New pill aims to stop lung Cancer's return after surgery

NCT ID NCT03456076

Summary

This study is testing whether a targeted pill called alectinib works better than standard chemotherapy to prevent lung cancer from coming back after surgery. It involves patients whose lung cancer has been completely removed and who have a specific genetic marker (ALK-positive). Participants are randomly assigned to take the pill for two years or receive four cycles of chemotherapy, then followed to see whose cancer stays away longer.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AHN Cancer Institute ? Allegheny General Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States

  • Aichi Cancer Center

    Aichi, 464-8681, Japan

  • Ajou University Medical Center

    Gyeonggi-do, 16499, South Korea

  • Almaty Oncology Center

    Almaty, 050054, Kazakhstan

  • Ankara Ataturk Chest Diseases Training and Research Hospital

    Ankara, 06500, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Az. Osp. Monaldi

    Naples, Campania, 80131, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Di Perugia Ospedale s. Maria Della Misericordia

    Perugia, Umbria, 06156, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini - Unità Operativa Complessa di Pneumologia Oncologica 1

    Rome, Lazio, 00151, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria San Luigi Gonzaga

    Orbassano, Piedmont, 10043, Italy

  • Baskent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Practice and Research Hospital

    Adana, 01250, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Beijing Cancer Hospital

    Beijing, 100142, China

  • CHU Angers

    Angers, 49933, France

  • Chang Gung Medical Foundation - Linkou

    Taoyuan District, 333, Taiwan

  • Chang Gung Memorial Foundation - Kaohsiung

    Kaohsiung City, 00833, Taiwan

  • Chemotherapy SI Dnipropetrovsk MA of MOHU

    Dnipropetrovsk, 49102, Ukraine

  • China Medical University Hospital

    Taichung, 40447, Taiwan

  • Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital

    Jeollanam-do, 58128, South Korea

  • Chris O'Brien Lifehouse

    Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia

  • Clinical center University of Sarajevo

    Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Ege Uni Medical Faculty Hospital

    Izmir, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • FSBI Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. Blokhin of MOH RF

    Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 115478, Russia

  • Fachklinik für Lungenerkrankungen

    Immenhausen, 34376, Germany

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, 710061, China

  • Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

    Fujian, 350001, China

  • GUZ Regional clinical hospital # 1

    Krasnodar, 350086, Russia

  • Gachon University Gil Medical Center

    Incheon, 21565, South Korea

  • Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny

    Gda?sk, 80-214, Poland

  • GenesisCare North Shore

    St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia

  • Guangdong General Hospital

    Guangzhou, 510080, China

  • Guys Hospital

    London, SE1 9RY, United Kingdom

  • Hacettepe Uni Medical Faculty Hospital

    Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Healthcare Institution ?Gomel Regional Clinical Oncologic Dispensary?

    Homyel, Homyel'skaya Voblasts', 246012, Belarus

  • Healthcare Institution Grodno University Hospital

    Hrodna, Grodnenskaya, 230030, Belarus

  • Hetenyi Geza County Hospital

    Szolnok, 5004, Hungary

  • Hiroshima University Hospital

    Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan

  • Hopital Bichat Claude Bernard

    Paris, 75018, France

  • Hopital Nord AP-HM

    Marseille, 13015, France

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia

    Valencia, 46010, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

    Barcelona, 08916, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

    Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz

    Madrid, 28046, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 08041, Spain

  • Inonu University Medical Faculty Turgut Ozal Medical Center Medical Oncology Department

    Malatya, 44280, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Institut Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, 94805, France

  • Irccs Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO)

    Milan, Lombardy, 20141, Italy

  • Istanbul Uni Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Hospital

    Istanbul, 34300, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Izmir Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery Research Hospital

    Izmir, 35110, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Jilin Cancer Hospital

    Changchun, 132013, China

  • Juntendo University Hospital

    Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan

  • Kanagawa Cancer Center

    Kanagawa, 241-8515, Japan

  • Kasr Eieny Uni Hospital

    Cairo, 11555, Egypt

  • Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH

    Chemnitz, 09116, Germany

  • Korea University Guro Hospital

    Seoul, 08308, South Korea

  • Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny im sw. Jana Paw?a II

    Krakow, 31-202, Poland

  • Krankenhaus Nord - Klinik Floridsdorf

    Vienna, 1210, Austria

  • Kumamoto University Hospital

    Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan

  • Kyiv City Clinical Oncological Center

    Kyiv, 03115, Ukraine

  • Kyoto University Hospital

    Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan

  • MGH Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Medical center of Yuriy Spizhenko LLC

    Kapitanovka Village, KIEV Governorate, 08112, Ukraine

  • Medikal Park Samsun

    Samsun, 55200, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Meir Medical Center

    Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

  • Metropolitan Hospital

    Athens, 185 47, Greece

  • Moscow City Oncology Hospital #62

    Moscovskaya Oblast, Moscow Oblast, 143423, Russia

  • National Cancer Center

    Gyeonggi-do, 10408, South Korea

  • National Cancer Center Hospital

    Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan

  • National Cancer Center Hospital East

    Chiba, 277-8577, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center

    Hyōgo, 670-8520, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center

    Hokkaido, 003-0804, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center

    Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, 10002, Taiwan

  • Niels-Stensen-Kliniken Franziskus-Hospital Harderberg GmbH

    Georgsmarienhütte, 49124, Germany

  • Niigata Cancer Center Hospital

    Niigata, 951-8566, Japan

  • Odense Universitetshospital, Onkologisk Afdeling R

    Odense C, 5000, Denmark

  • Okayama University Hospital

    Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

  • Oncomed SRL

    Timișoara, 300239, Romania

  • Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet

    Budapest, 1122, Hungary

  • Osaka City General Hospital

    Osaka, 534-0021, Japan

  • P.A. Gertsen Cancer Research Inst.

    Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 125284, Russia

  • PHI University Clinic of Radiotherapy and Oncology; Malignant diseases of thorax

    Skopje, 1000, North Macedonia

  • Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

    Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 197022, Russia

  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Center

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia

  • Private Health Organization Acibadem Sistina Hospital

    Skopje, 1000, North Macedonia

  • Prof Dr I Chiricuta Institute of Oncology

    Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania

  • RCI Sumy Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary

    Sumy, 40005, Ukraine

  • Ramathibodi Hospital

    Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

  • Rambam Health Care Campus

    Haifa, 3109601, Israel

  • Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • SPb City Clin Onc Dsp

    Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 197022, Russia

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Scientific Research Oncology Institute named after N.N. Petrov

    Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 197758, Russia

  • Sendai Kousei Hospital

    Miyagi, 981-0914, Japan

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea

  • Shandong Cancer Hospital

    Jinan, 250117, China

  • Shanghai Chest Hospital

    Shanghai, 200030, China

  • Shenzhen People's Hospital

    Shenzhen, 510852, China

  • Shizuoka Cancer Center

    Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan

  • Siriraj Hospital

    Bangkok, 10700, Thailand

  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    Xitun Dist., 40705, Taiwan

  • The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR

    Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan

  • Theageneio Hospital

    Thessaloniki, 54007, Greece

  • Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH

    Heidelberg, 69126, Germany

  • Tokyo Medical University Hospital

    Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan

  • Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, 430023, China

  • Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

    Vinnytsia, 21029, Ukraine

  • Vitebsk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

    Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast, BU-210603, Belarus

  • Warminsko-Mazurskie Centrum Chorób P?uc w Olsztynie

    Olsztyn, 10-357, Poland

  • West China Hospital, Sichuan University

    Chengdu, 610041, China

  • Wielkopolskie Centrum Pulmonologii i Torakochirurgii w Poznaniu

    Poznan, 60-569, Poland

  • Wythenshaw Hospital

    Manchester, M23 9QZ, United Kingdom

  • Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

    Hangzhou, 310022, China

  • Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University

    Shanghai, 200032, China

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