Palliative Thoracic Radiotherapy Plus BKM120

Summary

This study will test whether a drug called BKM120/buparlisib is a safe and effective treatment when given to lung cancer patients having radiotherapy treatment. The trial will identify which of three possible doses of buparlisib is best to give with lung radiotherapy.

Timeline

Start

2013-04

Primary completion

2017-10-17

Completion

2017-10-17

Publications

• Background Fokas E, Im JH, Hill S, Yameen S, Stratford M, Beech J, Hackl W, Maira SM, Bernhard EJ, McKenna WG, Muschel RJ. Dual inhibition of the PI3K/mTOR pathway increases tumor radiosensitivity by normalizing tumor vasculature. Cancer Res. 2012 Jan 1;72(1):239-48. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-2263. Epub 2011 Nov 22.

Drugs

Indications