A Trial for Treatment of Stage IIIB or IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized, Phase II Trial of Docetaxel, Carboplatin and Bevacizumab as First-Line Treatment, Followed by Bevacizumab Plus Pemetrexed Versus Pemetrexed Alone as Second Line Treatment of Stage IIIB or IV NSCLC

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study for patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (stage IIIB or IV). The objective of this study is progression-free survival of bevacizumab and pemetrexed compared to pemetrexed monotherapy during second-line treatment of Stage IIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Clinical Trial Description

This phase II trial will address the issues of bevacizumab treatment duration and treatment safety by incorporating bevacizumab into a variation of the ECOG reference regimen as first-line therapy for patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. Following disease progression or treatment failure, the potential benefit of continued bevacizumab therapy will be tested by randomizing patients to two treatment arms, including second-line chemotherapy with or without further bevacizumab.

For first-line treatment, a regimen of carboplatin, docetaxel, and bevacizumab followed by maintenance bevacizumab therapy will be given to all patients. Upon disease progression or treatment failure, patients will be randomized to one of two second-line regimens: pemetrexed plus bevacizumab or pemetrexed monotherapy. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

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

• NCT number: NCT00735891
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: December 2008
• Completion date: September 2016