Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy With or Without Metformin Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Summary

This randomized phase II trial studies how well chemotherapy and radiation therapy given with or without metformin hydrochloride works in treating patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Metformin hydrochloride may shrink tumors and keep them from coming back. It is not yet known whether chemotherapy and radiation therapy is more effective when given with or without metformin hydrochloride in treating stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

2014-08

Primary completion

2019-04-16

Completion

2025-09-04

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Chemoradiation vs Metformin + Chemoradiation; p = 0.7563; Hazard Ratio (HR) 1.15 (95% CI 0.77 to 1.73); Log Rank NCT02186847 ↗

Publications

• Skinner H, Hu C, Tsakiridis T, Santana-Davila R, Lu B, Erasmus JJ, Doemer AJ, Videtic GMM, Coster J, Yang AX, Lee RY, Werner-Wasik M, Schaner PE, McCormack SE, Esparaz BT, McGarry RC, Bazan J, Struve T, Paulus R, Bradley JD. Addition of Metformin to Concurrent Chemoradiation in Patients With Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The NRG-LU001 Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Sep 1;7(9):1324-1332. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.2318.

Drugs

Indications