Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, and Soy Isoflavones in Treating Patients With Stage IIIA-IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01958372 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 9, 2013
Last Update Posted : November 23, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Adenosquamous Cell Lung Cancer Bronchoalveolar Cell Lung Cancer Large Cell Lung Cancer Recurrent Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Stage IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer | Dietary Supplement: soy isoflavones Drug: cisplatin Drug: etoposide Drug: pemetrexed disodium Radiation: radiation therapy | Phase 1 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the safety of adding oral soy isoflavone to concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for the treatment of patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups.
GROUP I (SQUAMOUS CELL HISTOLOGY): Patients receive etoposide intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on days 1-5 and 29-33, cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 29, and 36, and undergo radiation therapy (RT) 5 days a week for 6.6 weeks. Within 48 hours of initiating treatment, patients receive soy isoflavones orally (PO) daily on days 1-90.
GROUP II (NON-SQUAMOUS CELL HISTOLOGY): Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on days 1, 22, and 43 and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 22, and 43. Patients also undergo RT and receive soy isoflavones as in Group I.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks and then every 4 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 1 year, and then yearly thereafter.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 11 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase I Study of Thoracic Radiotherapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy With Soy Isoflavones in Stage III NSCLC (Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer) Patients |
Study Start Date : | August 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 9, 2017 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 11, 2019 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Group I (squamous cell histology)
Patients receive etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 and 29-33, cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 29, and 36, and undergo RT 5 days a week for 6.6 weeks. Within 48 hours of initiating treatment, patients receive soy isoflavones PO daily on days 1-90.
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Dietary Supplement: soy isoflavones
Given PO Drug: cisplatin Given IV Drug: etoposide Given IV Radiation: radiation therapy Undergo RT |
Experimental: Group II (non-squamous cell histology)
Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on days 1, 22, and 43 and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 22, and 43. Patients also undergo RT and receive soy isoflavones as in Group I.
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Dietary Supplement: soy isoflavones
Given PO Drug: cisplatin Given IV Drug: pemetrexed disodium Given IV Radiation: radiation therapy Undergo RT |
- Safety, in terms of dose-limiting toxicity of adding oral soy isoflavone supplementation to concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy, graded according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4 [ Time Frame: Up to 90 days ]
- Survival proportion [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Grade 3-4 toxicity rate graded according to NCI CTCAE version 4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]Point and exact confidence interval estimates of the grade 3-4 toxicity rate will be computed for each type of toxicity encountered.
- Response (complete response [CR] and partial response [PR]) rate according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]Point and exact confidence interval estimates of the (complete + partial) response rate will be computed.
- Time to tumor progression (TTP) [ Time Frame: From the date of registration until the date that PD (progressive disease) or death is first reported, assessed up to 2 years ]TTP will be estimated using standard Kaplan-Meier methods for censored data, from which the median and other statistics of interest will be calculated (e.g., rates at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months).
- Overall survival (OS) [ Time Frame: From the date of registration to the date of death, assessed up to 2 years ]OS will be estimated using standard Kaplan-Meier methods for censored data, from which the median and other statistics of interest will be calculated (e.g., rates at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months).
- Response duration [ Time Frame: From the time that measurement criteria are first met for CR until the date that PD is objectively documented, assessed up to 2 years ]Response duration will be estimated using standard Kaplan-Meier methods for censored data, from which the median and other statistics of interest will be calculated (e.g., rates at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months).

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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:
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Histologic or cytologic diagnosis of stage III non-small cell lung cancer; patients will need to meet the following criteria for stage IIIA or IIIB diagnosis:
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IIIA
- Histologic or cytologic diagnosis of ipsilateral mediastinal lymph node involvement, or
- Tumors greater than 7 cm or with chest wall invasion, or involvement of one of the following diaphragm, phrenic nerve, mediastinal pleura or parietal pericardium with hilar or mediastinal lymph node involvement
- More than one mediastinal lymph node enlarged on computed tomography (CT) scan and the same lymph nodes positive on positron emission tomography (PET) scans or
- Paralyzed left vocal cord with separate lung primary distinct from the aorto-pulmonary lymph nodes on the CT scan
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IIIB
- Histologic or cytologic diagnosis of N3 lymph node involvement; or
- Enlarged N3 lymph nodes on CT scan that are positive on PET scan as well; patient must not have extension of lymph node involvement to cervical lymph nodes other than supraclavicular lymph nodes; or
- Right sided primary with left vocal cord paralysis; or
- Evidence of tumor extension into the mediastinum and/or mediastinal structures either at the time of mediastinoscopy, bronchoscopy or on CT scans
- Patients with a nodules in the same lung but no other areas of involvement
- Patients with prior surgically resected stage I NSCLC who did not receive any adjuvant therapy, who now have stage IIIA or B NSCLC will be eligible
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- Southwestern Oncology Group (SWOG) performance status 0 or 1
- Absolute neutrophil count of > 1.5 x 10^9/L
- Platelet count > 100,000 x 10^9/L
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 times the institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Calculated creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault formula) of >= 45mL/min
- Serum bilirubin > ULN
- Transaminases (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT] and/or serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) > 1.5 times institutional ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase >= 2.5 times ULN
- Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of >= 1 liter and diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) >= 40% of predicted
- Patient should undergo brain imaging (CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging [MRI ]) to rule out brain metastases
- Signed informed consent that details the investigational nature of the study according to institutional and federal guidelines
- Registered with Clinical Trials Office at Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior chemotherapy, radiation for any malignancy in which they received any thoracic radiotherapy
- Patients with concurrent malignancy; patients with prior or concurrent malignancy will be allowed as long as the treating physician considers it unlikely to impact the clinical outcome of the patient
- Patients with peripheral neuropathy > 2
- Serious medical illness including but not limited to uncontrolled congestive heart failure, uncontrolled angina, myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular event with 6 months of registration, history of chronic active hepatitis or history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or an active bacterial infection will not be eligible
- Inability or unwillingness to take folic acid or vitamin B12 or dexamethasone
- Pregnant or lactating women; all pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal women should have a urine test for pregnancy within a week of starting therapy; all patients of child bearing potential should agree to use an effective contraceptive method
- Patients should not participate in any other therapeutic investigational study while taking part in this study
- Patients on warfarin will not be allowed on the study; patient on low molecular heparin or anti direct factor Xa inhibitor (Xa) drugs will be allowed
- Patients with a soy allergy will be excluded

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01958372
United States, Michigan | |
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Bay Region | |
Bay City, Michigan, United States, 48706 | |
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | |
Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201 | |
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Lapeer Region | |
Lapeer, Michigan, United States, 48446 | |
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Central Michigan | |
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States, 48858 | |
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Northern | |
Petoskey, Michigan, United States, 49770 |
Principal Investigator: | Shirish Gadgeel | Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute |
Responsible Party: | Gerold Bepler, Principal Investigator, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01958372 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2013-021 NCI-2013-01835 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) 1307012220 2013-021 ( Other Identifier: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute ) P30CA022453 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | October 9, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 23, 2020 |
Last Verified: | November 2020 |
Lung Neoplasms Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma of Lung Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Bronchial Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Carcinoma |
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