Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

Albumin-bound paclitaxel plus carboplatin regimen in advanced NSCLC especially in lung squamous cell carcinoma has a better tumor response rate and safety, therefore.The main purpose of this study is to observe the safety and efficacy of albumin-bound paclitaxel / carboplatin in the treatment of lung squamous cell carcinoma of stage IIB and IIIA.

At present, there is no standard second-line treatment of refractory and relapsed SCLC, topotecan, gemcitabine, paclitaxel, irinotecan and drugs such as cyclophosphamide second-line treatment of small cell lung cancer currently being explored, Anthracycline antibiotics is a cell cycle non-specific anticancer drugs could inhibit the synthesis of DNA, DNA and dependent RNA, its wide antitumor spectrum, widely used in malignant hematologic diseases and lung cancer and other solid tumors. Jacot W, et al evaluated epirubicin combined with ifosfamide (EI) for treatment of refractory and recurrent SCLC in 70 cases, the objective response rate (ORR) reached 21.4%, including 1 cases of complete remission, 10% other patients obtained stable disease (SD), all the patients had a median survival of 3.9 months, most (71%) patients with neutropenia, platelet count and anemia are also common, showed that EI treatment of refractory and relapsed SCLC is effectively controlled, toxicity. In view of epirubicin combined with ifosfamide (EI) scheme is effective and safety in the treatment of refractory and relapsed SCLC, the investigators will use liposomal doxorubicin plus ifosfamide second-line treatment of refractory and relapsed small cell lung cancer, may obtain better tumor remission rate, improve the prognosis of the patients.

The investigators hypothesized that the Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy was a beneficial treatment for Patients with Stage IIIA-N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, so we try to evaluate the security of treatment, the QoL of patients and the influence to the PFS and OS.

we plan to conduct this trial to find out： If acpuncture treatment could relieve CRF among lung cancer patients receiving chemo- or radio-therapy？ How about the extent it relieves？the safety and applicability ？ What's the possible influential factor and mechanism ？

This study is a multicenter, randomized, open-label Phase II trial that compares reduced dose erlotinib 100mg daily and standard dose gefitinib 250mg daily in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who harbor EGFR mutations. The primary endpoint is disease control rate (DCR) and the key secondary endpoint is progression free survival (PFS). A total of 224 eligible patients will be randomized to receive either erlotinib 100mg daily or gefitinib 250mg daily in a 1:1 ratio until patients experience disease progression. Independent assessment of the major endpoints will be completed in a treatment-blinded manner. Randomization will be stratified based on treatment-lines (first-line vs. maintenance vs. second-line therapy). Tumor response and progression will be assessed according to RECIST 1.1.

As cytotoxic agents, DTX and PTX have a narrow therapeutic window. BSA dosing leads to great inter-individual PK variability, which is a major contributor for severe toxicity, especially in East-Asian populations. DTX exposures measured by area under plasma concentration-time curve (AUC), PTX exposures measured by the time above a plasma concentration of 0.05 µmol/L (TC>0.05), are the most biologic effects associated PK parameters for DTX and PTX, respectively, which could positively predict related toxicities such as neutropenia, peripheral neuropathy, etc. So, we conducted a randomized clinical trial to compare the effect on related toxicities and efficacy of PK-guided dosing strategy and BSA dosing strategy.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Endostar with Gemcitabine-Carboplatin are more effective than Gemcitabine-Carboplatin alone in the treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC),and about Endostar ,Compared with intravenous, Continued vein-pumping maby is a more effective way.

The purpose of this study is to facilitate application of the known biomarkers to patients presenting today, and to establish a collection of biospecimens that will be useful for discovering and validating new biomarkers for future use.

Lung cancer has been the leading cancer worldwide, which can be divided into small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on biology, therapy, and prognosis. NSCLC accounts for more than 85% of all lung cancer cases and has a poor prognosis with only 15% of all lung cancer patients alive 5 years or more after diagnosis. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) originated from Chinese philosophy is a different medical system from conventional western medicine. It focuses on health maintenance and emphasizes on harmonizing the imbalance of body. Current studies show that TCM has the advantages of increasing the sensitivity of chemo- and radio-therapeutics, reducing the side effects and chemo- and radio-therapeutics associated complications, improving patients' quality of life and survival time. However, how TCM can work with conventional medicine for the treatment of carcinoma is still an important research topic worldwide. Syndrome, the essential concept in TCM theory, is a diagnostic conclusion of the pathological changes at a certain stage of a disease, including the location, cause, and nature as well as the trend of development. This study aims to investigate the distribution of TCM syndromes, the changing pattern among NSCLC patients before and after having surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and the correlations with patient quality of life and progression free survival. The results are important for establishing guidelines for TCM practice and research in future.

Gemcitabine, docetaxel, CPT-11 and cisplatin are effective in 1st line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Platinum-based doublets including gemcitabine, docetaxel or CPT-11 are standard 1st regimens. BRCA1 and RRM1 expression levels are reported to be associated with sensitivity of the tumor cells to cytotoxic agents. Some Phase II or III trials did prove feasibility of customized chemotherapy based upon expression levels of one or two biomarkers in the NSCLC patients. The investigators think customized chemotherapy may further improve efficacy of chemotherapy in advanced NSCLC. But there is no randomised trial to compare efficacy of standard chemotherapy with individualized chemotherapy in this setting. So, the investigators plan to initiate this phase II trial to compare efficacy between standard chemotherapy of gemcitabine/cisplatin versus customized chemotherapy in chemonaive NSCLC patients.