prior anticancer therapy (alopecia allowed)
  • More than 30 days since prior nonapproved or investigational agents
  • No concurrent CYP3A4 inducers, including any of the following:
  • Phenytoin
  • Carbamazepine
  • Barbiturates
  • Rifampin
  • Phenobarbital
  • Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)
  • No concurrent systemic retinoids

About this study

Official title: Phase I/II Study of Induction Gefitinib and Concurrent Radiotherapy in Patients With Previously Untreated, Medically Inoperable Stage I or II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

RATIONALE: Gefitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Gefitinib may make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Giving gefitinib together with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of radiation therapy when given together with gefitinib and to see how well they work in treating patients with inoperable stage I or stage II non-small cell lung cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the toxicity profile and maximum tolerated dose of radiotherapy when given in combination with gefitinib in patients with previously untreated, medically inoperable stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer. (Phase I)
  • Determine the efficacy of gefitinib when given for 6 weeks prior to and concurrent with radiotherapy, in terms of objective response rate (partial and complete response), in these patients.

Secondary

  • Determine the 3-month tumor response (complete and partial response) in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the 6-week response rate in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the local disease control rate (complete and partial response, stable disease) in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the local progression-free survival and disease-specific survival (cancer vs co-morbid disease) of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the pattern of failure (e.g., local, regional, or distant metastasis) in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the acute and late radiation toxic effects to organs at risk in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the safety profile of gefitinib in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, multicenter, dose-escalation study of radiotherapy.

  • Patients receive oral gefitinib once daily for 13 weeks. Patients also undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 7 weeks beginning at week 7. Patients continue to receive gefitinib alone after completion of radiotherapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 6-10 patients receive escalating doses of radiotherapy until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 3 of 6 patients experience acute dose-limiting toxicity.

  • Phase II: Patients receive oral gefitinib as in phase I and radiotherapy at the MTD determined in phase I. After the completion of radiotherapy, patients continue to receive gefitinib in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 37 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
gefitinib, adjuvant therapy, enzyme inhibitor therapy, neoadjuvant therapy, protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy
Keywords
stage I non-small cell lung cancer, stage II non-small cell lung cancer, adenosquamous cell lung cancer, bronchoalveolar cell lung cancer, large cell lung cancer, squamous cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma of the lung
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar, Adenocarcinoma of Lung

What participants receive

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

  • gefitinibDrug

  • adjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery

  • enzyme inhibitor therapyProcedure or surgery

  • neoadjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery

  • protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapyProcedure or surgery

  • radiation therapyProcedure or surgery

  • radiosensitizationProcedure or surgery

Timeline

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

  1. First posted22 Dec 2005 (estimated)

Why it stopped: Study never moved forward with accrual.

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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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00268255
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000447160
Other IDs
WSU-D-2820, WSU-HIC-100304M1F, ZENECA-1839US/0258
Status last verified
Apr 2013
First submitted
20 Dec 2005
Last updated
16 Apr 2013
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing gefitinib, adjuvant therapy and enzyme inhibitor therapy in people with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.

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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Apr 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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 combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

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 was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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?
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 16 Apr 2013.

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