Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB, Stage IV, or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy such as gemcitabine, carboplatin, and paclitaxel 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. It is not yet known which chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of different combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have stage IIIB, stage IV, or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

2001-09

Primary completion

2001-09

Completion

2001-09

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “Not opened at Fox Chase Cancer Center”

Publications

• Results Edelman MJ, Belani CP, Socinski MA, Ansari RH, Obasaju CK, Chen R, Monberg MJ, Treat J; Alpha Oncology Research Network. Outcomes associated with brain metastases in a three-arm phase III trial of gemcitabine-containing regimens versus paclitaxel plus carboplatin for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2010 Jan;5(1):110-6. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181c59a3a.
• Results Obasaju CK, Ansari RH, Socinski MA, Chen R, Monberg MJ, Catalano RB, Marinucci DM, Liles DK, Ribeiro MJ, Comis RL, Treat J; Alpha Oncology Research Network. A Comparison of white and African American outcomes from a three-arm, randomized, phase III multicenter trial of advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2010 Jul;5(7):993-1000. doi: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181e29cf3.
• Results Treat JA, Gonin R, Socinski MA, Edelman MJ, Catalano RB, Marinucci DM, Ansari R, Gillenwater HH, Rowland KM, Comis RL, Obasaju CK, Belani CP; Alpha Oncology Research Network. A randomized, phase III multicenter trial of gemcitabine in combination with carboplatin or paclitaxel versus paclitaxel plus carboplatin in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol. 2010 Mar;21(3):540-547. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdp352. Epub 2009 Oct 15.
• Results Treat J, Edelman MJ, Belani CP, Socinski MA, Monberg MJ, Chen R, Obasaju CK; Alpha Oncology Research Network. A retrospective analysis of outcomes across histological subgroups in a three-arm phase III trial of gemcitabine in combination with carboplatin or paclitaxel versus paclitaxel plus carboplatin for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2010 Dec;70(3):340-6. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.02.011. Epub 2010 Mar 27.
• Results Treat J, Belani CP, Edelman MJ, et al.: A randomized phase III trial of gemcitabine (G) in combination with carboplatin (C) or paclitaxel (P) versus paclitaxel plus carboplatin in advanced (Stage IIIB, IV) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): update of the Alpha Oncology trial (A1-99002L). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 23 (Suppl 16): A-LBA7025, 627s, 2005.

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