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Brief Title: Active Symptom Control With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Official Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Active Symptom Control With or Without Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Study ID: NCT00075699
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Active symptom control may decrease chest pain, breathlessness, sweating, and general discomfort in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. It is not yet known if active symptom control is more effective with or without chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying active symptom control and chemotherapy to see how well they work compared to active symptom control alone in treating patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: Primary * Compare the overall survival of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated with active symptom control (ASC) alone vs ASC and mitomycin, vinblastine, and cisplatin vs ASC and vinorelbine. Secondary * Compare the toxic effects of these regimens in these patients. * Compare symptom palliation (chest pain, breathlessness, malaise, and sweating attacks) in patients treated with these regimens. * Compare the performance status of patients treated with these regimens. * Compare analgesic usage in patients treated with these regimens. * Compare the tumor response and progression-free survival of patients treated with these regimens. * Compare the quality of life of patients treated with these regimens. OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms. * Arm I: Patients receive active symptom control (ASC) through regular visits at a specialist clinic. ASC may include steroids, analgesics, appetite stimulants, bronchodilators, and/or palliative radiotherapy, when required. * Arm II: Patients receive ASC and chemotherapy comprising mitomycin IV, vincristine IV, and cisplatin IV on day 1. Chemotherapy repeats every 21 days for a total of 4 courses. * Arm III: Patients receive ASC and vinorelbine IV over 5 minutes weekly for 6 weeks. Vinorelbine repeats every 55 days for a total of 2 courses. Quality of life is assessed at baseline, every 3 weeks for 21 weeks, and then every 8 weeks thereafter. Patients are followed at 15, 18, and 21 weeks, and then every 8 weeks thereafter. Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 840 patients (280 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 4 years.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Leeds General Infirmary at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey, Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Name: Martin F. Muers, MD
Affiliation: Leeds General Infirmary
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR