Iloprost in Preventing Lung Cancer in Patients at High Risk for This Disease

Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. Iloprost may be effective in preventing lung cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well iloprost works in preventing lung cancer in patients who are at high risk for this disease.

Timeline

Start

2001-11

Primary completion

2009-01

Completion

2009-01

Publications

• Results Keith RL, Blatchford PJ, Kittelson J, Minna JD, Kelly K, Massion PP, Franklin WA, Mao J, Wilson DO, Merrick DT, Hirsch FR, Kennedy TC, Bunn PA Jr, Geraci MW, Miller YE. Oral iloprost improves endobronchial dysplasia in former smokers. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Jun;4(6):793-802. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0057.

Drugs

Indications