Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

RATIONALE: Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as irinotecan and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. Giving imatinib mesylate after irinotecan and cisplatin may keep the tumor from coming back. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving imatinib mesylate after irinotecan and cisplatin works in treating patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

This phase II trial is studying how well AZD2171 works in treating patients with recurrent small cell lung cancer. AZD2171 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.

This is a Phase III, multicenter, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized study. Approximately 650 patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of two treatment arms.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether radiotherapy with carboplatin will result in longer survival than radiotherapy alone in elderly patients with unresectable stage III NSCLC.

The purpose of this trial is to investigate the efficacy of cetuximab in combination with chemotherapy in comparison to chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer who did not received prior chemotherapy. Overall survival will be taken as primary measure of efficacy.

To evaluate whether two weekly concurrent chemoradiotherapy regimens offer any advantage over concurrent chemoradiotherapy regimens with Cisplatin, Vindesine, Mitomycin for unresectable stage III NSCLC.

A randomized phase III trial of platinum-based chemotherapy alone versus platinum-based chemotherapy followed by maintenance therapy with gefitinib in patients with stage IIIB/IV NSCLC.

This phase II trial is studying how well suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid works in treating patients with stage IIIB, stage IV, or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of decitabine in treating patients who have unresectable lung or esophageal cancer or malignant mesothelioma of the pleura.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Heating paclitaxel to several degrees above body temperature and infusing it to the affected area around the tumor may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of paclitaxel given by hyperthermic perfusion in treating patients with lung cancer or lung metastases that cannot be removed by surgery.