Gemcitabine and Carboplatin Followed by Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

August 5, 2010 updated by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine/Paraplatin® (Carboplatin) Followed by Taxol® (Paclitaxel) in Patients With Performance Status = 2,3 or Other Significant Co-Morbidity (HIV Infection or s/p Organ Transplantation) in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine, carboplatin, and paclitaxel work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with carboplatin followed by paclitaxel works in treating patients with stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the efficacy and tolerability of gemcitabine hydrochloride and carboplatin followed by paclitaxel in patients with stage IIIB-IV non-small cell lung cancer in regard to response rate, median survival, and one year survival.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is multicenter study.

  • Part 1: Patients receive carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 2 courses. In week 7, all patients proceed to part 2 regardless of disease response.
  • Part 2: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1-3 hours once weekly for 6 weeks. Treatment repeats every 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 46 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

46

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
        • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
        • Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center

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 lung cancer (NSCLC) of any of the following histologic types:

    • Squamous cell
    • Adenocarcinoma
    • Large cell carcinoma
    • Unspecified

  • Evidence of at least 1 of the following criteria:

    • Newly diagnosed inoperable stage IIIB (pleural effusion) disease
    • Patients with stage III disease who are unable to undergo combined modality therapy
    • Stage IV disease
    • Recurrent non-small cell lung cancer regardless of site
    • Diagnosis based on sputum cytology acceptable if confirmed by an independent pathologic review

  • Patients must have measurable or evaluable disease

    • Measurable or evaluable disease must be outside the previous radiation field or a new lesion must be present
  • Patients with brain metastases are eligible, provided they are either asymptomatic (no neurological symptoms or signs, no evidence of midline shift), or controlled (i.e., after surgical resection or radiotherapy/radiosurgery), and off all steroid therapy for at least two weeks with no evidence of progression by symptoms or radiologic imaging

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status of 2 or 3 OR HIV-positive OR underwent prior status post organ transplantation
  • No active serious infection (except for HIV infection)
  • No symptomatic, untreated malignant pericardial effusion
  • No congestive heart failure
  • No other serious underlying medical condition that would otherwise impair their ability to receive protocol treatment
  • Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm ^3
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.8 mg/dL
  • Bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dL
  • SGOT ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use effective barrier contraceptive methods
  • No prior malignancy within the past 5 years except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior chemotherapy is not allowed
  • At least three weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered from all toxicities
  • At least three weeks must have elapsed from major surgery and recovered from all adverse effects of surgery
  • No prior colony-stimulating factors or interferon

  • No concurrent hormonal, biologic, or radiotherapy to measurable lesions

    • Patients may receive concurrent palliative radiotherapy to small-field nonmeasurable sites of disease (e.g., painful bony metastases)

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
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time to progression
Time to treatment failure
Progression-free survival
Overall survival

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Duration of response (complete response and partial response)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Julie Brahmer, MD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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

July 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 12, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 12, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

January 13, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 9, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 5, 2010

Last Verified

August 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • JHOC-J0428, CDR0000450843
  • P30CA006973 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • JHOC-J0428
  • BMS-JHOC-J0428
  • JHOC-BRAAN-21048
  • MSGCC-0060
  • JHOC-04112308

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