Trastuzumab Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining monoclonal antibody therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab plus carboplatin and paclitaxel in treating patients who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

1999-05

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-07

Publications

• Results Langer CJ, Stephenson P, Thor A, Vangel M, Johnson DH; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Study 2598. Trastuzumab in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: is there a role? Focus on Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study 2598. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Apr 1;22(7):1180-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.04.105. Epub 2004 Feb 23.
• Results Huang C, Stephenson P, Langer CJ, et al.: Trastuzumab in combination with paclitaxel/carboplatin in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: final report of ECOG 2598. [Abstract] Lung Cancer 41 (Suppl 2): A-P628, S251, 2003.
• Results Schiller J, Langer CJ, Thor A, et al.: Trastuzumab in combination with paclitaxel/carboplatin advanced non-small cell lung cancer: final report of ECOG 2598. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-2606, 2003.
• Results Langer CJ, Adak S, Thor A, et al.: Phase II Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) pilot study of paclitaxel (P), carboplatin (C), and trastuzumab (T) in HER-2/neu (+) advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): early analysis of E2598. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20: A-1257, 2001.

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