The purpose of this study is to determine: * Whether bevacizumab increases the amount of oxygen in cancer as measured by a special positron emission tomography (PET) scan using 64Cu-ATSM. * Whether the amount of oxygen in cancer as measured by 64Cu-ATSM PET scan predicts how well the cancer responds to treatment with chemotherapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
2 64Cu-ATSM PET scan, one pretreatment and one 19-21 days after the first dose of bevacizumab
To determine whether bevacizumab improves tumor hypoxia as measured by 64Cu-ATSM-PET in patients with previously untreated metastatic NSCLC.
Time frame: 3 years
To determine whether bevacizumab and chemotherapy improves response rates in tumors defined to be hypoxia by 64-Cu-ATSM-PET in patients with treatment-naïve NSCLC than what would be expected with chemotherapy alone.
Time frame: 3 years
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