NCT00055757

Tipifarnib, Gemcitabine, and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase II Trial of R115777, a Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitor, in Combination With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) · NIH
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining tipifarnib with gemcitabine and cisplatin in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy such as gemcitabine and cisplatin use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Tipifarnib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for tumor cell growth. Combining tipifarnib with combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To describe the response rate in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving combination therapy with R115777, gemcitabine, and cisplatin. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate the time to event efficacy variables including: time to progressive disease, time to treatment failure, time to death of any cause. II. To estimate the duration of response for responding patients. III. To characterize the toxicities of R115777, gemcitabine, and cisplatin in this patient population. TERTIARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the association between polymorphism expression in candidate genes and clinical endpoints and toxicity to R115777, gemcitabine, and cisplatin. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive oral tipifarnib twice daily on days 1-14, gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8, and cisplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with at least stable disease may continue to receive oral tipifarnib alone twice daily on days 1-14. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years.

Conditions

• Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
• Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	tipifarnib	Given orally
DRUG	cisplatin	Given IV
DRUG	gemcitabine hydrochloride	Given IV
OTHER	laboratory biomarker analysis	Correlative studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-10-01
• Primary completion: 2004-04-01
• First posted: 2003-03-07
• Last updated: 2013-06-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States