INS316 in Diagnosing Lung Cancer in Patients With Untreated Lung Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Doctors can diagnose lung cancer by collecting mucus coughed up from the lungs and examining it under a microscope to look for cancer cells. Breathing in INS316 may make it easier for patients to cough up mucus.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of INS316 in helping to diagnose lung cancer.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven primary lung cancer OR Presumptive diagnosis based on chest x-ray, CT scan, history, or symptoms No prior treatment

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Pulmonary: FEV1 at least 35% predicted Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other comorbid condition that would preclude study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: See Disease Characteristics At least 4 days since prior bronchoscopic examination or pulmonary fine needle aspiration biopsy At least 3 days since prior sputum induction No concurrent medication that would preclude study At least 30 days since prior investigational drugs (including INS316) or experimental therapy