MILES-3: Cisplatin in Combination With Gemcitabine for Elderly Patients With Lung Cancer
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the addition of cisplatin to first-line chemotherapy with gemcitabine in elderly patients with non small cell lung cancer in terms of overall survival.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 3 |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Active Comparator: gemcitabine
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Drug: Gemcitabine
1200 mg/m2 days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles
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Experimental: gemcitabine + cisplatin
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Drug: Gemcitabine
1000mg/m2 days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles
Drug: Cisplatin
60 mg/m2 day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- overall survival [one year]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- worst grade toxicity per patient [at end of each 3 week cycle of chemotherapy]
worst toxicity per patient according to Common Toxicitity Criteria for Adverse Events v. 4.03
- progression free survival [every 9 weeks]
- quality of life [baseline and 8, 21, 29, and 42 days after therapy initiated]
- objective response [after 9 and 18 weeks of therapy]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Cytological or histological diagnosis of non small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
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Stage III B or Stage IV disease
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Age > or = 70 years
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ECOG Performance status 0 or 1
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Patient at first diagnosis or with recurrence after primary surgery
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At least one target or non-target lesion according to RECIST criteria
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Life expectancy of at least 3 months
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Neutrophils > 1500/mm3, platelets > 100,000/mm3, hemoglobin > 10g/dl
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Creatinine < 1.5 x the upper normal limit
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AST and ALT < 2.5 x the upper normal limits (< 5 x the upper normal limit in the presence of hepatic metastasis)
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Bilirubin < 1.5 x the upper normal limit
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Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
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Previous chemotherapy for advanced disease
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History of malignant neoplasm within the previous 5 years (not including non-melanoma skin carcinoma and in-situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix, provided they are being adequately treated)
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Symptomatic cerebral or spinal cord metastasis
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Myocardial infarct within the last 12 months
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Systemic disease not controlled with treatment (active infection, cardiovascular, hepatic, renal or metabolic) that would not, in the opinion of the investigator, permit the patient to undergo chemotherapy.
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Known or suspected hypersensitivity to any of the drugs used in the study
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Medical or psychological condition which in the opinion of the investigator would not permit the patient to complete the study or give informed consent
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Ospedale Villa Scassi | Genova | GE | Italy | 16100 |
2 | Policlinico Giaccone | Palermo | PA | Italy | 90127 |
3 | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese | Siena | SI | Italy | 53100 |
4 | Ospedale Regina Apostolorum | Albano Laziale | Italy | ||
5 | Ospedale San Lazzaro | Alba | Italy | ||
6 | AOU Ospedale Riuniti Umberto I | Ancona | Italy | ||
7 | ASL Latina Distretto 1 Aprilia Univ.degli Studi di Roma | Aprilia | Italy | ||
8 | Ospedale Cardinale Massaia | Asti | Italy | ||
9 | S. Giuseppe Moscati | Avellino | Italy | ||
10 | Centro Riferimento Oncologico | Aviano | Italy | ||
11 | Ospedale Senatore Antonio Perrino | Brindisi | Italy | ||
12 | Ospedale A. Cardarelli | Campobasso | Italy | ||
13 | Ospedale Ramazzini di Carpi | Carpi | Italy | ||
14 | Ospedale S. Spirito | Casale Monferrato | Italy | ||
15 | A.O. Garibaldi Nesima | Catania | Italy | ||
16 | Ospedale Mater Domini | Catanzaro | Italy | ||
17 | Ospedale della Madonna della Navicella | Chioggia | Italy | ||
18 | Ospedale Civile di Faenza | Faenza | Italy | ||
19 | A.O.U. Arcispedale Sant'Anna di Ferrara | Ferrara | Italy | ||
20 | Ospedale Don Luigi Di Liegro | Gaeta | Italy | ||
21 | IRCCS San Martino -IST Genova | Genova | Italy | ||
22 | Ospedale F. Veneziale | Isernia | Italy | ||
23 | A.O. Vito Fazzi-Lorusso | Lecce | Italy | ||
24 | Ospedale Civile di Legnano | Legnano | Italy | ||
25 | Istituto Sceintifico Romagnolo | Meldola | Italy | ||
26 | Ospedale L. Sacco Polo Universitario | Milano | Italy | ||
27 | Ospedale San Paolo | Milano | Italy | ||
28 | U.L.S.S. 13 | Mirano | Italy | ||
29 | Ospedale San Gerardo | Monza | Italy | ||
30 | Azienda Ospedaliera Cardarelli | Napoli | Italy | 80131 | |
31 | Second University of Naples | Napoli | Italy | 80131 | |
32 | A.O. Università Federico II | Napoli | Italy | ||
33 | AORN Ospedale dei Colli - Osp Monaldi | Napoli | Italy | ||
34 | Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori | Napoli | Italy | ||
35 | Istituto Oncologico Veneto | Padova | Italy | ||
36 | Ospedale Andrea Tortora Pagani - Ospedale Civile Umbero I | Pagani | Italy | ||
37 | Casa di Cura La Maddalena | Palermo | Italy | ||
38 | Ospedale Buccheri La Ferla - Fatebenefratelli | Palermo | Italy | ||
39 | Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri | Pavia | Italy | ||
40 | Ospedale Guglielmo d Saliceto-Piacenza | Piacenza | Italy | ||
41 | Azienda Ospedaliera S. Carlo | Potenza | Italy | ||
42 | Ospedale S. Maria delle Croci | Ravenna | Italy | ||
43 | Ospedale Umberto I | Ravenna | Italy | ||
44 | A.O. S. Camillo Forlanini | Roma | Italy | ||
45 | Campus Biomedico Policlinio Universitario | Roma | Italy | ||
46 | Ospedale S. Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli | Roma | Italy | ||
47 | Ospedale S. Andrea | Vercelli | Italy | ||
48 | Ospedale S. Bortolo ULSS 6 | Vicenza | Italy | ||
49 | ASL Viterbo - Ospedale Belcolle | Viterbo | Italy |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute, Naples
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Cesare Gridelli, M.D., S.G. Moscati Hopital, Avellino, Italy, Division of Medical Oncology
- Principal Investigator: Francesco Perrone, M.D., Ph.D, National Cancer Institute Naples, Italy; Director Clinical Trials Unit
- Principal Investigator: Ciro Gallo, M.D., Ph.D, Second University of Naples, Italy; Chair of Medical Statistics
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- MILES-3
- 2009-013540-36