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:
2025-12-26 @ 11:47 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-26 @ 11:47 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00006116
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining cisplatin with gemcitabine in treating patients who have stage IIIB or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the efficacy of the combination of cisplatin and gemcitabine in terms of response rate and progression free survival in patients with stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer. II. Evaluate this treatment regimen in terms of toxicity and quality of life in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and cisplatin IV over 1 hour every 2 weeks for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with no disease progression following 6 courses of therapy receive an additional 6 courses of therapy. Quality of life is assessed prior to each course and then every 3 months. Patients are followed every 3 months until death.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 37-83 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study:
NCT00006116
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00006116