Clinical trial NCT00002656: Pyrazoloacridine in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Official title: PHASE II CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PYRAZOLOACRIDINE IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Lung Cancer
Keywords: recurrent non-small cell lung cancer
stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
Lead sponsor: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-06-10
Enrollment: 20
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.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy with pyrazoloacridine in treating patients with stage IIIB or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the antitumor activity of pyrazoloacridine (PZA) administered by 3-hour infusion to patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). II. Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxicities of PZA administered on this schedule. III. Determine the response and survival durations of NSCLC patients treated with PZA.

OUTLINE: Single-Agent Chemotherapy. Pyrazoloacridine, PZA, NSC-366140.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: If 2 or 3 responses are observed in the first 18 evaluable patients, 12 additional patients will be entered. Accrual is expected to take 5-12 months.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed non small cell lung cancer ineligible for higher priority protocols Sputum cytology acceptable Stage IIIB/IV Must have measurable or evaluable disease Lesion outside prior radiotherapy fields Cytology-positive pleural effusion and ascites are neither measurable nor evaluable No brain metastases on CT

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: Zubrod 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: Absolute granulocyte count greater than 2,000/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL Other: No pregnant or nursing women Negative pregnancy test required of fertile women Effective contraception required of fertile patients Blood/body fluid analyses within 7 days prior to registration Imaging/exams for tumor measurement within 28 days prior to registration

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: One prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy allowed Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since radiotherapy and recovered AND Progressive disease outside of radiation port Surgery: Recovered from any prior surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: Evaluate toxicity of pyrazoloacridine.
timeFrame: Weekly prior to each treatment cycle.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Evaluate the response frequency of pyrazoloacridine.
timeFrame: After 2 treatment cycles then every 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
state: Michigan
Study officials:
affiliation: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
name: Antoinette J. Wozniak, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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