Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in Treating Older Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Unresectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of carboplatin and paclitaxel in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent unresectable non-small cell lung cancer.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel; Carboplatin; Paclitaxel

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer Stage IV disease OR Recurrent unresectable disease No other conventional curative or significant palliative therapies available Measurable disease At least one lesion a minimum of one dimension in diameter of at least 20 mm No symptomatic and/or untreated CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 65 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: AST no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine clearance at least 40 mL/min Other: No uncontrolled infection No uncontrolled seizure disorder No uncontrolled diabetes mellitus No other malignancies within the past 3 years except adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer or noninvasive carcinomas

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior biologic or immunotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease No concurrent biologic therapy Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease except as radiosensitizer No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease except as adjuvant therapy At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy to greater than 25% of bone marrow No concurrent radiotherapy except for CNS therapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics At least 3 weeks since prior major surgery