Gefitinib and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Inoperable Stage I or Stage II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

April 12, 2013 updated by: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Phase I/II Study of Induction Gefitinib and Concurrent Radiotherapy in Patients With Previously Untreated, Medically Inoperable Stage I or II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

RATIONALE: Gefitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Gefitinib may make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Giving gefitinib together with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of radiation therapy when given together with gefitinib and to see how well they work in treating patients with inoperable stage I or stage II non-small cell lung cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the toxicity profile and maximum tolerated dose of radiotherapy when given in combination with gefitinib in patients with previously untreated, medically inoperable stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer. (Phase I)
  • Determine the efficacy of gefitinib when given for 6 weeks prior to and concurrent with radiotherapy, in terms of objective response rate (partial and complete response), in these patients.

Secondary

  • Determine the 3-month tumor response (complete and partial response) in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the 6-week response rate in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the local disease control rate (complete and partial response, stable disease) in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the local progression-free survival and disease-specific survival (cancer vs co-morbid disease) of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the pattern of failure (e.g., local, regional, or distant metastasis) in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the acute and late radiation toxic effects to organs at risk in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the safety profile of gefitinib in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, multicenter, dose-escalation study of radiotherapy.

  • Patients receive oral gefitinib once daily for 13 weeks. Patients also undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 7 weeks beginning at week 7. Patients continue to receive gefitinib alone after completion of radiotherapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 6-10 patients receive escalating doses of radiotherapy until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 3 of 6 patients experience acute dose-limiting toxicity.

  • Phase II: Patients receive oral gefitinib as in phase I and radiotherapy at the MTD determined in phase I. After the completion of radiotherapy, patients continue to receive gefitinib in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 37 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

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

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
  • Any non-small cell histology allowed
  • T1-3, N0* disease
  • No metastatic disease
  • Refused or ineligible for surgery
  • Measurable disease, defined as lesion diameter ≤ 5 cm NOTE: *No evidence of N1 or N2 disease by positron emission tomography (PET) scan or any histological means (mediastinoscopy, thoracotomy, transbronchial, tracheal aspirations, or transesophageal aspiration by endoscopic ultrasound guidance

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Performance status

  • Any performance status

Life expectancy

  • At least 1 year

Hematopoietic

  • No restrictions

Hepatic

  • No restrictions

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ CTC grade 2

Pulmonary

  • No clinically active interstitial lung disease
  • Chronic, stable, asymptomatic radiographic changes allowed

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective nonhormonal contraception
  • No known severe hypersensitivity to gefitinib or any of the excipients of this product
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No active or uncontrolled infection
  • No uncontrolled systemic disease
  • No psychiatric illness or other severe medical condition that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy

Radiotherapy

  • No prior radiotherapy to the chest or mediastinum
  • No concurrent elective nodal irradiation

Surgery

  • Recovered from prior surgery
  • No concurrent ophthalmic surgery

Other

  • Recovered from all other prior anticancer therapy (alopecia allowed)
  • More than 30 days since prior nonapproved or investigational agents
  • No concurrent CYP3A4 inducers, including any of the following:
  • Phenytoin
  • Carbamazepine
  • Barbiturates
  • Rifampin
  • Phenobarbital
  • Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)
  • No concurrent systemic retinoids

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

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Collaborators

AstraZeneca

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Andrew T. Turrisi, MD, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Study record dates

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Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 20, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 20, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

December 22, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 16, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 12, 2013

Last Verified

April 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000447160
  • WSU-D-2820
  • WSU-HIC-100304M1F
  • ZENECA-1839US/0258

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