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Combination Chemotherapy Plus Fluoxetine in Treating Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00005850

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This trial is designed to test the efficacy of fluoxetine to improve patient's quality of life during chemotherapy. An innovative application of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor may modulate the effects of fatigue, anxiety and depression which worsen quality of life.

Timeline

Start
2001-08
Primary completion
2003-09
Completion
2003-09

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cisplatin Other / unclassified 80 mg/m2 Intravenous
Subject Fluoxetine Small molecule 10 mg Oral
Subject Gemcitabine Small molecule 1000 mg/m2 Intravenous