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S9900: Surgery With or Without Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: conventional surgery
Registration Number
NCT00004011
Lead Sponsor
SWOG Cancer Research Network
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. It is not yet known if surgery plus combination chemotherapy is more effective than surgery alone for non-small cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with or without combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Compare survival of patients with previously untreated stage IB, II, or selected IIIA non-small cell lung cancer after preoperative chemotherapy comprising paclitaxel and carboplatin plus surgery vs surgery alone.

* Compare these regimens in terms of operative mortality and other toxic effects in these patients.

* Evaluate the response rates (confirmed and unconfirmed) and toxic effects associated with combined paclitaxel and carboplatin in these patients.

* Obtain samples for correlation of radiologic, pathologic, molecular, and biologic factors with the outcome in patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to clinical stage (IB or IIA vs IIB or IIIA).

Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms:

* Arm I: Patients undergo thoracotomy. All accessible hilar (level 10) lymph nodes are dissected, and complete mediastinal lymph node sampling is performed.

* Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours followed by carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Within 2-6 weeks of course 3, patients undergo thoracotomy and lymph node dissection as in arm I.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 5 years, and then annually until year 10.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 600 patients (300 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 4 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
354
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
preooperative chemo followed by surgerypaclitaxelcarboplatin paclitaxel conventional surgery
preooperative chemo followed by surgeryconventional surgerycarboplatin paclitaxel conventional surgery
Surgery aloneconventional surgeryconventional surgery
preooperative chemo followed by surgerycarboplatincarboplatin paclitaxel conventional surgery
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations

Locations (287)

University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Comprehensive Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Huntsville Hospital

🇺🇸

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Montgomery Cancer Center

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Montgomery, Alabama, United States

DCH Cancer Treatment Center

🇺🇸

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Radiation Oncology Associates of West Alabama

🇺🇸

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Foundation for Cancer Research and Education

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

CCOP - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Oncology Program

🇺🇸

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank

🇺🇸

Burbank, California, United States

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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