To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of patients with inoperable squamous cell lung cancer treated with pemetrexed plus cisplatin with concurrent radiation therapy followed by docetaxel consolidation. An exploratory biomarker analysis in blood and tumor samples is also planned.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
54
Pemetrexed 500mg/m2 IV on day 1 every 4 weeks for 2 cycles
Cisplatin 25mg/m2 IV on day 1-3 every 4 weeks for 2 cycles
Chemoradiotherapy, radiation 60Gy with 2 cycles of pemetrexed+ carboplatin/cisplatin
Hangzhou First People's Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
RECRUITINGOverall Response Rate
Time frame: 3 years
Overall Survival
Time frame: 3 years
Local control rate
Time frame: 3 years
The short-term quality of life (QOL) assessed using FACT-E score
FACT-E score at the 4 months after docetaxel consolidation therapy
Time frame: 4 months
Rate of CTCAE grade 2 or higher radiation pneumonitis
The investigators will assess the rate of symptomatic radiation pneumonitis in patients who received the radiation therapy
Time frame: 1 years
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Docetaxel 60 mg/m2 IV on day 57 every 3 weeks for 2 cycles