Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung"

Foretinib (GSK1363089) is an investigational, oral, multikinase inhibitor involved in invasion, migration, and angiogenesis. This is a phase II, open label, uncontrolled, parallel, multi-cohort, multicenter 2-stage study to assess the safety and efficacy of foretinib and erlotinib combination therapy and foretinib monotherapy in genomic subpopulations of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) subjects.

This study will enroll patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-EGFR mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) lung cancer after failure of at least one but no more than two prior approved treatment regimens. Patients will be randomized to receive one of two doses of vaccine or placebo to be dosed twice weekly for 18 weeks (36 doses total) and patients will also receive erlotinib 150mg taken orally once daily for the duration of the trial. The study will examine the immune effects, safety and efficacy of two different doses of HS110 vaccine in combination with erlotinib versus erlotinib alone.

The purpose of the trial is to determine the rate of improvement in objective tumor response, following the addition of ranpirnase to ongoing pemetrexed-carboplatin chemotherapy, for patients with SD or PR following 2 cycles of doublet chemotherapy.

This is a multi-center Phase 1 b study designed to expand the patient safety using 99mTc-EC-DG with SPECT/CT imaging and to expand the patient radiation dosimetry and pharmacokinetic database using 99mTc-EC-DG in patients who have non-incisional biopsy definitive evidence of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer as compared to 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Sunitinib 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. Giving paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation together with sunitinib may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation together with sunitinib works as first-line therapy in treating patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as positron emission tomography, using the drug fluorine F18-EF5 to find oxygen and fludeoxyglucose F18 to find sugar in tumor cells may help in planning treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

To determine the safety and efficacy of administering filgrastim with concurrent chemoradiotherapy and the potential benefit of administering pegfilgrastim with consolidation chemotherapy in patients with unresectable locally advanced NSCLC patients.

Patients will receive injections of GSK 249553 vaccine . Appropriate tests will be performed to assess the safety of the treatment and its ability to induce an immune response.

The study is designed for patients with non small cell lung cancer whose cancer is too advanced and therefore cannot be operated with the goal of completely removing the cancer. At this stage of the disease, most patients cannot be cured from the disease, however, treatment can help to live longer and better by keeping the cancer under control. For that purpose, patients traditionally receive radiation therapy or chemotherapy or both treatments in succession. Recently, the administration of both treatment methods given concurrently showed somewhat better results when compared to successive administration. In some studies the drug Taxotere together with radiation performed well in keeping the cancer better under control. Combination of the drug Taxotere together with a compound called 5-FU either as continuous infusion or in its oral form of a pill called "Xeloda" enhanced its anti cancer activity substantially. One goal of this study is to investigate how much of the combination can be given in conjunction with chest radiation. Using X-rays, the study will also evaluate how much shrinkage of the cancer is caused by this treatment directly at the tumor site and other areas where the cancer may have also spread. In this study the radiation will be given on only one day per week in two sessions, rather than divided over five days per week (Monday through Friday) as it is more commonly used. However, both schedules have been found to be equally effective. The treatment program will use increasing doses of the 5-FU medication, either as infusion or as pill to find the highest dose that is tolerated. Once the highest tolerated dose is determined, subsequent patients who will be enrolled will continue to be treated at that dose level. The dose of the drug Taxotere will remain the same throughout. Hypothesis: Our previous research suggests that the combination of Taxotere and 5-FU given together with weekly chest radiation will provide a more convenient form of treatment than the conventional approach and also be at least similar in its efficacy.

The majority of lung cancer patients have a tumor-derived genetic alteration in circulating plasma DNA that could be exploited as a diagnostic tool. The aim of this study is to evaluate if plasma DNA can be used as a valuable non invasive test to monitor disease progression without assessing the tumor.