Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer That Is No Longer Responding to Erlotinib or Gefitinib

Summary

RATIONALE: Dasatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well dasatinib works in treating patients with advanced lung cancer that is no longer responding to erlotinib or gefitinib.

Timeline

Start

2006-06

Primary completion

2011-09

Completion

2011-09

Publications

• Results Johnson ML, Riely GJ, Rizvi NA, Azzoli CG, Kris MG, Sima CS, Ginsberg MS, Pao W, Miller VA. Phase II trial of dasatinib for patients with acquired resistance to treatment with the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors erlotinib or gefitinib. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Jun;6(6):1128-31. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182161508.

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