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Phase II Study of Mitomycin, Vinorelbine, and Cisplatin Plus Tretinoin in Patients With Stage IIIB or IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Alternate Title

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase IITreatmentClosedOver 18OtherNANDAN-VES-024
NCI-V00-1587, NCT00005825

Objectives

  1. Determine the response rate and duration of response to mitomycin, vinorelbine, and cisplatin plus tretinoin in patients with stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer.
  2. Determine the toxicity of this treatment regimen in these patients.
  3. Determine survival of these patients with this treatment regimen.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically confirmed stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer


  • Measurable disease


  • No brain metastases


Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy with clearly progressive disease
  • Concurrent palliative radiotherapy allowed if no evidence of disease progression

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Patient Characteristics:

Age:

  • Over 18

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute granulocyte count greater than 2,000/mm3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST and ALT less than 2.5 times ULN (unless attributed to liver metastases)

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

    AND/OR

  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No myocardial infarction within past 6 months
  • No congestive heart failure
  • No uncontrolled arrhythmia

Other:

  • No other concurrent or prior malignancy within past 5 years except localized basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • HIV negative

Expected Enrollment

At total of 15-46 patients will be accrued for this study.

Outline

Patients receive tretinoin orally twice daily for 4 days starting days 1 and 8; cisplatin IV over 2 hours and vinorelbine IV on days 1 and 8; and mitomycin IV (courses 1 and 3) on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed for survival.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

R. Nandan M.D. Incorporated

Raghu Nandan, MD, Protocol chair
Ph: 562-272-7630
Email: traghu9@hotmail.com

Registry Information
Official Title Trans Retinoic Acid (Vesanoid) with Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Trial Start Date 1998-09-01
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00005825
Date Submitted to PDQ 2000-03-29
Information Last Verified 2003-07-23

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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