Status:

COMPLETED

Bendamustine as Second-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

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 bendamustine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. PURPOSE: This pha...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To determine the time to progression in patients with relapsed or refractory small cell lung cancer treated with second- or third-line bendamustine. Secondary * To determine ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed small cell lung cancer
  • Relapsed or refractory disease after 1-2 prior chemotherapy regimens
  • Measurable disease
  • ECOG - Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-2
  • ANC ≥ 1,500/mm³: ANC = Absolute neutrophil count
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
  • Bilirubin normal
  • AST/ALT ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (≤ 5 times ULN in patients with hepatic metastases; AST/ALT = alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
  • Creatinine clearance \> 40 mL/min
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception before, during, and for ≥ 3 months after completion of study therapy
  • No known hypersensitivity to bendamustine
  • No other malignancy for which the patient has been treated within the past year except for nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No cardiac disease, including any of the following:
  • Unstable angina pectoris
  • Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia
  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or anti-tumor hormonal therapy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 1 2009

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 1 2012

    Estimated Enrollment :

    50 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00984542

    Start Date

    September 1 2009

    End Date

    September 1 2012

    Last Update

    March 12 2014

    Active Locations (6)

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    1

    Hardin Memorial Hosptial

    Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States, 42701

    2

    The Jones Clinic - Germantown

    Germantown, Tennessee, United States, 38138

    3

    Jackson-Madison County Hospital

    Jackson, Tennessee, United States, 38301

    4

    Baptist Regional Cancer Center at Baptist Riverside

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37901