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Lung CancerPhase 2NCT00276588

Gemcitabine and Carboplatin Followed by Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin, gemcitabine hydrochloride and paclitaxel in people with Lung Cancer, run by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins at 2 sites in United States.

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, such as gemcitabine, carboplatin, and paclitaxel work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. 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, gemcitabine hydrochloride and paclitaxel
How many people
46 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2005to Mar 2007
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) of any of the following histologic types:
  • Squamous cell
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Large cell carcinoma
  • Unspecified
  • Evidence of at least 1 of the following criteria:
  • Newly diagnosed inoperable stage IIIB (pleural effusion) disease
  • Patients with stage III disease who are unable to undergo combined modality therapy
  • Stage IV disease
  • Recurrent non-small cell lung cancer regardless of site
  • Diagnosis based on sputum cytology acceptable if confirmed by an independent pathologic review
  • Patients must have measurable or evaluable disease
  • Measurable or evaluable disease must be outside the previous radiation field or a new lesion must be present
  • Patients with brain metastases are eligible, provided they are either asymptomatic (no neurological symptoms or signs, no evidence of midline shift), or controlled (i.e., after surgical resection or radiotherapy/radiosurgery), and off all steroid therapy for at least two weeks with no evidence of progression by symptoms or radiologic imaging

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status of 2 or 3 OR HIV-positive OR underwent prior status post organ transplantation
  • No active serious infection (except for HIV infection)
  • No symptomatic, untreated malignant pericardial effusion
  • No congestive heart failure
  • No other serious underlying medical condition that would otherwise impair their ability to receive protocol treatment
  • Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm ^3
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.8 mg/dL
  • Bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dL
  • SGOT ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use effective barrier contraceptive methods
  • No prior malignancy within the past 5 years except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior chemotherapy is not allowed
  • At least three weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered from all toxicities
  • At least three weeks must have elapsed from major surgery and recovered from all adverse effects of surgery
  • No prior colony-stimulating factors or interferon
  • No concurrent hormonal, biologic, or radiotherapy to measurable lesions
  • Patients may receive concurrent palliative radiotherapy to small-field nonmeasurable sites of disease (e.g., painful bony metastases)

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites

  • Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201

  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21231-2410

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine/Paraplatin® (Carboplatin) Followed by Taxol® (Paclitaxel) in Patients With Performance Status = 2,3 or Other Significant Co-Morbidity (HIV Infection or s/p Organ Transplantation) in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine, carboplatin, and paclitaxel work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with carboplatin followed by paclitaxel works in treating patients with stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the efficacy and tolerability of gemcitabine hydrochloride and carboplatin followed by paclitaxel in patients with stage IIIB-IV non-small cell lung cancer in regard to response rate, median survival, and one year survival.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is multicenter study.

  • Part 1: Patients receive carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 2 courses. In week 7, all patients proceed to part 2 regardless of disease response.
  • Part 2: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1-3 hours once weekly for 6 weeks. Treatment repeats every 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 46 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions
Lung Cancer
Keywords
adenocarcinoma of the lung, adenosquamous cell lung cancer, large cell lung cancer, recurrent non-small cell lung cancer, squamous cell lung cancer, stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Adenocarcinoma of Lung, 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. Overall survival

  2. Progression-free survival

  3. Time to treatment failure

  4. Time to progression

Secondary outcomes (1)

  1. Duration of response (complete response and partial response)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted13 Jan 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2005
  3. Primary completionMar 2007

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
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
46 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00276588
Sponsor's protocol ID
JHOC-J0428, CDR0000450843
Other IDs
P30CA006973, JHOC-J0428, BMS-JHOC-J0428, JHOC-BRAAN-21048, MSGCC-0060, JHOC-04112308
Status last verified
Aug 2010
First submitted
12 Jan 2006
Last updated
9 Aug 2010
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Bridges BB, Thomas L, Hausner PF, Doyle LA, Bedor M, Smith R, Brahmer J, Edelman MJ. Phase II trial of gemcitabine/carboplatin followed by paclitaxel in patients with performance status=2,3 or other significant co-morbidity (HIV infection or s/p organ transplantation) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2008 Jul;61(1):61-6. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.11.009. Epub 2008 Jan 16.

    PubMed 18201795

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin, gemcitabine hydrochloride and paclitaxel in people with Lung Cancer, run by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins at 2 sites in United States.

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 9 Aug 2010. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. 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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Overall survival. The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT00276588, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 9 Aug 2010.

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