Combination Chemotherapy Compared With No Treatment Following Surgery in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

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

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy given after surgery is more effective than surgery alone for non-small cell lung cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy following surgery with that of surgery alone in treating patients who have stage I, stage II, or stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris
• Treatments: Etoposide; Vinblastine; Vindesine; Vinorelbine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically documented non-small cell lung cancer Any non-small cell histology eligible Pathologic stage I/II/III disease that is completely resected with microscopically clear margins within 60 days of entry (30 days preferred)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 75 Performance status: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: No clear contraindication to chemotherapy No second malignancy except: Nonmelanomatous skin cancer Carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior immunotherapy Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior thoracic radiotherapy Surgery: Complete resection required prior to entry