Overview
Tocotrienol as a Nutritional Supplement in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer
Status:
Terminated
Terminated
Trial end date:
2021-01-15
2021-01-15
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
There is a need for improving the effect of first-line chemotherapy for lung cancer patients, preferably by using an approach with none or very few side effects. In this trial the investigators incorporate δ-tocotrienol/placebo as a nutritional supplement on top of standard chemotherapy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.Phase:
Phase 3Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
NoDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Vejle HospitalTreatments:
Carboplatin
Cisplatin
Tocopherols
Tocotrienols
Vinblastine
Vinorelbine
Vitamin E
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:- Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer, including squamous cell
carcinomas, adenocarcinomas and non-neuroendocrine large cell carcinomas
- Patients with advanced stages of NSCLC who are candidates to first-line platinum-based
doublet chemotherapy
- Measurable disease by RECIST 1.1
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- Performance status 0-2.
- Adequate bone marrow function, liver function, and renal function (within 7 days prior
to inclusion):
- White blood cells (WBC) ≥ 3.0 * 10^9/l or neutrophils (ANC) ≥ 1.5 * 10^9/l
- Platelet count ≥ 100 * 10^9/l
- Hemoglobin ≥ 6 mmol/l
- Serum bilirubin < 2.0 * upper level of normal (ULN)
- Serum transaminase ≤ 2.5 * ULN
- Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN
- Written and orally informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other malignant diseases within 5 years prior to inclusion in the study, except
curatively treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and other types
of cancer with minimal risk of recurrence.
- Other experimental therapy or participation in another clinical trial within 28 days
prior to treatment initiation.
- Patients who have received prior chemotherapy for NSCLC
- Patients with NSCLC who are candidates to neoadjuvant chemotherapy or curative
chemoradiotherapy
- Underlying disease not adequately treated (diabetes, cardiac disease)
- Allergy to the active substance or any of the auxiliary agents
- Pregnant or breast-feeding patients. For fertile women a negative pregnancy test at
screening is mandatory.
- Fertile patients not willing to use effective methods of contraception during
treatment and for 6 months after the end of treatment.