Paclitaxel With or Without Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of paclitaxel with or without carboplatin in treating patients who have recurrent, stage IIIB, or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

1997-10

Primary completion

2004-12

Completion

2006-01

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper there was no statistically significant difference in the primary end point of overall survival. PMID 15625373 ↗

Publications

• Background Lamont EB, Herndon JE 2nd, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Lilenbaum R, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA; Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Measuring clinically significant chemotherapy-related toxicities using Medicare claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trial participants. Med Care. 2008 Mar;46(3):303-8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31815cecc3.
• Background Lamont EB, Herndon JE 2nd, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Lilenbaum R, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA. Criterion validity of Medicare chemotherapy claims in Cancer and Leukemia Group B breast and lung cancer trial participants. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Jul 20;97(14):1080-3. doi: 10.1093/jnci/dji189.
• Results Lilenbaum RC, Herndon JE 2nd, List MA, Desch C, Watson DM, Miller AA, Graziano SL, Perry MC, Saville W, Chahinian P, Weeks JC, Holland JC, Green MR. Single-agent versus combination chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: the cancer and leukemia group B (study 9730). J Clin Oncol. 2005 Jan 1;23(1):190-6. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.07.172.
• Results Lilenbaum RC, Herndon J, List M, et al.: Single-agent (SA) versus combination chemotherapy (CC) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a CALGB randomized trial of efficacy, quality of life (QOL), and cost-effectiveness. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-2, 2002.

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