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Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB NSCLC

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00030810
Lead Sponsor
Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed during surgery.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy before surgery in treating patients who have stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the feasibility and efficacy of sequential neoadjuvant docetaxel, cisplatin, and radiotherapy followed by surgery in patients with operable stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

* Determine the rate of event-free survival at 1 year in patients treated with this regimen.

* Determine the operability and complete resection rate in patients treated with this regimen.

* Determine the postoperative 30-day mortality in patients treated with this regimen.

* Determine the response rate, failure pattern, and overall survival in patients treated with this regimen.

* Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 3 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.

Beginning 3 weeks after the last chemotherapy dose, patients without progressive disease receive radiotherapy 1-2 times daily on days 1-5, 8-12, and 15-19.

Patients undergo surgery within 3-4 weeks after completion of radiotherapy.

Patients are followed at 1 month and then every 3 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-46 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
46
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of event-free survival measured 1 year after registration
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Toxicity
Complete resection rate after surgery
Response rate
Operability after chemotherapy
Postoperative mortality 30 days after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

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Lausanne, Switzerland

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