Clinical trial · Interventional
Methylprednisolone After Split-course Chemoradiotherapy For Bulky Local Advanced None-small Cell Lung Cancer
A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Phase Ⅱ Study of Preventively Use of Methylprednisolone After Split-course Chemoradiotherapy to Reduce the Risk of Radiation-induced Pulmonary Injury For Bulky Local Advanced None-small Cell Lung Cancer
NCT03661567CI-TRIAL-00062418terminatedPhase 2ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): slow enrollment
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This Phase II randomized controlled study is to determine the efficacy of the preventively use of methylprednisolone after split-course chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer with bulky tumor.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-small Cell Lung Cancer | Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| chest radiation | Radiation | — | UNRESOLVED |
| concurrent chemotherapy | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Methylprednisolone | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Methylprednisolone
- description
- Patients were treated with methylprednisolone after the first course of chest radiation and concurrent chemotherapy, once a day, 32 milligram (mg) for 7 days, 24 mg for the next 7 days, then 16mg for 7 days, and 8 mg for the last 7 days.
- interventionNames
- Radiation: chest radiation
- Drug: concurrent chemotherapy
- Drug: Methylprednisolone
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Observation
- description
- Observation after the first course of chest radiation, methylprednisolone can only be used for therapeutic purpose in the presence of grade≥2 radiation induced lung injury(NCI-CTC4.0).
- interventionNames
- Radiation: chest radiation
- Drug: concurrent chemotherapy
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Pathologic confirmation of NSCLC. * Patients have measurable or evaluable lesions based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria. * Unresectable phase IIIA(N2) and IIIB lung cancer confirmed by PET/CT, CT or MRI. * Whole lung V20\>=35% when giving 60Gy which is the minimum dose of radical irradiation. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1. * Previously treated with chemotherapy or treatment-naive * No previous chest radiotherapy, immunotherapy or biotherapy * Hemoglobin≥10 mg/dL, platelet≥100000/μL,absolute neutrophil count ≥1500/μL * Serum creatinine ≤1.25 times the upper normal limit(UNL), or creatinine clearance≥60 ml/min * Bilirubin ≤1.5 times UNL, AST（SGOT）≤2.5 times UNL ,ALT（SGPT）≤2.5 times UNL,alkaline phosphatase ≤5 times UNL * FEV1 \>0.8 L * CB6 within normal limits * patients and their family signed the informed consents Exclusion Criteria: * Previous or recent another malignancy, except nonmelanoma skin cancer or cervical cancer in situ * Contraindication for chemotherapy * Malignant pleural or pericardial effusion. * Women in pregnancy, lactation period, or no pregnancy test 14 days before the first dose * Women who has the probability of pregnancy without contraception * Tendency of hemorrhage * In other clinical trials within 30 days * Addicted in drugs or alcohol, AIDS patients * Uncontrollable seizure or psychotic patients without self-control ability * Severe allergy or idiosyncrasy * Not suitable for this study judged by researchers
References
Publications (16)
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