S0342: Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as cetuximab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Combining more than one chemotherapy drug with a monoclonal antibody may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known whether cetuximab is more effective when given at the same time as chemotherapy or following chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well giving cetuximab at the same time as combination chemotherapy works compared to giving cetuximab after combination chemotherapy in treating patients with stage IIIB or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

2004-07

Primary completion

2007-08

Completion

2011-07

Publications

• Background Franklin WA, Gandara DR, Kim ES, et al.: SWOG S0342 and S0536: expression of EGFR protein and markers of epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) in cetuximab/chemotherapy-treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 27 (Suppl 15): A-11076, 2009.
• Background Mack PC, Holland WS, Redman M, et al.: KRAS mutation analysis in cetuximab-treated advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): SWOG experience with S0342 and S0536. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 27 (Suppl15): A-8022, 2009.
• Results Hirsch FR, Herbst RS, Olsen C, Chansky K, Crowley J, Kelly K, Franklin WA, Bunn PA Jr, Varella-Garcia M, Gandara DR. Increased EGFR gene copy number detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization predicts outcome in non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with cetuximab and chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jul 10;26(20):3351-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.0111.
• Results Herbst RS, Chansky K, Kelly K, et al.: A phase II randomized selection trial evaluating concurrent chemotherapy plus cetuximab or chemotherapy followed by cetuximab in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): final report of SWOG 0342. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-7545, 395s, 2007.
• Results Kelly K, Herbst RS, Crowley JJ, et al.: Concurrent chemotherapy plus cetuximab or chemotherapy followed by cetuximab in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a randomized phase II selectional trial SWOG 0342. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 24 (Suppl 18): A-7015, 367s, 2006.

Drugs

Indications