Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer
- Interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT00005972
- Lead Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- Brief 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.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have recurrent or refractory small cell lung cancer.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the overall, complete, and partial response rates of patients with recurrent or refractory small cell lung cancer when treated with gemcitabine plus irinotecan. II. Determine the overall and failure free survival of these patients when treated with this regimen. III. Determine the duration of response of these patients after this treatment. IV. Evaluate the toxicity associated with the administration of this treatment in this patient population.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to prior response duration (progression 90 days or more after initial therapy vs progression less than 90 days after initial therapy or no response to initial therapy). Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and irinotecan IV over 90 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment continues every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, then every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually for 3 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 78 patients will be accrued for this study over 12-18 months.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 73
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description gemcitabine + irinotecan gemcitabine hydrochloride Patients are stratified according to prior response duration (progression 90 days or more after initial therapy vs progression less than 90 days after initial therapy or no response to initial therapy). Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and irinotecan IV over 90 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment continues every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, then every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually for 3 years. gemcitabine + irinotecan irinotecan hydrochloride Patients are stratified according to prior response duration (progression 90 days or more after initial therapy vs progression less than 90 days after initial therapy or no response to initial therapy). Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and irinotecan IV over 90 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment continues every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, then every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually for 3 years.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method overall response rate Up to 18 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method failure-free survival Up to 18 weeks overall survival Up to 18 weeks
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Trial Locations
- Locations (50)
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of California San Diego Cancer Center
🇺🇸La Jolla, California, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
🇺🇸Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Lombardi Cancer Center
🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States
CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
🇺🇸Miami Beach, Florida, United States
University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
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