Docetaxel and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Untreated Stage IIIA 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. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of docetaxel and cisplatin in treating patients who have untreated stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

2000-03

Primary completion

2002-08

Completion

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Publications

• Results Biesma B, Manegold C, Smit HJ, Willems L, Legrand C, Passioukov A, van Meerbeeck JP, Giaccone G; EORTC Lung Cancer Group. Docetaxel and cisplatin as induction chemotherapy in patients with pathologically-proven stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer: a phase II study of the European organization for research and treatment of cancer (EORTC 08984). Eur J Cancer. 2006 Jul;42(10):1399-406. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.01.049. Epub 2006 Jun 8.
• Results Manegold C, Biesma B, Smit H, et al.: Docetaxel and cisplatin as induction chemotherapy in stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): an EORTC phase II trial (08984). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-7166, 657s, 2004.
• Results Manegold C, Biesma B, Debruyne C, et al.: Docetaxel and cisplatin as induction chemotherapy in stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): an EORTC phase II trial (08984). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-2719, 2002.

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