Surgery With or Without Preoperative Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Resectable 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. It is not yet known if surgery is more effective with or without preoperative chemotherapy in treating non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying surgery and preoperative chemotherapy to see how well they work compared to surgery alone in treating patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

1997-08

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-06

Publications

• Results Gilligan D, Nicolson M, Smith I, Groen H, Dalesio O, Goldstraw P, Hatton M, Hopwood P, Manegold C, Schramel F, Smit H, van Meerbeeck J, Nankivell M, Parmar M, Pugh C, Stephens R. Preoperative chemotherapy in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer: results of the MRC LU22/NVALT 2/EORTC 08012 multicentre randomised trial and update of systematic review. Lancet. 2007 Jun 9;369(9577):1929-37. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60714-4.
• Results Hopwood P, Nankivell M, Pugh C, et al.: Impact of pre-operative chemotherapy on the quality of life (QL) of patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): experience from the MRC LU22/NVALT/EORTC 08012 multicentre randomised trial. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-9020, 498s, 2007.
• Results Nicolson M, Gilligan D, Smith I, et al.: Pre-operative chemotherapy in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): first results of the MRC LU22/NVALT/EORTC 08012 multi-centre randomised trial. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-7518, 389s, 2007.

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