Celecoxib or Observation After Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Celecoxib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving celecoxib after radiation therapy and chemotherapy may kill any tumor cells that remain after radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Sometimes, after radiation therapy and chemotherapy, the tumor may not need additional treatment until it progresses. In this case, observation may be sufficient.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying celecoxib to see how well it works compared to observation in treating patients who have undergone radiation therapy and chemotherapy for stage II or stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group; Groupe Cooperateur Multidisciplinaire en Oncologie (GERCOR)
• Treatments: Celecoxib; Docetaxel

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer meeting ≥ 1 of the following criteria:

• Stage IIIB disease

• Stage II or IIIA disease, meeting the following criteria:

• Considered nonresectable

• Pleural effusion present

• Measurable disease

• Must have received a prior regimen of radiotherapy and chemotherapy comprising docetaxel and carboplatin

• Tumor volume must be able to be encompassed in the radiation field

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• ECOG performance status 0-2

• Life expectancy > 12 weeks

• Cardiac function compatible with radiotherapy

• Neutrophil count ≥ 2,000/mm³

• Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³

• Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL

• Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

• Bilirubin ≤ 1.25 times ULN

• AST and ALT ≤ 1.5 times ULN

• Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN

• Not pregnant or nursing

• No other malignancy in the past 10 years except basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

• No active infection

• No inflammatory bowel disease

• No severe congestive heart failure

• No severe hepatic disease defined as albumin < 25 g/L or Child-Pugh score ≥ 10

• No severe renal disease defined as creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min

• No known hypersensitivity to sulfonamides, the study or it's excipients, or polysorbate 80

• No known hypersensitivity of NSAIDs, salicylic acid, or cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors

• No familial, social, geographical, or psychological condition that would preclude study compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• See Disease Characteristics

• More than 30 days since participation in another clinical study

• More than 1 month since prior therapy for gastrointestinal ulcers

• No concurrent fluconazole, ketoconazole, lithium, or dextromethorphan

• No other concurrent anticancer treatment including chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, or biologic response modifier therapy

• No concurrent aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

• Low-dose aspirin or NSAIDs for a duration of ≤ 1 week during the past 3 months allowed