Paclitaxel Poliglumex with Pemetrexed for Lung Cancer

Phase 2

Waitlist Available

Led By James R Rigas, MD

Research Sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up up to 5 years

Awards & highlights

Approved for 5 Other Conditions

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This is a non-randomized, single-arm, single-institution, open label, two-stage phase II and dose-ranging study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of paclitaxel poliglumex in combination with pemetrexed in patients with advanced stage IIIB or stage IV NSCLC.

Eligible Conditions

Lung Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ up to 5 years

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~up to 5 years

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 5 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Awards & Highlights

Approved for 5 Other Conditions

This treatment demonstrated efficacy for 5 other conditions.

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Paclitaxel Poliglumex with PemetrexedExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The first 6 eligible patients will be enrolled at a dose of 135 mg/m2 paclitaxel poliglumex in combination with 500 mg/m2 of pemetrexed. Patients who experience disease progression without dose-limiting adverse events after the initial cycle will be replaced. Dose escalation to the next dose level can occur provided that no more than 1 of 6 patients experience in initial dose limiting toxicity (IDLT) following 2 cycles of therapy. If ≥ 2 of 6 patients experience IDLTs at the 135 mg/m2 dose, the maximally tolerated dose (MTD) was surpassed and the study will be discontinued.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Paclitaxel poliglumex

Not yet FDA approved

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