Standard Therapy Given With or Without Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With 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 known whether giving chemotherapy in addition to standard therapy is a more effective treatment for lung cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of standard therapy given with or without combination chemotherapy in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

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1995-10

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Publications

• Background Pignon JP, Tribodet H, Scagliotti GV, et al.: Lung Adjuvant Cisplatin Evaluation (LACE): a pooled analysis of five randomized clinical trials including 4,584 patients. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 24 (Suppl 18): A-7008, 2006.
• Results Brown J, Thorpe H, Napp V, Fairlamb DJ, Gower NH, Milroy R, Parmar MK, Rudd RM, Spiro SG, Stephens RJ, Waller D, West P, Peake MD. Assessment of quality of life in the supportive care setting of the big lung trial in non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Oct 20;23(30):7417-27. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.09.158. Epub 2005 Sep 12.
• Results Fairlamb DJ, Gower N, Milroy R, et al.: The Big Lung Trial (BLT): determining the value of cisplatin-based chemotherapy for all patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Preliminary results in the radical radiotherapy setting. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-2570, 639, 2003.
• Results Waller D, Fairlamb DJ, Gower N, et al.: The Big Lung Trial (BLT): determining the value of cisplatin-based chemotherapy for all patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Preliminary results in the surgical setting. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22 : A-2543, 632, 2003.
• Results Stephens RJ, Gower NH, Spiro SG, et al.: The Big Lung Trial (BLT): a major randomised trial to determine the value of cisplatin-based chemotherapy for all patients with non-small cell lung cancer. [Abstract] Lung Cancer 29 (1 Suppl 1): A-61, 20, 2000.

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