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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2025-12-24 @ 2:59 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 2:59 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00953459
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: Sunitinib malate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well sunitinib malate works in treating patients with small cell lung cancer.
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
* To assess the therapeutic activity of sunitinib malate in patients with either chemonaïve extensive stage or sensitive relapsed small cell lung cancer.
Secondary
* To characterize the safety of sunitinib malate in these patients.
Tertiary
* To determine the potential of FDG-PET-scan to serve as a surrogate marker of response for the antiangiogenic activity of the compound.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease stage (chemonaïve extensive stage vs sensitive relapse at least 3 months after stopping chemotherapy).
Patients receive oral sunitinib malate once daily for up to 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography of the chest at week 4. Blood samples and bronchial washings and brushings may be collected at baseline and at 4 and 8 weeks after start of therapy for further analysis.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months.
Study:
NCT00953459
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00953459