JCOG1201/TORG1528: A Phase II/III Study Comparing Carboplatin and Irinotecan (CI) with Carboplatin and Etoposide (CE) for the Treatment of Elderly Extended-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (Elderly ED-SCLC/CI vs. CE)
Completed
- Conditions
- Elderly patients with extended-stage small-cell lung cancer
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 256
Inclusion Criteria
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed small-cell lung cancer
- Extended-disease
- No serious tumor related complications
- 71 years of age or older
- ECOG performance status of 0 to 2
- With measurable lesions
- No prior surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer
- No prior thoracic radiotherapy or chemotherapy for any other cancers within a year of enrollment
- Adequate organ functions
- No diarrhea, intestinal obstruction or past history of intestinal obstruction
- Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Synchronous or metachronous (within 1 years) malignancies
- Active infection requiring systemic therapy
- Body temperature >= 38 degrees Celsius
- Psychiatric disease
- Patients requiring systemic steroid medication (>= 5 mg/day of prednisolone)
- Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (HbAic >= 8.0%)
- Poorly controlled hypertension
- Unstable angina within 3 weeks, or with a history of myocardial infarction within 6 months
- Interstitial pneumonia or pulmonary fibrosis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- parallel assignment
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Phase III: Overall survival, Phase II: Response rate of CI arm
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method