Comparing Photon Therapy To Proton Therapy To Treat Patients With Lung Cancer
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2025-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This randomized phase III trial studies proton chemoradiotherapy to see how well it works
compared to photon chemoradiotherapy in treating patients with stage II-IIIB non-small cell
lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a
high dose of radiation directly to the tumor, such as photon or proton beam radiation
therapy, may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. Drugs used in
chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, carboplatin, etoposide, and cisplatin, work in different
ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from
dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. It is not yet known whether proton
chemoradiotherapy is more effective than photon chemoradiotherapy in treating non-small cell
lung cancer.