Radiation Therapy or Observation After Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Stopped early · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Lung Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Sometimes, after chemotherapy, the tumor may not need more treatment until it progresses. In this case, observation may be sufficient. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy is more effective than observation after chemotherapy in treating non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well radiation therapy works compared with observation after chemotherapy in treating patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00776100
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 3
- Starts
- 2008-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-03-06
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Saint Francis/Mount Sinai Regional Cancer Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Bloomington — Bloomington, Illinois, United States
- Graham Hospital — Canton, Illinois, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Canton — Canton, Illinois, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Carthage — Carthage, Illinois, United States
- Eureka Community Hospital — Eureka, Illinois, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Eureka — Eureka, Illinois, United States
- Galesburg Clinic, PC — Galesburg, Illinois, United States
- Galesburg Cottage Hospital — Galesburg, Illinois, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Galesburg — Galesburg, Illinois, United States
- InterCommunity Cancer Center of Western Illinois — Galesburg, Illinois, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Havana — Havana, Illinois, United States
- Mason District Hospital — Havana, Illinois, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Kewanee Clinic — Kewanee, Illinois, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Macomb — Macomb, Illinois, United States
- McDonough District Hospital — Macomb, Illinois, United States
- Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center — Maywood, Illinois, United States
- Trinity Cancer Center at Trinity Medical Center - 7th Street Campus — Moline, Illinois, United States
- Study site — Moline, Illinois, United States
- Illinois CancerCare - Monmouth — Monmouth, Illinois, United States
- OSF Holy Family Medical Center — Monmouth, Illinois, United States
- BroMenn Regional Medical Center — Normal, Illinois, United States
- Community Cancer Center — Normal, Illinois, United States
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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