Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ？

In 2010, more than 35,000 people died in the United Kingdom from lung cancer, the majority from non-small cell cancer (NSCLC). Chemotherapy is one of the main treatments for patients with NSCLC but those treated will still only live for an average of 9 or 10 months after diagnosis. The purpose of this clinical trial is to find out whether or not giving a drug called Olaparib following chemotherapy will benefit patients with NSCLC who have responded to initial chemotherapy treatment by prolonging the time before the tumour regrows. Olaparib is a new, oral drug developed by AstraZeneca which may help to slow down cancer growth. The rationale for this clinical trial is that chemotherapy damages tumour cell DNA and NSCLC tumours that respond to chemotherapy are less able to repair this damage. This can be exploited by using Olaparib as it blocks an enzyme called Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) which is essential for DNA repair. This will prevent DNA repair and cause cancer cell death by a mechanism known as synthetic lethality. Synthetic lethality arises when a combination of mutation in two or more genes leads to cell death. Up to 300 patients who are to receive standard chemotherapy treatment will be initially registered into the trial. Of these patients, 114 patients who have responded to chemotherapy will be randomly allocated to receive either Olaparib or an inactive dummy pill or placebo by mouth. The trial will assess whether Olaparib delays disease progression following standard chemotherapy treatment in patients. It will also show whether the side effects of adding Olaparib following standard treatment are acceptable.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy plus intercalated EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) combination therapy with TKI alone therapy as first-line treatment for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: Patients with untreated, stage IIIB/IV, EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC will be randomly assigned to combination therapy group (receiving four cycles of docetaxel or pemetrexed (on day 1) plus platinum (on day 1) with intercalated TKI (gefitinib, erlotinib or Icotinib, on day 2-15) every 3 weeks) or TKI alone therapy (gefitinib, erlotinib or Icotinib, daily). All patients were continued to receive TKI until progression or unacceptable to toxicity or death. The primary endpoint was progression-free survivial (PFS). Expected results: PFS of combination therapy group will be prolonged to nineteen months while PFS of TKI alone therapy group is ten months. Overall survival (OS) of combination therapy group will be prolonged to 36 months while OS of TKI alone therapy group is 26 months. Hypothesis: Platinum-based chemotherapy plus intercalated TKI combination therapy as first-line treatment will prolong PFS and OS for patients with NSCLC.

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.