NCT00002577

Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

A PHASE I/II DOSE ESCALATION STUDY USING THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY POST INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH LOCALLY ADVANCED INOPERABLE, NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group · Network
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be surgically removed.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the treatment related morbidity associated with escalating doses of 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) in patients with locally advanced, inoperable, non-small cell lung cancer. II. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of 3D-CRT in these patients. III. Evaluate the morbidity associated with high dose 3D-CRT for carcinoma of the lung. OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study. Patients are stratified by the percentage of total lung volume (TLV) receiving greater than 20 Gy of radiation (less than 25% vs 25% to less than 37% vs at least 37%). As of 7/1/1999, the third stratum closed to accrual. Patients receive 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) 5 days a week for either 6-7 weeks, 7-8 weeks, or 9-10 weeks (depending on the cohort). Within each TLV stratum, cohorts of 15-36 patients receive escalating doses of 3D-CRT until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose at which less than 15% of patients experience dose limiting toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-36 patients per cohort will be accrued for this study within 1 year. As of 7/1/1999, the third stratum closed to accrual.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
RADIATION	radiation therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 1995-07-01
• Primary completion: 2003-01-01
• First posted: 2004-02-27
• Last updated: 2013-11-19

Locations

242 sites across 2 countries: United States, Canada