Iressa as Second Line Therapy in Advanced NSCLC-Asia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a randomized, open-label, parallel group, phase III, multicenter, regional study. The total number of patients expected to be exposed to study procedures is approximately 150 patients will be recruited by investigational sites throughout the Asia Pacific region that have expertise in treating patients with NSCLC.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: AstraZeneca
• Treatments: Docetaxel; Gefitinib

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma:

adenocarcinoma (including bronchoalveolar), squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma or mixed (adenocarcinoma and squamous) or undifferentiated carcinoma.

• WHO Performance status 0-2

• NSCLC - locally advanced (Stage IIIB) or metastatic (stage IV) disease, not amenable to curative surgery or radiotherapy

• Life expectancy of 12 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria:

• ALT/AST: >2.5x ULRR if no demonstrable liver metastases or greater than 5 x ULRR in the presence of liver.

• Inadequate bone marrow function; Absolute neutrophil count: <1.5 x 109/L, Platelets: < 100 x 109/L

• Other co-existing malignancies or malignancies diagnosed within the last 5 years with the exception of basal cell carcinoma of skin or cervical cancer in situ