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Mono Versus Polichemotherapy in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Elderly Patients

NCT00754364 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2022-09-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Between 10% and 25% of newly diagnosed stage IIIB/stage IV patients currently receive single agent chemotherapy regimens. A significant proportion of these patients will be elderly (70 years of age) and many oncologists would consider intravenous vinorelbine or gemcitabine to be the standard of care in this patient population. It has been demonstrated that single agent vinorelbine offers therapeutic advantages to selected NSCLC patients over best supportive care alone.

Carboplatin plus Alimta have an acceptable toxicity profile and few clinical problems so it could be acceptable its use in elderly patients.

A randomised study is being performed therefore to assess whether progression free survival, the primary efficacy endpoint for this study, achieved with Carboplatin plus Alimta is superior than achieved with gemcitabine, one of the current standards of care in elderly patients with advanced NSCLC.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Pemetrexed/Carboplatin

Patients will receive Pemetrexed intravenous infusion (i.v.) via infusion pump or gravity drip, at a dose of 500 mg/m2 (over a target of 10 minutes). Pemetrexed should be administered every 21 days on the same day. Patients will receive carboplatin intravenous continuous infusion (i.v.) over 30 minutes via infusion pump or gravity drip, at a dose of AUC5. Carboplatin should be administered every 21 days on the same day.

DRUG

Gemcitabine

Patients will receive gemcitabine 1250 mg/m2 as a 30 minutes intravenous infusion on days 1 and 8 and of a 21-day cycle.Patients may continue to receive gemcitabine for up to a maximum of 6 cycles.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Armando Santoro, MD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Armando Santoro, MD · Istituto Clinico Humanitas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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