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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungPhase 4NCT03712969

Shenlingcao Oral Liquid for Patients With Stage II or IIIA NSCLC

A Phase 4 study testing Shenlingcao Oral Liquid in people with Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung and Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, run by West China Hospital at 1 site in China.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

In this study, a pragmatic, open labelled, multi-center randomized controlled trial will be conducted. The study population are stage II and IIIA NSCLC patients undergoing R0 resection and will be scheduled for adjuvant chemotherapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Shenlingcao Oral Liquid
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
527 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
5 Nov 2018to 4 May 2023
Phase
Phase 4
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

Who may be able to join

  • Age 18 or older;
  • Pathological diagnosis of patients with stage II, III A primary NSCLC;
  • R0 resection has been accepted;
  • Received adjuvant chemotherapy or adjuvant chemotherapy for the first time after surgery;
  • Informed consent has been signed.

Who cannot join

  • Incorporation of other malignant tumors (such as leukemia, liver cancer, etc.);
  • Patients with unclear pathological types;
  • Patients with unclear pathological staging;
  • Preserved Shenlingcao Oral Liquid before R0 resection surgery;
  • Received immunotherapy or targeted therapy before R0 resection surgery;
  • Radiotherapy and chemotherapy before R0 resection surgery.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Tongji Hospital

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430030

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About this study

Official title: Shenlingcao Oral Liquid for Patients With Stage II or IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Radical Resection: A Pragmatic, Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

In this study, a pragmatic, open labelled, multi-center randomized controlled trial will be conducted. The study population are stage II and IIIA NSCLC patients undergoing R0 resection and will be scheduled for adjuvant chemotherapy. Potentially eligible patients will be screened by the research clinicians and requested to complete and sign a consent form before enrolment. Eligible patients who consent to participate will be randomly assigned to the intervention group (patients receive conventional treatment and Shenlingcao oral liquid) and the control group (patients only receive conventional treatment) designed dynamic stratified block randomized algorithm via a central randomization system for clinical research using 1:1 ratio.

The intervention and control group will be enrolled before the first chemoradiation. Non-allelic follow-up will be conducted in this study and terminated when the last enrolled patient follow up to 24 months. Prospectively collected information from patients, including baseline, chemoradiation, use of Shenlingcao Oral Liquid and the other complementary drugs, and various outcome measures (the questionnaire of EORTC QLQ, death, tumor recurrence, tumor metastasis, and chemotherapy-induced side effects of the blood system, etc.). Follow-up points included: Baseline (before giving chemotherapy), 2-3 days after each chemotherapy cycle, and 6,12,18,24,30,36 months after enrollment.

Being tested
Shenlingcao Oral Liquid
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

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

  • Shenlingcao Oral LiquidDrug

    Patients receive Shenlingcao oral liquid combined with conventional adjuvant chemotherapy, which take 4 courses, 30 days per course, one bottle per day.

Study groups in NCT03712969
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Intervention groupExperimentalPatients receive Shenlingcao oral liquid combined with conventional adjuvant chemotherapy, which take 4 courses, 30 days per course, one bottle per day.
Receives: Drug: Shenlingcao Oral Liquid
Control groupNo interventionPatients receive conventional adjuvant chemotherapy.

What is being measured

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

  1. The quality of life assessed by Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire

    We investigated the long-term quality of life of postoperative lung cancer patients, utilizing the disease-specific European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ) C30 to assess the quality of life among these patients. The EORTC QLQ-C30 is composed of 9 multi-item scales including 5 functional scales, 3 symptom scales, a global quality-of-life scale, and 6 single-item symptom measures. All the items are scored on a scale of 0 to 100, with a high score on a functional or the global quality-of-life scale representing a high level of functioning or quality of life and a high score on a symptom scale representing a high level of symptoms.

    Measured: 2-3 days after the fourth chemotherapy cycle

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. The completion rate of chemotherapy

    Whether the patient completed four cycles of chemotherapy.

    Measured: 2-3 days after the fourth chemotherapy cycle

  2. Disease-free survival

    Disease-free survival (DFS) refers to the time from the operation to the time that there is evidence of tumor recurrence / metastasis or any cause of death (the DFS of lost follow-up patients is the last follow-up time). The tumor recurrence / metastasis needs to be diagnosed based on imaging or pathological evidence.

    Measured: 24 months after enrollment

  3. Remission of hematological toxicity caused by chemotherapeutic drugs

    Remission of hematological toxicity caused by chemotherapeutic drugs, using WHO grading of acute and subacute toxicity. Hematological toxicity is observed from four hematological indicators, including hemoglobin, white blood cells, granulocytes and platelets. A 5-grade system of severity levels is recommended for general use: grades 0-4 . The higher the level, the greater the toxic reaction. The most severe of the four indicators is the patient's hematological toxicity level.

    Measured: 2-3 days after the fourth chemotherapy cycle

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Oct 2018
  2. Study start5 Nov 2018
  3. Primary completion14 Mar 2022
  4. Study completion4 May 2023

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 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
527 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03712969
Sponsor's protocol ID
20181009
Status last verified
May 2024
First submitted
9 Oct 2018
Last updated
9 May 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Liu Y, Luo X, Liu J, Ma Y, Tan J, Wang W, Hu J, Fu X, Xu L, Yu F, Xu S, Ma H, Yu X, You Q, Wang Z, Li L, Zhang X, Sun X. Shenlingcao oral liquid for patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Phytomedicine. 2023 May;113:154723. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2023.154723. Epub 2023 Feb 21.

    PubMed 36871476

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Shenlingcao Oral Liquid in people with Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung and Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, run by West China Hospital at 1 site in China.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. 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 May 2024. 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 China. 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 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

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?

The quality of life assessed by Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (time frame: 2-3 days after the fourth chemotherapy cycle). 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 NCT03712969, 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 May 2024.

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