Conditions: Carcinoma, Non-Small Cell Lung
Keywords: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer NSCLC
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 926
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
A randomized controlled trial comparing safety and efficacy of carboplatin and paclitaxel plus or minus sorafenib in chemonaive patients with stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Chemotherapy Phase up to 6 cycles: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006), \[400 mg orally, twice daily\] on Study Days 2-19 and paclitaxel (P) (200 mg/m2, intravenous (IV)) and carboplatin (C) (area under the curve (AUC) =6 mg/ml\*min-1, IV) on Study Day 1. The cycle duration 21 days. Maintenance Phase: Sorafenib 400 mg orally twice daily was administered on Days 1-21 of each 21-day cycle. arm 2: Chemotherapy Phase up to 6 cycles: Sorafenib Placebo (2 tablets orally twice daily\] on Study Days 2-19 and paclitaxel (200 mg/m2, intravenous (IV)) and carboplatin (area under the curve (AUC) =6 mg/ml\*min-1, IV) on Study Day 1. The cycle duration 21 days. Maintenance Phase: Sorafenib Placebo 2 tablets orally twice daily was administered on Days 1-21 of each 21-day cycle.

Interventions: intervention 1: Nexavar (Sorafenib, BAY43-9006) + carboplatin + paclitaxel intervention 2: Carboplatin plus Paclitaxel
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Chemotherapy Phase up to 6 cycles: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006), \[400 mg orally, twice daily\] on Study Days 2-19 and paclitaxel (P) (200 mg/m2, intravenous (IV)) and carboplatin (C) (area under the curve (AUC) =6 mg/ml\*min-1, IV) on Study Day 1. The cycle duration 21 days. Maintenance Phase: Sorafenib 400 mg orally twice daily was administered on Days 1-21 of each 21-day cycle. intervention 2: Chemotherapy Phase up to 6 cycles: Sorafenib Placebo (2 tablets orally twice daily\] on Study Days 2-19 and paclitaxel (200 mg/m2, intravenous (IV)) and carboplatin (area under the curve (AUC) =6 mg/ml\*min-1, IV) on Study Day 1. The cycle duration 21 days. Maintenance Phase: Sorafenib Placebo 2 tablets orally twice daily was administered on Days 1-21 of each 21-day cycle.

Protocol document: