Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


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NCT ID: NCT00408460
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * Histologic or cytologic diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer * At least one site of measurable disease, as defined by the modified RECIST criteria * Stage IIIB with pleural effusion or Stage IV disease; includes patients who received surgery alone for early stage disease, now in relapse with advanced disease; staging is according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer classification scheme, 6th edition * Total bilirubin \< 1.25 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Baseline absolute neutrophil count \>= 1500/uL * Baseline platelet count \>= 100,000/uL * ECOG Performance Status 0, 1 or 2 at the time of informed consent * Written, voluntary consent * Patients with reproductive potential must use an acceptable contraceptive method, such methods include: 1) Male hormonal contraception; 2) Partner without reproductive potential, including post-menopausal status or history of tubal ligation; 3) Partner with intrauterine device (IUD) or contraceptive vaginal ring; 4) Partner takes oral contraceptive pill, wears contraceptive patch, or has contraceptive implant; 5) Routine use of barrier method, such as condoms or diaphragm, during sexual intercourse * AST and ALT =\< 2.5 x ULN * Creatinine =\< 1.5 x ULN Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled brain metastasis; patients with known brain metastasis must have completed treatment with surgery, radiation or both; in addition, they must be off corticosteroids * Symptomatic neuropathy (Grade 2 or higher) * Prior chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (Prior adjuvant, neoadjuvant, or chemoradiotherapy for NSCLC is permitted, provided at least 6 months elapsed prior to documented metastatic recurrence) * Patient is \< 5 years free of another primary malignancy, except: a) if the other malignancy is basal cell carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ or b) if the other primary malignancy is not considered clinically significant and is requiring no active intervention * Prior radiation therapy to \> 25% of bone marrow * Grade III/IV congestive heart failure, as defined by NYHA criteria, or myocardial infarction within 6 months * Any serious or uncontrolled concomitant disorder that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the patient's ability to complete the study * Patient has known chronic liver disease, e.g., diagnosis of chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis * Major surgery two weeks prior to study treatment * Patient with any significant history of non-compliance to medical regimens or with inability to grant reliable informed consent * Any condition requiring continuous administration of systemic corticosteroids * The patient is on therapeutic anti-coagulation with warfarin * The administration of any other anticancer agents including chemotherapy and biologic agents is NOT permitted * The use of other concurrent investigational drugs is not allowed * Participants in this study must avoid grapefruit juice or other grapefruit-containing products for the duration of treatment with imatinib
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 70 Years
Study: NCT00408460
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT00408460