OSI-774 (Tarceva) in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The purpose of this study is to determine if OSI-774 will improve overall survival of patients with incurable stage IIIB/IV non-small cell lung cancer compared to standard of care. OSI-774 is a new type of drug under evaluation called an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). OSI-774 is an investigational drug that has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Key information

Conditions

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Bronchial Neoplasms Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Lung Diseases Lung Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Centro Medico Confidence, Buenos Aires, CP, Argentina

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Clinical diagnosis of stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Must have evidence of disease (clinical or radiological).
Have failed 1 but no more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens, have recovered from any side effects and have not had any chemotherapy for at least 21 days.
If the patient has had surgery, the surgery was at least 2 weeks ago.
Patients whose cancer has spread to their brain or central nervous system are eligible, providing that they have been on stable dose of steroids for at least 4 weeks and are free of symptoms.
If the patient received radiation therapy, treatment was at least 4 weeks ago.

Treatment and study plan

Tarceva (erlotinib HCl, OSI-774 )

Drug

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

OSI Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Collaborators

Canadian Cancer Trials Group

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized Placebo Controlled Study of OSI-774 (Erlotinib HCl, Tarceva[TM]) in Patients With Incurable Stage IIIB/IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Failed Standard Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Disease

Important dates

Study start: 2001
Primary completion: 2004
Study completion: 2004
First posted: May 14, 2002
Registry last updated: Jan 10, 2018

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