Overview

Combination Chemotherapy and Exisulind in Treating Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Exisulind may make tumor cells more sensitive to chemotherapy. Combining chemotherapy with exisulind may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining chemotherapy with exisulind in treating patients who have extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Treatments:
Carboplatin
Etoposide
Etoposide phosphate
Sulindac
Sulindac sulfone