Status:

COMPLETED

Lomustine in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Lung Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as lomustine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. PURPOSE: This phase ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Evaluate the response rate to lomustine in patients with stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer with aberrant methylation of the MGMT gene. * Determine whether the respons...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma, including the following histologic subtypes:
  • Squamous cell
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Adenosquamous
  • Large cell anaplastic
  • Bronchoalveolar
  • Non-small cell carcinoma not otherwise specified (NOS)
  • Stage IIIB disease (with a pleural effusion) or stage IV disease
  • Stage IV patients with brain metastases are eligible provided the brain metastases are clinically stable after treatment with surgery and/or radiation therapy
  • Tumors must test positive for aberrant methylation of the MGMT gene by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction
  • Bidimensionally measurable or evaluable disease
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • No other active malignancies
  • WBC ≥ 4,000/mm\^3 OR absolute neutrophil count ≥ 2,000/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Total bilirubin normal
  • AST \< 5 times upper limit of normal
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • No uncontrolled serious active infection
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • More than 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy
  • No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens
  • No prior therapy with nitrosoureas
  • Recovered from prior radiation therapy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    42 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00293280

    Start Date

    July 1 2005

    Last Update

    May 6 2013

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    Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410