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Effect of sodium bicarbonate 8.4% on bronchial carcinoma

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Cancer
Respiratory
Bronchogenic Carcinoma
Registration Number
PACTR201602001488346
Lead Sponsor
Mohammad Khairy El Badrawy
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria

1-Histologically-diagnosed primary lung cancer either central lung cancer diagnosed with bronchoscopic biopsies or peripheral lung cancer diagnosed with CT or ultrasound ¿ guided biopsies.
2-Patients who are candidates for chemotherapy either because of the cell type as small cell lung cancer or advanced stage non -small cell lung cancer or early stages of lung cancer but not candidates for surgical treatment because of poor cardiopulmonary status or refusal of surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with one or more of the following:
1.Pulmonary metastasis from extrathoracic primary tumor.
2.Patients unfit for FOB.
3.Patients who are candidates for surgical resection.
4.Patients who refuse the study

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cathepsin B level and expression ;histopathological changes;electron microscopic changes;clinical presentation;tumor volume on radiology
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Matrix metalloproteinases-9 level and expression;Safety of the procedure
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