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Pemetrexed Disodium and Cisplatin in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: adjuvant therapy
Procedure: conventional surgery
Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy
Registration Number
NCT00248495
Lead Sponsor
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as pemetrexed disodium and cisplatin 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) and giving them before and after surgery may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving pemetrexed disodium and cisplatin before and after surgery works in treating patients with stage I, stage II, or stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the pathologic complete response in patients with stage IB-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy comprising pemetrexed disodium and cisplatin followed by surgery and adjuvant pemetrexed disodium and cisplatin.

Secondary

* Determine the adverse events of this regimen in these patients.

* Determine the overall and disease-free survival of patients treated with this regimen.

* Correlate response with the presence or absence of ERCC1 and DHFR, thymidylate synthase, DPD, and GARFT in patients treated with this regimen.

* Correlate the fragile site on chromosome 12 within the SMRT gene with metastasis after definitive treatment with this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE:

* Neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes followed by cisplatin IV over approximately 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses. Patients are then evaluated for disease resectability. Patients with no evidence of disease progression proceed to thoracotomy within the next 28-48 days.

* Thoracotomy: Patients found to have unresectable disease during thoracotomy receive further treatment off study. Patients with resectable disease undergo complete surgical resection of the tumor. Forty to eighty days later, patients proceed to adjuvant chemotherapy.

* Adjuvant chemotherapy: Patients receive pemetrexed disodium and cisplatin as before for 2 courses.

Patients with progressive disease after completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy are followed every 6 months. All other patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 38 patients will be accrued for this study over 6.5 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
38
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Neoadjuvant chemotherapycisplatinPatients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes followed by cisplatin IV over approximately 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses
Neoadjuvant chemotherapypemetrexed disodiumPatients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes followed by cisplatin IV over approximately 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses
Neoadjuvant chemotherapyadjuvant therapyPatients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes followed by cisplatin IV over approximately 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses
Neoadjuvant chemotherapyconventional surgeryPatients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes followed by cisplatin IV over approximately 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses
Neoadjuvant chemotherapyneoadjuvant therapyPatients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes followed by cisplatin IV over approximately 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pathologically Complete Response1 year

Pathologic Complete Response is defined by a surgical pathology specimen, which is free of all gross and microscopic evidence of viable tumor.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants With Adverse Events1 year

Frequency of Adverse Events, Graded According to NCI CTCAE v3.0. Please refer to the adverse event reporting for more detail.

Overall SurvivalEvery 6 months until the time of death up to 126 months

Overall survival was defined as time from date of treatment initiation until date of death due to any cause.

Disease Free SurvivalAt least every 3 months after the completion of adjuvant therapy for two years and thereafter every 6 months for 3 years and then yearly up to 126 months

Progressive disease is defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions or the appearance of new lesions. Disease Free Survival was defined as time from date of treatment initiation until date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first.

Correlation Between Response and Markers Such as Presence or Absence of ERCC1 and DHFR, TS, DPD and GARFT1 year
Percent Change in SUV Level Between Pre and Post ChemotherapyBaseline and post-chemotherapy

Percent change of PET/SUV levels between baseline and post-chemotherapy.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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Buffalo, New York, United States

Roswell Park Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Buffalo, New York, United States
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