Carboplatin Plus Gemcitabine for Elderly Patients With Stage IV NSCLC
A Phase I/II Trial of the Carboplatin/Gemcitabine Combination as First Line Treatment for Elderly Patients With Stage IV NSCLC.
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Brief Summary
The investigators propose to study the safety and efficacy of the combination of Carboplatin plus Gemcitabine in a Phase I/II trial of elderly subjects with non-small cell lung cancer.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_1
Started Feb 2011
Typical duration for phase_1
5 active sites
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 21, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 26, 2014
CompletedMay 15, 2015
May 1, 2015
3.2 years
June 21, 2014
May 14, 2015
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Overall Response Rate
Disease evaluation at Week 8
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Disease control rate
Disease evaluation at Week 8
Progression Free Survival
1 year
Overall Survival
1 year
Safety Profile
Every two weeks up to 12 weeks
Study Arms (1)
Carbo/GEM
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age ≥70 years old
- Cytologically or histologically documented NSCLC
- Measurable disease according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (at least one measurable lesion)
- World Health Organisation (WHO) performance status 0-2
- Non-frail patients according to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Previously treated NSCLC (or patients for whom the combination is considered adequate treatment) (for phase I part)
- No prior chemotherapy (for phase II part)
- Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
- Serum bilirubin less than 1.5 times the upper normal limit
- Aspartate Aminotransferase and Alanine Aminotransferase less than 2.5 times the upper normal limit in the absence of demonstrable liver metastases, or less than 5 times the upper normal limit in the presence of liver metastases
- Serum creatinine less than 1.5 times the upper normal limit and Creatinine Clearance \>60 ml/min
- Neutrophil count more than 1.5x 109 /L
- Platelet count more than 100x 109 /L
- Before patient enrollment, written informed consent must be given according to Good Clinical Practice guidelines and national/local regulations.
You may not qualify if:
- Hemoptysis
- Central nervous system metastases
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease
- Medically uncontrolled hypertension
- Other co-existing malignancies or malignancies diagnosed within the last 5 years (with the exception of basal cell carcinoma or cervical cancer in situ)
- Any evidence of severe uncontrolled concomitant disease (in the opinion of the investigator)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (5)
University Hospital of Crete, Dep of Medical Oncology Heraklion, Greece
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
"Laikon" General Hospital, Medical Oncology Unit, Propedeutic Dep of Internal Medicine
Athens, Greece
401 Military Hospital of Athens
Athens, Greece
Air Forces Military Hospital of Athens Athens, Greece
Athens, Greece
Medical Oncology Unit NIMTS (Veterans Hospital)
Athens, Greece
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Lambros Vamvakas, MD
University Hospital of Herklion
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Athanasios Karambeazis, MD
Medical Oncology Unit NIMTS (Veterans Hospital)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 21, 2014
First Posted
June 26, 2014
Study Start
February 1, 2011
Primary Completion
April 1, 2014
Study Completion
April 1, 2014
Last Updated
May 15, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-05