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Brief Title: Study of Pemetrexed Versus Gefitinib in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Previously Received Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Without Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutations
Official Title: Phase 2 Randomized, Controlled, Open-label Study of Pemetrexed Versus Gefitinib in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Previously Received Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Without EGFR Mutations
Study ID: NCT00891579
Brief Summary: This study is a prospective trial of Alimta (pemetrexed) versus IRESSA (gefitinib) among epidermal growth factor receptor wild-type Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) patients in a 2nd line setting.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Lung Cancer Research Institute & Cancer Center of Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
307 hospital of People's Liberation Army, Beijing, , China
Peking Union Hospital, Beijing, , China
Jilin Tumor Hospital, Changchun, , China
Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Nanjing, , China
Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, , China
The first hospital of China medical university, Shenyang, , China