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Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00096226
First received: November 9, 2004
Last updated: July 11, 2012
Last verified: June 2009
History of Changes
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in 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. Giving paclitaxel and carboplatin together with radiation therapy before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed. Giving chemotherapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells remaining after surgery.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving paclitaxel and carboplatin together with radiation therapy works in treating patients who are undergoing surgery for stage III non-small cell lung cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Lung Cancer
 Drug: carboplatin
Drug: paclitaxel
Procedure: adjuvant therapy
Procedure: conventional surgery
Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy
Radiation: radiation therapy
 Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase II Trial Of Neoadjuvant Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy And High Dose Radiotherapy Followed By Surgical Resection And Consolidative Therapy For Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Mediastinal nodal sterilization rate [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Rate of complete pathological response after treatment [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Rate of major morbidities within 30 days of surgery [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Rate of resectability after chemotherapy [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Rates of R0, R1, and R2 resections after chemotherapy [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Overall survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Progression-free survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Toxicity [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment: 60
Study Start Date: September 2004
Primary Completion Date: April 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the mediastinal node clearance rate in patients with stage IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer treated with neoadjuvant induction chemoradiotherapy comprising paclitaxel, carboplatin, and high-dose radiotherapy followed by surgical resection for patients found to be resectable and consolidative chemotherapy comprising paclitaxel and carboplatin.
  • Determine the rate of complete pathological response in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the feasibility of surgical resection after neoadjuvant induction chemoradiotherapy in these patients.
  • Determine disease-free and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

  • Induction chemoradiotherapy: Patients undergo high-dose radiotherapy (including a total of 6 fractions of boost radiotherapy after large field radiotherapy) once daily, 5 days a week, for approximately 7 weeks. Beginning on the first day of radiotherapy, patients also receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes once weekly for 6 weeks. Patients are reassessed 4 weeks after the completion of induction chemoradiotherapy. Patients with resectable tumors undergo surgery within 2 weeks of reassessment and then receive consolidation chemotherapy no later than 10 weeks after surgery. Patients with unresectable tumors proceed directly to consolidation chemotherapy.
  • Consolidation chemotherapy: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 1 hour every 21 days for 2 courses.

Patients are followed at 6 weeks, every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 2-3 years, and then annually for 4-5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 21-60 patients will be accrued for this study within 20 months.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer

    • Stage IIIA (T1-3, N2) or IIIB (N3)

      • No clinical or radiographic evidence of supraclavicular lymph node involvement
    • Pancoast tumors eligible

    • Mediastinal nodal disease by mediastinoscopy, thoracoscopy, Chamberlain procedure, or transbronchial needle aspirate

      • Nodes found positive by mediastinoscopy are defined as N2 disease
  • Primary tumor must be accessible for high-dose radiotherapy
  • Measurable disease
  • Potential candidate for surgery
  • No small cell lung cancer
  • No bronchoalveolar carcinoma with lobar or multilobar involvement
  • No malignant pleural effusion
  • No distant metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy

  • At least 6 months

Hematopoietic

  • WBC ≥ 3,000/mm^3
  • Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN

Cardiovascular

  • No clinically evident superior vena cava syndrome

Pulmonary

  • Projected post-operative FEV_1 > 800 mL

Other

  • No known hypersensitivity to Cremophor EL
  • No unintentional weight loss ≥ 5% within the past 6 months
  • No active serious infection
  • No other serious medical condition that would preclude study participation
  • No dementia or significantly altered mental status that would preclude giving informed consent
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • No prior systemic chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • Concurrent steroids allowed as antiemetics or for prevention and amelioration of hypersensitivity reactions
  • No concurrent hormonal therapy (except megestrol for appetite stimulation, estrogen, or birth control pills)

Radiotherapy

  • No prior radiotherapy to the thorax
  • No concurrent intensity-modulated radiotherapy
  • No concurrent post-operative thoracic radiotherapy

Surgery

  • Not specified

Other

  • No other concurrent investigational therapy
  • No concurrent amifostine
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00096226

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Mohan Suntharalingam, MD University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:
Suntharalingam M, Paulus R, Edelman MJ, et al.: RTOG 0229: A phase II trial of neoadjuvant therapy with concurrent chemotherapy and high-dose radiotherapy (XRT) followed by resection and consolidative therapy for LA-NSCLC. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 28 (Suppl 15): A-7024, 2010.

Responsible Party: Walter John Curran, Jr, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00096226     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000389508, RTOG-0229
Study First Received: November 9, 2004
Last Updated: July 11, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Lung Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Bronchial Neoplasms
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
 Carboplatin
Paclitaxel
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic

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