Radiation Therapy Plus Combination Chemotherapy In Treating Patients With Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. The best timing for radiation therapy and combination chemotherapy in treating limited stage small cell lung cancer is not yet known .

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy given at different times along with combination chemotherapy in treating patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: London Lung Cancer Group
• Treatments: Cyclophosphamide; Doxorubicin; Etoposide; Liposomal doxorubicin; Vincristine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed limited stage small cell lung cancer Limited disease defined as within the hemithorax, mediastinum, or ipsilateral supraclavicular nodes No evidence of extensive disease (i.e., contralateral lung or contralateral supraclavicular nodes) No metastatic disease Measurable or evaluable disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Under 75 Performance status: ECOG 0-3 Life expectancy: At least 8 weeks Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine normal OR Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min OR Pentetic acid/ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid clearance greater than 70 mL/min Cardiovascular: No myocardial infarction in the 3 months prior to diagnosis No pericardial effusion Pulmonary: No pleural effusion seen on chest x-ray Pleural effusion identified on CT allowed, if not visible on chest x-ray Other: No medical condition that excludes the use of chemotherapy or thoracic irradiation Must be able to tolerate the prescribed study radiotherapy No other malignant tumor for at least 3 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy No concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Concurrent prednisone or other corticosteroids for hypercalcemia allowed Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified