Curative Study of Chinese Traditional Medicine to Treat Lung Cancer (TCM)

Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Chinese Medicine Comprehensive Treatment Plan

The purpose of this study is to observe the efficacy of chemotherapy combined with Chinese patent drugs for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, also to evaluate the adverse reaction and the reliability.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Lung cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the world with about 80%-85% non small cell lung cancer.

The investigators perform a multi-center, randomized, controlled, prospective study in patients with advanced NSCLC. Patients are randomized over observational group(Chinese patent drugs plus chemotherapy), and control group (chemotherapy). The investigators will observe 2 cycles and after that regular follow-up will be arranged.

The primary end point is: Objective response rate;

The secondary end points are:

  1. progression-free survival(PFS);
  2. overall survival(OS);
  3. Time to Progression (TTP);
  4. quality of life questionnaire(QOL);
  5. other end points are: Toxicity, side effects and security of the treatments will be assessed at the same time.

The investigators expect that integrated TCM combined with chemotherapy has a better efficacy on enhancing Objective response rate,prolonging PFS, OS, improving QOL, reducing the adverse reaction of patients than that of chemotherapy.Therefore our study can provide evidences for optimizing and promoting integrated TCM combined with Western Medicine treatment.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

120

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

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 to 75 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Pathologically or cytologically confirmed of stage Ⅲb-Ⅳ NSCLC
  2. Ages Eligible for Study: 18-65 years old;
  3. Physical status score (ECOG PS) ≤ 2 scores;
  4. Estimated life expectancy of at least 6 months;
  5. Participants have no major organ dysfunction and chemotherapy contraindications: hemoglobin ≥10g/dL, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5*109/L, platelets ≥80*109/L, Liver and kidney function is normal;
  6. Informed consent from the patient.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient with other malignant tumor except NSCLC 5 years previous to study entry.
  2. Patients who have received targeted drug treatment;
  3. Serious problem of heart, liver or kidney with severe dysfunction;
  4. Pregnant or child breast feeding women;
  5. Mental or cognitive disorders;
  6. Participating in other drug trials;
  7. Who are allergic to the study drug.
  8. Diabetic patients.

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: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: chemotherapy

Eligible subjects will be treated with platinum-doublet 2 cycles chemotherapy:pemetrexed,docetaxel,gemcitabine,paclitaxel or vinorelbine combined with carboplatin、cis-platinum or nedaplatin. Each cycle was 21-days.

Dosage:pemetrexed i.v.500mg/m2 d1 ; docetaxel i.v.75mg/m2 d1 ; gemcitabine i.v.1250 mg/m2 d1,d8 ; paclitaxel i.v.175mg/m2 d1 ; vinorelbine i.v.25mg/m2 d1,d8; carboplatin i.v.area under curve (AUC) 5 d1 ;cis-platinum i.v.75mg/m2 d1(or divided into 3days);nedaplatin i.v.80mg/m2 d1.

EXPERIMENTAL: TCM combined chemotherapy
TCM:JinFuKang plus XingZaoRuanJian, chemotherapy will be the same. JinFuKang po.tid.30ml d6-d21 XingZaoRuanJian po.tid.30ml d6-d21
treated with chemotherapy
Other Names:
  • JinFuKang oral liquid
treated with chemotherapy
Other Names:
  • RuanHuaTang

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Progression-Free Survival
Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause,up to 2 months
The progression disease is assessed based on CT every 2 months from date of randomization and the endpoints is the date of first documented progression or date of death due to lung cancer.
From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause,up to 2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Objective response rate
Time Frame: up to 2 months
up to 2 months
Time-to-Progression
Time Frame: up to 2 months
up to 2 months
Number of participants with treatment-related quality of life as assessed by FACT-L4.0
Time Frame: 21 days
21 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Study Director: HEGEN LI, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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

September 1, 2014

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2019

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 9, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 18, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

May 19, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

October 10, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 6, 2017

Last Verified

May 1, 2017

More Information

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