Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Cannot Be Removed During Surgery
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known whether giving chemotherapy before combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy is more effective than combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy alone in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of carboplatin and paclitaxel followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy with radiation therapy and chemotherapy alone in treating patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be removed during surgery.
Timeline
- Start
- 1998-07
- Primary completion
- 2007-05
- Completion
- 2009-04
Outcome
Missed primary endpoint
paper Survival differences were not statistically significant (P = .3) PMID 17404369 ↗
paper The addition of induction chemotherapy to concurrent chemoradiotherapy added toxicity and provided no survival benefit PMID 17404369 ↗
Publications
- Results Stinchcombe TE, Hodgson L, Herndon JE 2nd, Kelley MJ, Cicchetti MG, Ramnath N, Niell HB, Atkins JN, Akerley W, Green MR, Vokes EE; Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Treatment outcomes of different prognostic groups of patients on cancer and leukemia group B trial 39801: induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy compared with chemoradiotherapy alone for unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2009 Sep;4(9):1117-25. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181b27b33.
- Results Vokes EE, Herndon JE 2nd, Kelley MJ, Cicchetti MG, Ramnath N, Neill H, Atkins JN, Watson DM, Akerley W, Green MR; Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy compared with chemoradiotherapy alone for regionally advanced unresectable stage III Non-small-cell lung cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B. J Clin Oncol. 2007 May 1;25(13):1698-704. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.3569. Epub 2007 Apr 2.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Carboplatin | Small molecule | — | Intravenous |
| Subject | Paclitaxel | Small molecule | 50 mg/m2 | Intravenous |
| Subject | Paclitaxel | Small molecule | 200 mg/m2 | Intravenous |