Status:

COMPLETED

Paclitaxel Albumin-Stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB, Stage IV, or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Greg Otterson

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Celgene Corporation

Conditions:

Lung Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-120 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the c...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To determine the response rate, in terms of overall response rate (complete response and partial response), of paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation and carbop...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) meeting 1 of the following criteria:
  • Stage IIIB disease with malignant pleural effusion
  • Stage IV disease
  • Recurrent disease
  • Squamous cell histology allowed
  • Not eligible for curative treatment or treatment with bevacizumab
  • Measurable disease according to RECIST
  • Tumor (paraffin blocks or slides) must be available for correlative biomarker studies
  • No uncontrolled brain metastases (or leptomeningeal disease)
  • Controlled brain metastases allowed
  • Able to receive appropriate therapeutic radiotherapy
  • Able to taper off all steroids without symptoms suggestive of increased intracranial pressure (nausea, vomiting, focal neurologic symptoms) for at least 7 days
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status 0-2
  • ANC (absolute neutrophil count) ≥ 1.5 x 10\^9/L
  • Platelets ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/L
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • AST (aspartate aminotransferase) and ALT (alanine aminotransferase) \< 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance \> 50 mg/mL
  • No known HIV or hepatitis B or C
  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Thrombotic or embolic event within the past 6 months allowed, provided adequately controlled with therapeutic anticoagulation
  • Hemoptysis allowed, provided it is not life threatening or requires palliative procedures (e.g., endobronchial therapy or radiotherapy)
  • No cardiac disease, including any of the following:
  • NYHA (New York Heart Association) class III-IV congestive heart failure
  • Unstable angina (angina symptoms at rest)
  • New onset angina (began within the past 3 months)
  • Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
  • No uncontrolled hypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure (BP) \> 150 mm Hg or diastolic BP \> 90 mm Hg despite optimal medical management
  • No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2
  • No active clinically serious infection \> CTCAE grade 2
  • No serious non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
  • No significant traumatic injury within the past 4 weeks
  • No evidence or history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy
  • No prior malignancy, except for adequately treated basal cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or other cancer for which the patient has been disease-free for 2 years
  • Stage I (T1c) prostate cancer adequately treated 2 years prior to diagnosis of NSCLC allowed, however metastatic prostate cancer currently receiving hormonal therapy or chemotherapy is not allowed
  • No significant psychiatric illness, in the opinion of the principal investigator, that would prevent adequate informed consent or render therapy unsafe
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Concurrent therapeutic anticoagulation, \> 325 mg acetylsalicylic acid, or chronic non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug use allowed
  • At least 14 days since prior and no concurrent radiotherapy
  • More than 4 weeks since prior major surgery or open biopsy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 14 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 16 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    63 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00729612

    Start Date

    August 14 2008

    End Date

    December 16 2011

    Last Update

    April 2 2018

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    Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210