Paclitaxel With or Without Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Single-Agent Versus Combination Chemotherapy in Advanced NSCLC: A CALGB Randomized Trial of Efficacy, Quality of Life, and Cost-Effectiveness

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00003117
• Other study ID #: CALGB-9730
• Secondary ID: U10CA031946CLB-9
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: November 1, 1999
• Last updated: June 28, 2016
• Start date: October 1997
• Est. completion date: January 2006

Study information

• Verified date: June 2016
• Source: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of paclitaxel with or without carboplatin in treating patients who have recurrent, stage IIIB, or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the overall survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with paclitaxel alone or in combination with carboplatin. II. Compare the quality of life of these patients treated with these chemotherapy regimens. III. Compare the response rates and the toxic effects of the two regimens in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to stage of disease (stage IIIB vs stage IV vs recurrent or progressive after surgery and/or radiotherapy), performance status (0-1 vs 2), and age (under 70 vs 70 and over). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Arm I receives paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of each course. Arm II receives paclitaxel as in Arm I, followed by carboplatin IV over 1 hour. Treatment is repeated every 21 days for 6 courses in the absence of tumor progression or unacceptable toxicity. Quality of life assessments are conducted before treatment and at 2, 6, 9, and 12 months. Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months until disease progression or death.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 584
• Est. completion date: January 2006
• Est. primary completion date: December 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven non-small cell lung cancer (adenocarcinoma, large cell, squamous cell, or mixture) Stage IIIB due to any of the following: Malignant pleural effusion Supraclavicular node involvement Contralateral hilar node involvement Not eligible for CALGB protocols of combined therapy and chest irradiation Stage IV Any stage that has recurred or progressed after surgery or radiotherapy Measurable or evaluable disease Does not include the following: Bone metastases Pleural or peritoneal effusions Irradiated lesions, unless progression documented after radiation therapy No CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: CALGB 0-2 Life expectancy:

Not specified Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count at least 1500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT less than 2 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN Other: No prior or concurrent malignancy except: Curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix Curatively treated breast cancer Curatively treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer At least 5 years since any nonrecurrent primary tumor surgically resected without administration of adjuvant radiation therapy or chemotherapy HIV negative

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent hormones except steroids for adrenal failure, hormones for nondisease related conditions (e.g., insulin for diabetes), or dexamethasone Radiotherapy: At least 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy See Disease Characteristics Surgery: Prior surgery allowed See Disease Characteristics

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• carboplatin

• paclitaxel

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland	Baltimore	Maryland
United States	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Roswell Park Cancer Institute	Buffalo	New York
United States	Vermont Cancer Center	Burlington	Vermont
United States	Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
United States	Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston	South Carolina
United States	University of Chicago Cancer Research Center	Chicago	Illinois
United States	University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia	Columbia	Missouri
United States	Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center	Durham	North Carolina
United States	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics	Iowa City	Iowa
United States	University of California San Diego Cancer Center	La Jolla	California
United States	CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation	Las Vegas	Nevada
United States	Norris Cotton Cancer Center	Lebanon	New Hampshire
United States	CCOP - North Shore University Hospital	Manhasset	New York
United States	North Shore University Hospital	Manhasset	New York
United States	University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center	Memphis	Tennessee
United States	CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center	Miami Beach	Florida
United States	Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center	Miami Beach	Florida
United States	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	New York	New York
United States	Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY	New York	New York
United States	New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus	New York	New York
United States	University of Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha	Nebraska
United States	Rhode Island Hospital	Providence	Rhode Island
United States	Massey Cancer Center	Richmond	Virginia
United States	MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center	Richmond	Virginia
United States	Barnes-Jewish Hospital	Saint Louis	Missouri
United States	UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute	San Francisco	California
United States	CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.	Syracuse	New York
United States	State University of New York - Upstate Medical University	Syracuse	New York
United States	Walter Reed Army Medical Center	Washington	District of Columbia
United States	CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services	Wilmington	Delaware
United States	CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium	Winston-Salem	North Carolina
United States	Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem	North Carolina
United States	University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center	Worcester	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (4)

Lamont EB, Herndon JE 2nd, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Lilenbaum R, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA. Criterion validity of Medicare chemotherapy claims in Cancer and Leukemia Group B breast and lung cancer trial participants. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Jul 20;97(14):1080-3. — View Citation

Lamont EB, Herndon JE 2nd, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Lilenbaum R, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA; Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Measuring clinically significant chemotherapy-related toxicities using Medicare claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trial participants. Med Care. 2008 Mar;46(3):303-8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31815cecc3. — View Citation

Lilenbaum RC, Herndon J, List M, et al.: Single-agent (SA) versus combination chemotherapy (CC) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a CALGB randomized trial of efficacy, quality of life (QOL), and cost-effectiveness. [Abstract] Proceedings of

Lilenbaum RC, Herndon JE 2nd, List MA, Desch C, Watson DM, Miller AA, Graziano SL, Perry MC, Saville W, Chahinian P, Weeks JC, Holland JC, Green MR. Single-agent versus combination chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: the cancer and leukem — View Citation