Clinical trial NCT00003154: Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Official title: Phase II Trial of 9-Aminocamptothecin (9-AC) Colloidal Dispersion (CD) 120-Hour Continuous Intravenous Infusion in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Lung Cancer
Keywords: stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
Lead sponsor: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-05-19
Enrollment: 19
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 aminocamptothecin in treating patients with stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether aminocamptothecin colloidal dispersion (AC/CD) administered as a 120 hour weekly infusion is an effective treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. II. Observe any toxicities associated with this treatment in this patient population.

OUTLINE: Patients receive a 120 hour continuous infusion of aminocamptothecin colloidal dispersion (AC/CD) once a week for 2 weeks, followed by 1 week of rest. Patients are assessed after every 2 courses of therapy. Treatment with aminocamptothecin continues indefinitely if there is tumor shrinkage or stable disease and no significant toxicity is experienced. Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 19-36 patients will be accrued for this study.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed measurable stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer No brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3500/mm3 Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT and SGPT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Calcium and electrolytes normal Other: No other malignancy within past 5 years except curatively treated nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix Not pregnant or nursing No active infections or other serious medical conditions

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy No prior radiotherapy to site(s) of measurable disease Surgery: At least 3 weeks since any prior surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: Study the effectiveness of aminocamptothecin in treating patients with stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
timeFrame: 120 hour continuous infusion once a week for 2 weeks, followed by 1 week of rest. Patients are assessed after every 2 courses of therapy.
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Locations:
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Ohio
Study officials:
affiliation: Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
name: Nathan Levitan, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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