Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Erlotinib in Treating Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Lung Cancer, Metastatic Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for their growth. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Stereotactic radiosurgery may be able to deliver x-rays directly to the tumor and cause less damage to normal tissue. Erlotinib may make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Giving erlotinib together with stereotactic radiosurgery may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I clinical trial is studying the side effects of erlotinib when given together with stereotactic radiosurgery and to see how well it works in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00738335
Run by
University of California, San Francisco
People needed
0
Starts
2009-01-01
Expected to finish
2009-07-01
Last updated by the study team
2012-10-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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