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Phase III Randomized Study of Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Radiotherapy With or Without Adjuvant Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Patients With Stage II or III Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outcomes
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Radiation Therapy With or Without Adjuvant Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase III


Treatment


Closed


18 to 79


Other


FRE-GERCOR-B00-1
EU-20330, NCT00077220

Objectives

Primary

  1. Compare the progression-free survival of patients with stage II or III unresectable non-small cell lung cancer treated with paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiotherapy with or without adjuvant paclitaxel and carboplatin.

Secondary

  1. Compare the objective response rate in patients treated with these regimens.
  2. Compare the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
  3. Compare the toxicity of these regimens in these patients.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer
    • Stage II or III disease
    • Not amenable to surgery


  • Measurable or evaluable disease


  • No T4 apical localization


  • Lesions able to be covered in a 60 Gy minimum volume of radiation


  • No pleural effusion


Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • More than 6 months since prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • No prior adjuvant chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior radiotherapy

Surgery

  • Not specified

Other

  • No other concurrent clinical trial participation

Patient Characteristics:

Age

  • 18 to 79

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

  • More than 3 months

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count > 100,000/mm3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

Renal

  • Creatinine < 1.25 times ULN

Cardiovascular

  • No unstable heart disease

Pulmonary

  • No ventilation dysfunction that would preclude radiotherapy

Other

  • No weight loss of 15% or more within the past 2 months
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No other prior malignancy except curatively treated basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

Expected Enrollment

A total of 390 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome(s)

Progression-free survival

Secondary Outcome(s)

Objective response rate
Overall survival
Toxicity

Outline

This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to radiotherapy regimen (conformational vs nonconformational).

Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes once weekly for up to 6 weeks. Patients concurrently undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 7-7.5 weeks. Three weeks after completion of chemoradiotherapy, patients with stable or responding disease are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients undergo routine follow-up.


  • Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for a maximum of 3 courses.


Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months thereafter.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

GERCOR Groupe Cooperateur Multidisciplinaire en Oncologie

Jean Morere, MD, Study coordinator
Ph: 33-1-48-955-032

Registry Information
Official Title Phase III Randomised Study Of Adjuvant Paclitaxel And Carboplatin (TAXOL-PARAPLATINE) With Concomittant Radiotherapy In Patients With Stage II or III Non-Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Trial Start Date 2002-06-12
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00077220
Date Submitted to PDQ 2003-12-16
Information Last Verified 2007-05-17

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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