Carboplatin and Paclitaxel With or Without Vorinostat in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Vorinostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether giving carboplatin and paclitaxel together is more effective with or without vorinostat in treating non-small cell lung cancer.
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Checked against the public recordLast updated Nov 12, 2024 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
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Interventional
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Study sponsor
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Interventions being studied
- Drug: Carboplatin; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Drug: Paclitaxel; Other: Placebo Administration; Drug: Vorinostat
How this study is categorized
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Who may be able to participate
The sponsor separates these requirements into two groups. You do not need to interpret them alone—use them to guide a conversation with the study team.
- Patients must have histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer
- No prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic disease
- ECOG performance status 0 or 1
- Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as \>= 20 mm with conventional techniques or as \>= 10 mm with spiral CT scan
- Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
- Leukocytes \>= 3,000/mcL
- Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets \>= 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
- AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) =\< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance \>= 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
- Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy in a metastatic setting
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
- Patients with untreated brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial; however, patients who have stable brain disease (should be off corticosteroids) at least 3 weeks after completion of appropriate therapy are eligible
- Patients who have received any prior HDAC inhibitor (except valproic acid for seizure control provided that the valproic acid has been stopped at least 30 days before beginning therapy on this protocol) are excluded from this study
- Peripheral neuropathy of severity greater than grade 1
- Known history of allergic reactions to paclitaxel
- Prior therapy with paclitaxel
- Inability to take oral medications on a continuous basis; patients unable to swallow the vorinostat capsules whole are ineligible (the capsules cannot be crushed or broken)
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with vorinostat; women of childbearing potential must use an appropriate double barrier method of birth control (such as female use of a diaphragm, intrauterine device \[IUD\], sponge and spermicide, in addition to the male use of a condom) or a prescribed birth control implant or practice abstinence; both double barrier contraception and implants must be used for at least one week prior to the start of the research study and continue for at least two weeks following the last study visit; please note that birth control pills should not be used while on this study as they may have a negative interaction with the experimental drug in this study
- HIV-positive patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterDuarte, California
- USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer CenterLos Angeles, California
- University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer CenterSacramento, California
- Moffitt Cancer CenterTampa, Florida
- Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer InstituteAtlanta, Georgia
- Illinois CancerCare-PeoriaPeoria, Illinois
- Southern Illinois University School of MedicineSpringfield, Illinois
- Mercy Hospital Saint LouisSt Louis, Missouri
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterChapel Hill, North Carolina
- Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer CenterNashville, Tennessee
Source and freshness
Processed from ClinicalTrials.gov. Last public update: Nov 12, 2024. Always confirm current availability with the study team.