Active clinical trials for "Small Cell Lung Carcinoma"

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as bendamustine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well bendamustine works as second- or third-line therapy in treating patients with relapsed or refractory small cell lung cancer.

The purpose of this research study is to test a tumor (cancer) vaccine given along with chemotherapy to determine if this vaccine will increase the chances of the tumor shrinking and/or the amount of time that people who have this disease will live.

The goal of this study is to determine the progression-free survival rate in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer who had achieved complete response, partial response, or stable disease with their previous platinum chemotherapy regimen, such as cisplatin or carboplatin in combination with etoposide or irinotecan. In addition, the safety and effectiveness of sunitinib will also be evaluated.

Combination of Hycamtin (topotecan) and Avastin (bevacizumab) could allow killing of both endothelial and neoplastic cells. We postulate that addition of bevacizumab to topotecan will increase delivery of topotecan to tumor cells and may enhance activity of topotecan in patients with previously treated small cell lung cancer and improve progression free survival.

The primary objectives of this Phase 1b/2 study were as follows: Phase 1b (Bolus and Infusion): To evaluate the safety and tolerability of carfilzomib in patients with relapsed solid tumors and in patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma and in patients with refractory lymphoma. Phase 2 (Bolus): To evaluate the overall response rate (ORR) after 4 cycles of carfilzomib in patients with relapsed solid tumors.

Background: The effect of existing treatment modalities of extensive disease small-cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC) is unsatisfactory. Progress of new strategies including more efficient therapy is wanted. Endostar® (Rh-endostatin Injection) may have anti-tumor activity by against vascular endothelial growth factor for initial treatment. This study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Endostar® combined with etoposide-carboplatin (EC) chemotherapy in patients with ED-SCLC seeking for more effective treatment.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how OSI-906 compares to Topotecan in trying to slow down the growth and/or progression of the tumors of participants with relapsed or recurrent Small Cell Lung Cancer. This study also plans to find out what effects, good or bad (side effects), OSI-906 has on participants and or Small Cell Lung Cancer. The study will also investigate if some proteins measured in the blood or tumor and some imaging features obtained from computed tomography (CT) scans can help predict whether OSI-906 or topotecan will be effective against Small Cell Lung Cancer.

RATIONALE: The general results of combining irinotecan and platin-based chemotherapies have been very encouraging. As the toxicity profile associated with carboplatin is preferable over cisplatin it is our expectation that patients and physicians would prefer to use this combination if it is equally or more efficacious. To date there has been no agreement regarding the optimal combination of these agents. Based on the trials described in the protocol and our experience with carboplatin/irinotecan in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer the present trial will utilize a 21-day cycle of irinotecan 50 mg/m2 given on days 1 and 8 and carboplatin AUC 5 (based on the Calvert formula) on day 1. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving irinotecan together with carboplatin works as first-line therapy in treating patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

As a single agent, paclitaxel has a response rate of 33% and 25-29% in SCLC patients with sensitive relapse and with resistant relapse, respectively. As a single agent, gemcitabine also has a response rate 16% and 6-13% in SCLC patients with sensitive relapse and with resistant relapse, respectively. Because of single-agent activity, different mechanism of action, non-overlapping toxicities, and beneficial pharmacologic interaction, paclitaxel and gemcitabine combinations are attractive for testing in clinical trials.

The Phase 1 portion of the study will evaluate the pharmacokinetic profile and safety of ABT-263 with the objective of defining the dose limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated dose. (This portion of the study is complete). The Phase 2a portion of the study will evaluate ABT-263 at the defined recommended Phase 2 dose to obtain additional safety information and a preliminary assessment of efficacy.