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Erlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin Combined With Radiation Therapy for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: conventional surgery
Radiation: radiation therapy
Registration Number
NCT00278148
Lead Sponsor
Nathan Pennell, MD, PhD
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving erlotinib, paclitaxel, and carboplatin together with radiation therapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving these treatments after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the best dose of erlotinib and the side effects of erlotinib, paclitaxel, and carboplatin when given together with radiation therapy and to see how well they work in treating patients who are undergoing surgery for stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Assess the safety and feasibility of erlotinib hydrochloride, paclitaxel, and carboplatin in combination with accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy in patients with stage IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

* Determine the maximum tolerated dose and recommended phase II dose of erlotinib hydrochloride in these patients.

* Assess the safety and tolerability of long-term maintenance erlotinib hydrochloride after completion of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in these patients.

Secondary

* Evaluate the clinical and pathological response rate in these patients after neoadjuvant erlotinib hydrochloride, paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiotherapy.

* Assess the impact of erlotinib hydrochloride on disease-free survival, overall survival, locoregional control, and distant metastatic control in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, phase I dose-escalation study of erlotinib hydrochloride followed by a non-randomized phase II study.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of erlotinib hydrochloride until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

* Phase I:

* Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: Patients receive oral erlotinib hydrochloride once daily on days 1-28 and paclitaxel IV over 1 hour and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients concurrently undergo radiotherapy twice daily on days 1-5 and 8-12. Patients with complete response, partial response, or stable disease proceed to surgery. Patients who develop a medical contraindication to surgery (i.e., medically unresectable) receive a second course of erlotinib hydrochloride, paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiotherapy as above within 2 weeks after completion of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of erlotinib hydrochloride until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

* Surgery: Within 4 weeks after completion of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, patients undergo surgical resection and then proceed to adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

* Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy: Within 6-8 weeks after surgery, patients receive a second course of erlotinib hydrochloride, paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiotherapy as in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

* Maintenance therapy: All patients receive oral erlotinib hydrochloride once daily for 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

* Phase II: Patients receive treatment as in phase I with erlotinib hydrochloride at the MTD.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 42 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
32
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SEQUENTIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Dose Level Aconventional surgeryErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level A: 50 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level Cradiation therapyErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level C: 150 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level Aradiation therapyErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level A: 50 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level Bconventional surgeryErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level B: 100 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level Bradiation therapyErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level B: 100 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level Cconventional surgeryErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level C: 150 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level ApaclitaxelErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level A: 50 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level AErlotinibErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level A: 50 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level BcarboplatinErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level B: 100 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level CpaclitaxelErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level C: 150 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level AcarboplatinErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level A: 50 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level BErlotinibErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level B: 100 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level BpaclitaxelErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level B: 100 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level CcarboplatinErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level C: 150 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Dose Level CErlotinibErlotinib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with Radiation Dose Level C: 150 mg OSI-774/50 mg/m2 Paclitaxel/2 AUC Carboplatin
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tolerability of Long-term OSI-774 (Phase II)2 years

Number of patients who experienced grade \>/= 3 toxicities on maintanance erolotinib (OSI-774)

Maximum Tolerated Dose of Erlotinib Hydrochloride (Phase I)2 weeks after surgery

The Phase I portion of this study is to determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of combining OSI-774 with the paclitaxel-carboplatin chemoradiation protocol and to assess the safety and feasiblity of this combination.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pathological Complete Response Rate2 years

Number of participants with an pathological complete response rate using the RECIST criteria.

Complete response: Disappearance of all measurable and evaluable disease Partial response: A 30% or greater decline in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions compared to the baseline measurement.

Progressive disease: A 20% or greater increase in the sum of the longest diameter of the target lesions compared to the baseline.

Stable disease: Disease that did not meet the criteria for a CR / PR or progressive disease.

Progression Free Survival (PFS)3 years

Months from the date of study entry to the date of the corresponding event (recurrence of death) or the date of final follow-up

Locoregional Control2 years

Estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method and summarized at various follow-up points as the number of patients remaining at risk, the event estimate, standard error, and median.From the date of study entry to the date of the corresponding event (recurrence of death) or the date of final follow-up, assessed up to 2 years

Overall Survival3 years

Percent of participants still alive from the date of study entry to the date of the corresponding event (recurrence of death) or the date of final follow-up.

Distant Control2 years

Estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method and summarized at various follow-up points as the number of patients remaining at risk, the event estimate, standard error, and median.From the date of study entry to the date of the corresponding event (recurrence of death) or the date of final follow-up, assessed up to 2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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