Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-25 @ 3:28 AM
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2025-12-25 @ 3:28 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00547105
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Stereotactic body radiation therapy may be able to send x-rays directly to the tumor and cause less damage to normal tissue. Giving erlotinib together with stereotactic body radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving erlotinib together with stereotactic body radiation therapy works in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
* To evaluate the effect of erlotinib and stereotactic body radiotherapy on 6-month progression-free survival of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
Secondary
* To describe the actuarial rate of in-field local control and out-of-field disease progression in patients treated with this regimen.
* To evaluate the safety of this regimen in these patients.
* To evaluate overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
* To evaluate the duration of erlotinib usage and time to initiation of third-line systemic therapy (chemotherapy or biologic agent) in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients receive oral erlotinib hydrochloride once daily in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning 1-4 weeks after the initiation of erlotinib hydrochloride, patients undergo stereotactic body radiotherapy.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months.
Study:
NCT00547105
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00547105