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
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 5:02 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 5:02 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00010218
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of karenitecin in treating patients who have relapsed or refractory non-small cell lung cancer
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES:
* Determine the response rate and duration of response in patients with relapsed or refractory non-small cell lung cancer treated with karenitecin as salvage chemotherapy.
* Determine the effect of prior response to chemotherapy on response to this drug in these patients.
* Determine survival and failure-free survival of patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the toxicity profile of this drug in these patients.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to response to prior chemotherapy (relapsed vs refractory).
Patients receive karenitecin IV over 60 minutes on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with responding disease after 6 courses may receive 2 additional courses beyond best response.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A minimum of 45 patients (25 for stratum I and 20 for stratum II) will be accrued for this study within 12 months.
Study:
NCT00010218
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00010218