Irofulven in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lung Cancer focused on measuring recurrent non-small cell lung cancer, squamous cell lung cancer, large cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma of the lung, bronchoalveolar cell lung cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven recurrent or refractory non-small cell lung cancer Squamous cell Adenocarcinoma (including bronchoalveolar cell) Large cell anaplastic (giant and clear cell carcinomas) Measurable disease (not bone disease only, pleural or pericardial effusions, or irradiated lesions, unless progression is documented after radiotherapy) No CNS metastases PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater 1.5 mg/dL SGOT no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Renal: Creatinine no greater than ULN Cardiovascular: No active cardiac disease No unstable angina No myocardial infarction within 6 months No congestive heart failure No inability to tolerate hypotension Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception HIV negative No uncontrolled diabetes mellitus No psychiatric disorders No concurrent secondary malignancies except nonmelanomatous skin cancer or patients with less than a 30% risk of relapse PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks since mitomycin) At least 1 prior chemotherapy agent or combination, including adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy for non-small cell lung cancer No more than 1 prior chemotherapy agent or combination for metastatic or recurrent disease No prior HMAF No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent hormonal therapy except for nondisease related conditions Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy No concurrent palliative radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
- University of California San Diego Cancer Center
- UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus
- Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Omaha
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- North Shore University Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
- Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis
- University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond
- MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
HMAF
treatment of refractory or relapsed NSCLC with HMAF