Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Tirapazamine in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV 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, stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV non-small cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma of the lung
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven newly diagnosed advanced primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including the following cellular types: Adenocarcinoma Large cell carcinoma Squamous cell carcinoma Unspecified carcinoma OR Recurrent disease after prior surgery and/or radiotherapy Stage IIIB disease T4 lesion due to malignant pleural effusion OR Stage IV disease Any T, any N, M1 (distant metastasis, including lesions in multiple lobes of the ipsilateral lung) Measurable or evaluable disease Pleural effusions, ascites, and laboratory parameters not considered as only evidence of disease Must be outside prior radiated field or area of prior surgical resection or new lesion must be present No known brain metastases PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Zubrod 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 Hemoglobin at least 9 g/dL Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2 times ULN Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than ULN Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No peripheral neuropathy (motor or sensory) of grade 2 or greater No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or stage I/II cancer in complete remission PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior biologic therapy for NSCLC Chemotherapy: No prior systemic chemotherapy for NSCLC Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics At least 2 weeks since prior thoracic or other major surgery and recovered
Sites / Locations
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
- CCOP - Greater Phoenix
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson
- Arizona Cancer Center
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)
- Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of California Davis Cancer Center
- UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- David Grant Medical Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
- CCOP - Atlanta Regional
- Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
- MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Hematology Oncology Associates of the Quad Cities
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- CCOP - Wichita
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport
- Boston Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit
- Henry Ford Hospital
- Providence Hospital - Southfield
- CCOP - Duluth
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson
- Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City
- CCOP - Kansas City
- St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
- CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque
- MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati
- Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbus
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
- CCOP - Dayton
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City
- Oregon Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland
- CCOP - Columbia River Program
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston
- Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Greenville
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
- CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
- CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
- Swedish Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
- CCOP - Northwest
- Madigan Army Medical Center