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Two Rebeccamycin Analogue Regimens in Treating Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00006017 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2010-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which regimen of rebeccamycin analogue is more effective in treating non-small cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of two rebeccamycin analogue regimens in treating patients who have stage IIIB, stage IV, or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

becatecarin

Arm I: Patients receive rebeccamycin analogue IV over 1 hour on day 1. Arm II: Patients receive rebeccamycin analogue IV over 1 hour on days 1-5. Treatment for both arms repeats every 3 weeks for 6-8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Afshin Dowlati, MD · Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-05-31
Primary Completion
2003-07-31
Completion
2005-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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