Sunitinib Malate as Maintenance Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Previously Treated With Combination Chemotherapy

Summary

This randomized phase III trial studies sunitinib malate to see how well it works when given as maintenance therapy (meaning it is approved for treatment after chemotherapy) in patients with stage IIIB-IV non-small cell lung cancer who have responded to prior treatment with combination chemotherapy. Sunitinib malate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking the growth of new blood vessels necessary for tumor growth. It is not yet known whether sunitinib malate is effective in helping tumors continue to shrink or stop growing.

Timeline

Start

2008-06-15

Primary completion

2013-11-08

Completion

2015-05-28

Publications

• Baggstrom MQ, Socinski MA, Wang XF, Gu L, Stinchcombe TE, Edelman MJ, Baker S Jr, Feliciano J, Novotny P, Hahn O, Crawford JA, Vokes EE. Maintenance Sunitinib following Initial Platinum-Based Combination Chemotherapy in Advanced-Stage IIIB/IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study-CALGB 30607 (Alliance). J Thorac Oncol. 2017 May;12(5):843-849. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.01.022. Epub 2017 Feb 1.

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