Cisplatin and Pemetrexed With Radiation Followed by Lobectomy
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2012-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study is open to patients that have been diagnosed with non-squamous Stage III Non Small
Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and will have surgery to remove the tumor.
The purpose of this study is to:
- Test a combination of two chemotherapeutic drugs along with radiation therapy, when
given prior to surgery and see what effects (good or bad) it has on someone with this
type of cancer. Chemotherapeutic drugs selectively destroy diseased cancer cells and
tissues.
- Test the safety of different dose levels of radiation when given with each combination
of chemotherapy;
- Determine what side effects are associated with combining radiation with these two
chemotherapy combinations.