Thoracoscopy in Patients With Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lung Cancer focused on measuring stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Histologic Documentation: All patients must have histologic documentation of Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer on the basis of involved N2 nodes from a documented mediastinoscopy performed prior to induction therapy. Previously treated relapsed patients are not eligible. Prior Treatment: greater than or equal to 2 cycles of chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy (greater than or equal to 40 Gy) or radiotherapy alone (greater than or equal to 40 Gy) must be completed within 60 days of registration. No distant metastatic disease or local disease progression. Patients with responding or stable local disease are eligible. Those with local disease progression defined as a 25% increase in local tumor size or the appearance of new areas of malignant disease are ineligible. No previous intrapleural surgery on the ipsilateral side. ECOG Performance Status: 0-2
Sites / Locations
- Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
- Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Diego
- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Lombardi Cancer Center
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Washington, DC
- Broward General Medical Center
- Memorial Regional Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Florida Hospital Cancer Institute
- Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Institute at Good Samaritan Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
- West Suburban Center for Cancer Care
- Saint Anthony Medical Center
- Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Incorporated
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Baptist Hospital East - Louisville
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Baltimore
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center - University Campus
- Lakeland Medical Center - St. Joseph
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Las Vegas
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Cooper University Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
- Elmhurst Hospital Center
- Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- North Shore University Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Asheville
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- NorthEast Oncology Associates
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cape Fear Valley Health System
- Lenoir Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
- New Hanover Regional Medical Center
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Fargo
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- Lifespan: The Miriam Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dallas
- Vermont Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
- Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Virginia Oncology Associates - Norfolk
- MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
- Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia, Inc.
- St. Mary's Medical Center
- Ministry Medical Group - Northern Region
- University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
video-thorascopy + surgery
Patients will undergo ipsilateral video-thorascopic evaluation. Patients may undergo surgery at the discretion of the surgeon and treating physicians.