Surgery With or Without Internal Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lung Cancer focused on measuring stage I non-small cell lung cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: PART I: PRE-OPERATIVE CRITERIA (PRE-REGISTRATION/RANDOMIZATION) Patients must have a suspicious lung nodule for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Patient must have a mass =< 3 cm maximum diameter by computed tomography (CT) size estimate: clinical stage Ia or selected Ib (i.e., with visceral pleural involvement) Patient must have a CT scan of the chest with upper abdomen within 60 days prior to date of pre-registration Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)/Zubrod performance status 0, 1, or 2 Patient must meet at least one major criteria or meet a minimum of two minor criteria as described below: Major criteria Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) =< 50% predicted Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) =< 50% predicted Minor criteria Age >= 75 FEV1 51-60% predicted DLCO 51-60% predicted Pulmonary hypertension (defined as a pulmonary artery systolic pressure greater than 40 mmHg) as estimated by echocardiography or right heart catheterization Poor left ventricular function (defined as an ejection fraction of 40% or less) Resting or exercise partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) =< 55 mm Hg or peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2) =< 88% Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) > 45 mm Hg Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC) Dyspnea Scale >= 3 Patient must not have had previous intra-thoracic radiation therapy Women of child-bearing potential must have negative serum or urine pregnancy test No prior invasive malignancy, unless disease-free for >= 5 years prior to pre-registration (exceptions: non-melanoma skin cancer, in-situ cancers) PART II: INTRA-OPERATIVE CRITERIA (REGISTRATION) Patient must have biopsy-proven NSCLC Patient must have all suspicious mediastinal lymph nodes (> 1 cm short-axis dimension on CT scan or positive on positron emission tomography [PET] scan) assessed by one of the following methods to confirm negative involvement with NSCLC (mediastinoscopy, endo-esophageal ultrasound guided needle aspiration, CT-guided, video-assisted thoracoscopic or open lymph node biopsy)
Sites / Locations
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
- University of California Davis Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Evanston Hospital
- Cancer Institute at St. John's Hospital
- Regional Cancer Center at Memorial Medical Center
- Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute
- Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center
- Boston University Cancer Research Center
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Saint Louis
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Valley Hospital - Ridgewood
- South Nassau Communities Hospital
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
- SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
- Presbyterian Cancer Center at Presbyterian Hospital
- Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
- Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University
- Jameson Memorial Hospital - North Campus
- Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
- Allegheny Cancer Center at Allegheny General Hospital
- UPMC Cancer Centers
- McGlinn Family Regional Cancer Center at Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Miriam Hospital
- U.T. Medical Center Cancer Institute
- Methodist Hospital
- Jon and Karen Huntsman Cancer Center at Intermountain Medical Center
- University of Virginia Cancer Center
- Floyd and Delores Jones Cancer Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Swedish Cancer Institute at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus
- University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center
- London Regional Cancer Program at London Health Sciences Centre
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm I
Arm II
Patients undergo open or thoracoscopic sublobar resection comprising either a wedge resection or anatomical segmentectomy.
Patients undergo surgery as in arm I. Patients also undergo intraoperative brachytherapy comprising an iodine I 125 implant at the resection margin.