Methylprednisolone After Split-course Chemoradiotherapy For Bulky Local Advanced None-small Cell Lung Cancer
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer focused on measuring methylprednisolone, Split-course Chemoradiotherapy, Radiation-induced Pulmonary Injury
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pathologic confirmation of NSCLC.
Patients have measurable or evaluable lesions based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria.
- Unresectable phase IIIA(N2) and IIIB lung cancer confirmed by PET/CT, CT or MRI.
- Whole lung V20>=35% when giving 60Gy which is the minimum dose of radical irradiation.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1.
- Previously treated with chemotherapy or treatment-naive
- No previous chest radiotherapy, immunotherapy or biotherapy
- Hemoglobin≥10 mg/dL, platelet≥100000/μL,absolute neutrophil count ≥1500/μL
- Serum creatinine ≤1.25 times the upper normal limit(UNL), or creatinine clearance≥60 ml/min
- Bilirubin ≤1.5 times UNL, AST(SGOT)≤2.5 times UNL ,ALT(SGPT)≤2.5 times UNL,alkaline phosphatase ≤5 times UNL
- FEV1 >0.8 L
- CB6 within normal limits
- patients and their family signed the informed consents
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous or recent another malignancy, except nonmelanoma skin cancer or cervical cancer in situ
- Contraindication for chemotherapy
- Malignant pleural or pericardial effusion.
- Women in pregnancy, lactation period, or no pregnancy test 14 days before the first dose
- Women who has the probability of pregnancy without contraception
- Tendency of hemorrhage
- In other clinical trials within 30 days
- Addicted in drugs or alcohol, AIDS patients
- Uncontrollable seizure or psychotic patients without self-control ability
- Severe allergy or idiosyncrasy
- Not suitable for this study judged by researchers
Sites / Locations
- Sun yat-sen University Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Methylprednisolone
Observation
Patients were treated with methylprednisolone after the first course of chest radiation and concurrent chemotherapy, once a day, 32 milligram (mg) for 7 days, 24 mg for the next 7 days, then 16mg for 7 days, and 8 mg for the last 7 days.
Observation after the first course of chest radiation, methylprednisolone can only be used for therapeutic purpose in the presence of grade≥2 radiation induced lung injury(NCI-CTC4.0).