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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00005868
Date of registration: 02/06/2000
Primary sponsor: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Public title: Docetaxel and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Untreated Stage IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Scientific title: Taxotere and Cisplatin as Induction Chemotherapy in Patients With Stage IIIa N2 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Date of first enrolment: March 2000
Target sample size: 47
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00005868
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Germany Italy Netherlands Poland United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:   Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Free University Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically or cytologically confirmed stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) (T1-3, N2, M0)

- Unresectable metastasis to ipsilateral mediastinal and/or subcarinal lymph nodes

- Measurable disease

- Must be at least 20 mm in one dimension by conventional techniques or at least
10 mm by spiral CT scan

- No distant metastases

- No CNS involvement

- No pleural or pericardial effusion

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

- Over 18

Performance status:

- WHO 0-2

Life expectancy:

- Not specified

Hematopoietic:

- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3

- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

- Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN)

- AST/ALT no greater than 1.5 times ULN

- Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN

Renal:

- Creatinine no greater than 1.25 ULN

- Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

- No superior vena cava syndrome

- No uncontrolled congestive heart failure or angina

- No myocardial infarction within past year

- No uncontrolled hypertension or arrhythmia

Other:

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception

- No concurrent active infection requiring IV antibiotic therapy

- No other prior malignancy in past 5 years except carcinoma in situ of the cervix or
adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, excluding melanoma, breast cancer, and
hypernephroma

- No concurrent illness or medical condition which is a contraindication for
corticosteroid therapy (e.g., active ulcer, unstable diabetes mellitus)

- No motor or sensory neurotoxicity of grade 2 or greater

- No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would
preclude study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

- No concurrent immunotherapy

Chemotherapy:

- No prior chemotherapy for NSCLC

- No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

- No concurrent hormonal therapy

Radiotherapy:

- No prior radiotherapy for NSCLC

- No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

- No prior surgery for NSCLC

Other:

- At least 1 month since prior investigational agents

- No other concurrent experimental medications



Age minimum: 19 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lung Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: cisplatin
Drug: docetaxel
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
EORTC-08984
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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