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Thoracoscopy in Patients With Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00003566
Lead Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures such as thoracoscopy may help to measure a patient's response to previous treatment.

PURPOSE: Diagnostic trial to determine the accuracy of thoracoscopy in patients who have stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OUTLINE: The purpose of this study is to test the usefulness and safety of restaging the patient's cancer by a procedure called a thoracoscopy. Restaging is a process by which physicians measure the response of the patient to treatment. The primary and secondary objectives are described below.

OBJECTIVES:

Primary Objective:

1. Evaluate the feasibility of using videothoracoscopy to access and identify residual viable cancer in mediastinal lymph nodes and/or evaluate for other conditions which render patients unresectable (pleural carcinomatosis or T4 primary tumors) following prior mediastinoscopy and a period of neoadjuvant therapy for Stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer.

Secondary Objectives:

1. Evaluate the safety (morbidity and mortality) of pre-resectional, thoracoscopic restaging of patients who have undergone prior mediastinoscopy and induction therapy for Stage III (N2) NSCLC.

2. Assess the accuracy (false-negative rate) of thoracoscopic mediastinal node restaging after prior mediastinoscopy and induction therapy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (72)

Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center

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Anniston, Alabama, United States

Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center

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La Jolla, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Diego

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San Diego, California, United States

UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

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San Francisco, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco

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San Francisco, California, United States

CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

🇺🇸

Newark, Delaware, United States

Lombardi Cancer Center

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Washington, DC

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Broward General Medical Center

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

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Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
🇺🇸Anniston, Alabama, United States

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