S0004: Combination Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Limited-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase I Study Of Tirapazamine/Cisplatin/Etoposide And Concurrent Thoracic Radiotherapy For Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining more than one chemotherapy drug with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients who have limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Lung Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: cisplatin; Drug: etoposide; Drug: tirapazamine; Radiation: radiation therapy

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

• Determine the feasibility of tirapazamine, cisplatin, and etoposide concurrently with radiotherapy in patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer.
• Determine the toxicities of this treatment regimen in these patients.
• Determine the response rate in these patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to one of two induction therapy arms.

• Arm I: Patients receive induction chemotherapy consisting of low-dose tirapazamine IV over 1 hour and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 29, and 36 and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 and 29-33. Patients also undergo radiotherapy concurrently with chemotherapy 5 consecutive days a week for 7 weeks beginning on day 1.
• Arm II: Patients receive induction chemotherapy consisting of high-dose tirapazamine, cisplatin, etoposide, and radiotherapy as in arm I.

Patients with stable or responding disease then receive consolidation therapy consisting of tirapazamine IV over 1 hour and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 of weeks 11 and 14 and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3 of weeks 11 and 14.

Patients are followed every 2 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 50 patients (25 per arm) will be accrued for this study.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Alabama
    • Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36688
      • MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
  • Arizona
    • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85006-2726
      • CCOP - Greater Phoenix
    • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85012
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)
    • Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
      • Arizona Cancer Center
    • Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85723
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson
  • Arkansas
    • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
      • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)
  • California
    • Long Beach, California, United States, 90822
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1781
      • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033-0804
      • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 91010-3000
      • Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
    • Martinez, California, United States, 94553
      • Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
    • Oakland, California, United States, 94609-3305
      • CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
    • Orange, California, United States, 92868
      • Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
      • University of California Davis Medical Center
    • Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
      • University of California Davis Cancer Center
    • Santa Rosa, California, United States, 95403
      • CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
    • Stanford, California, United States, 94305
      • Stanford University
    • Travis Air Force Base, California, United States, 94535
      • David Grant Medical Center
  • Colorado
    • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80220
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
    • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80010
      • University of Colorado Cancer Center
  • Georgia
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342-1701
      • CCOP - Atlanta Regional
    • Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States, 30905-5650
      • Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center
  • Hawaii
    • Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813
      • Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
  • Illinois
    • Decatur, Illinois, United States, 62526
      • CCOP - Central Illinois
    • Hines, Illinois, United States, 60141
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)
    • Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
      • Loyola University Medical Center
  • Kansas
    • Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160-7357
      • University of Kansas Medical Center
    • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214-3882
      • CCOP - Wichita
    • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67218
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
  • Kentucky
    • Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40511-1093
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
    • Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536-0084
      • Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
  • Louisiana
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
      • Tulane University School of Medicine
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
      • MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
    • Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71130-3932
      • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
    • Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71130
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
      • Boston Medical Center
    • Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States, 02130
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)
  • Michigan
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-0752
      • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
      • Henry Ford Hospital
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201-1379
      • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201-1932
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit
    • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
      • CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program
    • Southfield, Michigan, United States, 48075-9975
      • Providence Hospital - Southfield
  • Mississippi
    • Biloxi, Mississippi, United States, 39531-2410
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi
    • Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216-4505
      • University of Mississippi Medical Center
    • Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson
    • Keesler AFB, Mississippi, United States, 39534-2576
      • Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB
  • Missouri
    • Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64128
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City
    • Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64131
      • CCOP - Kansas City
    • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110-0250
      • St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
    • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63141
      • CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
    • Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65807
      • CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
  • Montana
    • Billings, Montana, United States, 59101
      • CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
  • New Mexico
    • Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87108-5138
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque
    • Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131
      • MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10032
      • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Ohio
    • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45219
      • Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
    • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45220-2288
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
      • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43206
      • CCOP - Columbus
    • Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45428
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
    • Kettering, Ohio, United States, 45429
      • CCOP - Dayton
  • Oklahoma
    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
      • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City
  • Oregon
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97207
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97213
      • CCOP - Columbia River Program
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97201-3098
      • Oregon Cancer Center
  • South Carolina
    • Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29615
      • CCOP - Greenville
    • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 29303
      • CCOP - Upstate Carolina
  • Texas
    • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75216
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dallas
    • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235-9154
      • Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas
    • Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States, 78234
      • Brooke Army Medical Center
    • Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555-0209
      • University of Texas Medical Branch
    • Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79423
      • Texas Tech University Health Science Center
    • San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78284-7811
      • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78284
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
    • Temple, Texas, United States, 76504
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
    • Temple, Texas, United States, 76508
      • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
  • Utah
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84148
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
      • Huntsman Cancer Institute
  • Virginia
    • Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507
      • Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101
      • CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
      • Swedish Cancer Institute
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108
      • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
    • Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405-0986
      • CCOP - Northwest

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed limited stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC)

• No malignant pericardial or pleural effusions, including any of the following:

  • Cytologically positive effusions
  • Exudative effusions not attributable to other etiologies
• No brain metastases
• Disease (measurable or non-measurable) must be present outside the area of prior surgical resection

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

• 18 and over

Performance status:

• Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy:

• Not specified

Hematopoietic:

• Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm^3
• Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

• Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
• SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2 times ULN
• Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2 times ULN

Renal:

• Creatinine no greater than ULN OR
• Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Other:

• Not pregnant or nursing
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception
• No symptomatic sensory neuropathy grade 1 or greater
• No other malignancy within past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or other stage I or II cancer in complete remission
• No other medical illness that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

• No prior biologic therapy for SCLC

Chemotherapy:

• No prior systemic chemotherapy for SCLC

Endocrine therapy:

• Not specified

Radiotherapy:

• No prior thoracic radiotherapy for SCLC

Surgery:

• See Disease Characteristics
• At least 2 weeks since prior thoracic or other major surgery and recovered

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Active Comparator: chemo/RT with tirapazamine; induction and consolidation: cisplatin, etoposide, tirapazamine, radiation therapy

Drug: cisplatin; During induction: 50 mg/m2/day, IV on Days 1, 8, 29, 36. 1 hour infusion During consolidation: 60 mg/m2, IV on Day 1 only at approximately Week 11, Week 14. 1 hour infusion.; Other Names: platinol; Drug: etoposide; During induction: 50 mg/m2/day, IV on Days 1 - 5, 29 - 33. 1 hour infusion During consolidation: 120 mg/m2, IV on Days 1, 2 and 3 at approximately Week 11, Week 14. 1 hour infusion.; Other Names: VP-16; Drug: tirapazamine; During induction: Phase I low dose: 260 mg/m2/day, IV on Days 1, 8, 29, 36. 1 hour infusion Phase II high dose: 330 mg/m2/day, IV on Days 1, 8, 29, 36 1 hour infusion During consolidation: 330 mg/ m2, IV Day 1 only at approximately Week 11, Week 14. 1 hour infusion.; Radiation: radiation therapy; Radiotherapy should begin within 1 - 3 hours after completion of TPZ infusion on Day 1 of Cycle 1 of induction chemotherapy as outlined above. Computed tomography based treatment planning is strongly recommended.The primary tumor, adjacent mediastinum and other targeted lymph nodes shall receive 4,500 cGy in 25 fractions, five days/week at 180 cGy daily. A 1,600 cGy boost to areas of gross disease will be delivered through reduced off-spinal cord fields in eight fractions, five days/week at 200 cGy daily.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Feasibility and Toxicity	If ten or more patients experience either Grade 3 or greater esophagitis or pneumonitis at any dose level, the trial will be stopped. Nine or fewer patients experiencing either of these toxicities will be evidence that the dose can be escalated to the next level.	toxicity is assessed weekly

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Southwest Oncology Group
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Study Chair: Quynh-Thu X. Le, MD, Stanford University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Le QT, McCoy J, Williamson S, Ryu J, Gaspar LE, Edelman MJ, Dakhil SR, Sides SD, Crowley JJ, Gandara DR; Southwest oncology group. Phase I study of tirapazamine plus cisplatin/etoposide and concurrent thoracic radiotherapy in limited-stage small cell lung cancer (S0004): a Southwest Oncology Group study. Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Aug 15;10(16):5418-24. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-04-0436.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2000
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2004
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 6, 2000
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 1, 2004
• First Posted (Estimate): April 2, 2004

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): October 4, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 3, 2012
• Last Verified: October 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: limited stage small cell lung cancer
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Etoposide; Tirapazamine
• Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068318; U10CA032102 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); S0004 (Other Identifier: SWOG)