Pemetrexed and Gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

January 24, 2007 updated by: Eli Lilly and Company

Phase 1/2 Dose-Escalating Study of Biweekly Alimta and Gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced Cancer

This is a Phase 2 study of pemetrexed and gemcitabine chemotherapy given once every 14 days to patients with advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer. This treatment is for patients that have not received any prior chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer. The primary goal is to find out if the tumor gets smaller or disappears with this treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

48

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Florida
      • Ft. Myers, Florida, United States
        • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY(1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC-GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
    • Minnesota
      • Marshfield, Minnesota, United States
        • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY(1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC-GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
        • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY(1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC-GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
    • New York
      • Rochester, New York, United States
        • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY(1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC-GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.
    • Texas
      • Dallas, Texas, United States
        • For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY(1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC-GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Have a diagnosis of advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer.
  2. Are able to be active at home and/or work.
  3. Have not received chemotherapy for this cancer disease.
  4. Have good organ function (for example, most blood work is normal).
  5. Have completed any prior radiation treatment at least 4 weeks ago.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Have been treated with an investigational/research drug within the last month.
  2. Have cancer that has spread to the brain and is causing symptoms.
  3. Have an active infection or other serious medical condition.
  4. Have a second cancer in addition to non-small cell lung cancer.
  5. Can not stop taking aspirin or other anti-inflammatory agents for 5-8 days.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
To find out how often tumors become smaller or disappear in patients with advanced NSCLC treated with gemcitabine followed by pemetrexed once every 14 days. Chemotherapy treatment will be given for up to 12 times or until the cancer disease increases.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
To measure the effects of chemotherapy treatment on:
time until the cancer becomes less;time to cancer re-appears or becomes larger;length of time there is no increase in the amount of cancer;length of time patients survive;
To measure the side-effects from this chemotherapy as given once every 14 days.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2003

Study Completion

August 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 13, 2003

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 15, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

October 16, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 26, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 24, 2007

Last Verified

January 1, 2007

More Information

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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