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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00440414
Date of registration: 26/02/2007
Primary sponsor: Hellenic Oncology Research Group
Public title: Trial of Pemetrexed Versus Erlotinib in Pretreated Patients With Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Scientific title: A Multicenter Randomized Phase III Study of Pemetrexed Versus Erlotinib in Patients With Pretreated Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Date of first enrolment: April 2006
Target sample size: 320
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00440414
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name:   Athanasios Karampeazis, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Crete
Name:   Lampros Vamvakas, MD
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Crete
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically- or cytologically- confirmed Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer adenocarcinoma

- Stage IIIB/IV

- Failure to prior chemotherapy

- Presence of two-dimensional measurable disease. The measurable disease should not
have been irradiated

- Absence or irradiated and stable central nervous system metastatic disease.

- Life expectancy of more than 3 months

- Tissue sample desired for genomic study

- Age = 18 years

- Performance status (WHO) < 3

- For patients > 65 years old: "non-frail" according to comprehensive geriatric
assessment

- Adequate bone marrow function (absolute neutrophil count > 1000/mm^3, platelet count
> 100000/mm^3, hemoglobin > 9gr/mm^3)

- Adequate liver (bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal and SGOT/SGPT < 2 times
upper limit of normal) and renal function (creatinine < 2mg/dl)

- Presence of a reliable care giver for patients > 65 years old

- Informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance

- Other concurrent uncontrolled illness

- Other invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Erlotinib (Tarceva)
Drug: Pemetrexed (Alimta)
Primary Outcome(s)
Time to Tumor Progression [Time Frame: 1 year TTP]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Overall response rate [Time Frame: Objective responses confirmed by CT or MRI (on 3rd and 6th cycle)]
Overall survival between the two treatment arms [Time Frame: 1 year OS]
Quality of life assessment [Time Frame: Assessment every two cycles]
Toxicity profile between the two treatment arms [Time Frame: Toxicity assessment on each chemotherapy cycles]
Secondary ID(s)
CT/06.05
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University Hospital of Crete
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