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
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:45 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:45 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01656551
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosis of cytologically or histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer.
* Non squamous tumor type (including those with a non-specified tumor type).
* Metastatic (stage IV, both M1A or M1B) or locally advanced (stage IIIB, with metastasis to supraclavicular nodes) according to TNM VII edition.
* Both patients at first diagnosis or those with disease recurrence after former surgery are eligible.
* At least one target or non-target lesion according to RECIST revised version 1.1.
* Male or female \> or = 70 years of age.
* ECOG PS 0 or 1.
* Life expectancy \> 3 months.
* Neutrophils \> or = 1500 mm3, platelets \> or = 100000 mm3, and haemoglobin \> or = 9 g/dL.
* Bilirubin level either normal or \< 1.5 x ULN.
* AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) \< or = 2.5 x ULN (\< or = 5 x ULN if liver metastasis are present).
* Serum creatinine \< 1.5 x ULN.
* Signed written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Prior chemotherapy or therapy with systemic anti-neoplastic therapy for advanced disease. Prior surgery and/or localised irradiation is permitted. Prior adjuvant chemotherapy is permitted if it did not contain gemcitabine and pemetrexed and if at least 6 months elapsed from the end of adjuvant chemotherapy.
* Any unstable systemic disease (including active infections, significant cardiovascular disease or myocardial infarction within the previous year, any significant hepatic, renal or metabolic disease), metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding that contraindicates the use of study medications or render the patient at high risk from treatment complications.
* Any other malignancies within 5 years (except for adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal or squamous cell skin cancer or surgically resected prostate cancer with normal PSA).
* Patients with symptomatic brain metastasis or spinal cord compression that has not yet been treated with surgery and/or radiation; patients with CNS metastases or spinal cord compression previously treated with surgery and/or radiation are eligible if they are asymptomatic and do not require steroids (anti-seizure medications are allowed).
* Known or suspected hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
70 Years
Study:
NCT01656551
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01656551