Status:

TERMINATED

Topotecan in Treating Patients With Recurrent Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Lung Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as topotecan, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well high-...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the overall survival of patients with recurrent extensive stage small cell lung cancer treated with high-dose topotecan hydrochloride. Secondary * Determine the saf...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
  • Recurrent extensive stage disease
  • No mixed histology
  • Measurable disease
  • At least 1 bidimensionally measurable, non-central nervous system (CNS), indicator lesion confirmed by CT scan or MRI
  • Sensitive disease
  • Responded to prior first-line therapy AND relapsed ≥ 60 days after response (90 days after initiation of first-line therapy)
  • Eligible for high-dose chemotherapy
  • No symptomatic brain metastases affecting performance status
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Performance status
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • At least 2 months
  • Hematopoietic
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
  • Hematocrit \> 35% (without transfusion)
  • Hepatic
  • Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 2 times normal\*
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2 times normal\*
  • Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
  • Albumin \> 2.5 g/dL
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen negative
  • No significant hepatic disease Note: \*≤ 5 times upper limit of normal if liver metastases are present
  • Renal
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min
  • Cardiovascular
  • No history of cardiac arrhythmias
  • No congestive heart failure
  • No ischemic heart disease
  • No stroke or other embolic disease requiring daily treatment that would preclude study participation
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study participation
  • HIV negative
  • No known seizure disorder
  • No active infection requiring systemic therapy within the past 2 weeks
  • No known hypersensitivity to topotecan hydrochloride
  • No medical or psychiatric condition that would preclude study participation
  • No other malignancy except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or stage A low-grade prostate cancer
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • More than 4 weeks since prior antineoplastic and/or myelosuppressive chemotherapy
  • No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen (except for adjuvant chemotherapy) for SCLC
  • No prior topotecan hydrochloride
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • More than 2 months since prior investigational agent
  • No other concurrent investigational agent

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    February 1 2006

    Estimated Enrollment :

    1 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00087048

    Start Date

    April 1 2004

    End Date

    February 1 2006

    Last Update

    March 22 2016

    Active Locations (2)

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    Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202

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    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-5065