Status:
COMPLETED
Cetuximab and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Lung Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or c...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary \* Determine the 11 month survival rate in older and/or poor performance status patients with stage IIIA or stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer treated with cetuximab and radio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
- Stage IIIA or IIIB disease
- Must be a candidate for curative radiotherapy
- Not a candidate for other concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy
- No surgical treatment available
- No pleural effusion suspected or proven to be malignant
- No stage IV disease by bone scan or positron emission tomography scan, CT scan or MRI of the brain, and CT scan of the chest within the past 30 days
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age \* 18 and over
- Performance status
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2 (age ≥ 65 years)
- ECOG 2 (age 18 to 64 years)
- Life expectancy
- \* At least 12 weeks
- Hematopoietic
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
- Hepatic
- Bilirubin ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AST ≤ 3 times ULN
- Renal
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Pulmonary
- FEV\_1 ≥ 1 L
- No idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- Magnesium normal
- No uncontrolled infection
- No other severe underlying disease that would preclude study entry
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or noninvasive carcinoma
- No major psychiatric illness that would preclude study participation
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Biologic therapy
- \* Not specified
- Chemotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior chemotherapy for NSCLC
- Endocrine therapy
- \* Not specified
- Radiotherapy
- No prior therapeutic radiotherapy to the chest
- No concurrent intensity modulated radiotherapy
- Other
- \* No prior epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
58 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00124618
Start Date
January 1 2006
End Date
March 1 2015
Last Update
July 6 2016
Active Locations (175)
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1
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259-5499
2
Memorial Cancer Institute at Memorial Regional Hospital
Hollywood, Florida, United States, 33021
3
Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
4
Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center
Aurora, Illinois, United States, 60507