Overview

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-01-18
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving them in different ways may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining topotecan, carboplatin, and etoposide in treating patients who have extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Treatments:
Carboplatin
Etoposide
Etoposide phosphate
Topotecan