Chemotherapy for Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00391274 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 23, 2006
Results First Posted : March 30, 2010
Last Update Posted : April 12, 2011
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | Drug: pemetrexed Drug: docetaxel | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 211 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase 3 Study of Pemetrexed Versus Docetaxel in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Had Prior Chemotherapy |
Study Start Date : | October 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2010 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Pemetrexed |
Drug: pemetrexed
500 mg/m2, intravenous (IV) every 21 days until disease progression, death or 12 months after enrollment
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Active Comparator: Docetaxel |
Drug: docetaxel
75 mg/m2, intravenous (IV), every 21 days until disease progression, death or 12 months after enrollment |
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: baseline to date of death from any cause (up to 24 months after study enrollment); amendment (up to 30 months after study enrollment) ]Overall survival was defined as the time from the date of study enrollment to the date of death due to any cause. Survival time was censored at the date of last contact for patients who were still alive or lost to follow-up. An amendment allowed for the collection of overall survival on an additional 43 survival events. At the time the original record was released, it was not possible to provide results with the 95% Confidence Interval (CI) since the upper limit was not calculable. The median and 95% CIs are now reported.
- Overall Tumor Response [ Time Frame: baseline to measured tumor response (up to 24 months after study enrollment) ]Response based on Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST), which define when cancer patients improve ("respond"), stay the same ("stabilize"), or worsen ("progression") during treatments. CR (complete response) = disappearance of all target lesions; PR (partial response) = 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; PD (progressive disease) = 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; SD (stable disease) = small changes that do not meet above criteria.
- Progression-Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: baseline to measured progressive disease (up to 24 months after study enrollment) ]Progression-free survival (PFS) time was defined as the time from the date of study enrollment to the date of the first of the following events: objective disease progression or death due to any cause. For patients who were alive and had not progressed, PFS was censored at the last contact.
- Duration of Response [ Time Frame: time of response to progressive disease (up to 24 months) ]Duration of tumor response is the duration from date of first objective status assessment of a complete or partial response to the first date of progression or death from any cause. For each patient who is not known to have died or to have had a progression of disease as of the data inclusion cut-off date, duration of tumor response was censored at the time of last prior contact. Due to the low number of patients in the analysis, the median duration of tumor response could not be calculated for the docetaxel arm. Available data are presented as "Number of Patients with Disease Progression".
- Pharmacology Toxicity [ Time Frame: first dose of study drug up to 24 months ]Maximum common terminology criteria (CTC) Grade 3 or 4 toxicities possibly related to study drug are reported. The worst grade event per cycle is reported. Grades range from 0 (none) to 5 (death). Grade 3 events are severe and Grade 4 events are life-threatening.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologic or cytologic diagnosis NSCLC (Stage IIIA, IIIB, or IV), not amenable to curative surgery or radiotherapy
- At least one prior chemotherapy for palliative therapy
- Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria for disease status assessment
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concurrent administration of any other tumor therapy
- Pregnant or breast feeding
- Serious concomitant disorders
- Inability or unwillingness to take folic acid or vitamin B12 supplementation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00391274
China | |
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Beijing, China, 101149 | |
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Guang Zhou, China, 510080 | |
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Hang Zhou, China, 310022 | |
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Nan Jing, China, 210002 | |
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Shanghai, China, 200433 | |
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Tianjin, China, 300060 | |
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Wu Han, China, 430030 |
Study Director: | Call 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon - Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) | Eli Lilly and Company |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Chief Medical Officer, Eli Lilly |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00391274 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
10717 H3E-MC-JMID ( Other Identifier: Eli Lilly and Company ) |
First Posted: | October 23, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | March 30, 2010 |
Last Update Posted: | April 12, 2011 |
Last Verified: | April 2011 |
Lung Neoplasms Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Bronchial Neoplasms |
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