Clinical trial NCT00004055: Topotecan, Paclitaxel, and Filgrastim in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Official title: Phase II Trial of Oral Topotecan and Paclitaxel With G-CSF (Filgrastim) Support in Patients With Previously Untreated Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Lung Cancer
Keywords: extensive stage small cell lung cancer
Lead sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-06-03
Enrollment: 38
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Colony-stimulating factors such as filgrastim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of topotecan, paclitaxel, and filgrastim in treating patients who have previously untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate oral topotecan and paclitaxel in terms of toxicity and complete and partial response rate in patients with previously untreated extensive stage small cell lung cancer. II. Determine preliminary estimates of survival in this patient population in response to this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral topotecan on days 1-5 followed by paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 5. Beginning 24-48 hours after chemotherapy, patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously daily for up to 10 days until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression. Patients who develop CNS progressive disease only should receive whole brain radiotherapy before continuing study treatment.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed previously untreated small cell lung cancer No mixed histology Extensive disease Metastatic disease outside the chest Contralateral supraclavicular nodes or contralateral hilar nodes outside a single radiation port OR Cytologically proven malignant pleural effusion Measurable or evaluable disease No untreated CNS metastases CNS metastases previously treated with whole brain radiotherapy allowed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: AST no greater than 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 5 times ULN Total bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times ULN OR Direct bilirubin normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than ULN OR Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min Cardiovascular: No uncontrolled angina pectoris No congestive heart failure within the past 3 months, unless ejection fraction greater than 40% No uncontrolled arrhythmias No myocardial infarction within the past 3 months Other: No significant infection No hypersensitivity to E. coli derivatives No other malignancy within the past 3 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or localized prostate cancer Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 10 years since prior chemotherapy No prior nitrosourea based chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 10 years since prior thoracic radiotherapy No more than 3 fractions of prior thoracic radiotherapy for superior vena cava syndrome Prior palliative radiotherapy except to the chest allowed No prior radiotherapy to at least 20% bone marrow No concurrent radiotherapy (including thoracic), except whole brain radiotherapy for CNS progression Surgery: At least 3 weeks since prior major surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: response rate
timeFrame: Up to 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: survival
timeFrame: Up to 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Scottsdale
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
state: Arizona
city: Peoria
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
state: Illinois
city: Urbana
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
state: Illinois
city: Cedar Rapids
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
state: Iowa
city: Des Moines
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
state: Iowa
city: Sioux City
country: United States
facility: Siouxland Hematology-Oncology
state: Iowa
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: Duluth
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Duluth
state: Minnesota
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
state: Minnesota
city: Saint Cloud
country: United States
facility: CentraCare Clinic
state: Minnesota
city: Saint Louis Park
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
state: Minnesota
city: Omaha
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
state: Nebraska
city: Bismarck
country: United States
facility: Quain & Ramstad Clinic, P.C.
state: North Dakota
city: Fargo
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
state: North Dakota
city: Grand Forks
country: United States
facility: Altru Health Systems
state: North Dakota
city: Toledo
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
state: Ohio
city: Danville
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Geisinger Clinical and Medical Center
state: Pennsylvania
city: Rapid City
country: United States
facility: Rapid City Regional Hospital
state: South Dakota
city: Sioux Falls
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
state: South Dakota
Study officials:
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: James R. Jett, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Foster NR, Qi Y, Shi Q, Krook JE, Kugler JW, Jett JR, Molina JR, Schild SE, Adjei AA, Mandrekar SJ. Tumor response and progression-free survival as potential surrogate endpoints for overall survival in extensive stage small-cell lung cancer: findings on the basis of North Central Cancer Treatment Group trials. Cancer. 2011 Mar 15;117(6):1262-71. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25526. Epub 2010 Oct 19.
citation: Molina JR, Jett JR, Foster N, Lair BS, Carroll TJ, Tazelaar HD, Hillman S, Mailliard JA, Bernath AM Jr, Nikcevich D. Phase II NCCTG trial of oral topotecan and paclitaxel with G-CSF (filgrastim) support in patients with previously untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jun;29(3):246-51. doi: 10.1097/01.coc.0000217566.11742.b5.
citation: Jett JR, Bernath AM Jr, Hillman SL, et al.: Oral topotecan and paclitaxel with G-CSF support in patients with untreated extensive stage small cell (ED-SCLC): a phase II trial of the NCCTG. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-1301, 2002.