Combination Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and RSR13 in Treating Patients With Stage III 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. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs such as RSR13 may make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and RSR13 in treating patients who have stage III non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.

Timeline

Start

1998-10

Primary completion

2003-01

Completion

2003-01

Publications

• Background Choy H, Swann S, Nabid A, et al.: Comparison of 5-year survival between RTOG-94-10 and a phase 2 study of induction chemotherapy followed by efaproxiral + radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced NSCLC. [Abstract] Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66 (3 Suppl 1): A-49, S28-9, 2006.
• Results Choy H, Nabid A, Stea B, Scott C, Roa W, Kleinberg L, Ayoub J, Smith C, Souhami L, Hamburg S, Spanos W, Kreisman H, Boyd AP, Cagnoni PJ, Curran WJ. Phase II multicenter study of induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent efaproxiral (RSR13) and thoracic radiotherapy for patients with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Sep 1;23(25):5918-28. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.08.011.
• Results Nabid A, Choy H, Stea BD, et al.: Encouraging survival results with RSR13 and concurrent radiation therapy: interim analysis of a phase II study for locally advanced unresectable non-small cell lung cancer. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-1236, 2002.

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