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A Pilot Study of Response-Driven Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Patients With Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Successful treatment of lung cancer with radiation therapy requires that the physicians determine exactly where the tumor is in the patient's body and seek to limit any unnecessary radiation to normal parts of the body. This study is designed to apply functional imaging, Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) ("a PET scan") and Ventilation/Perfusion Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (V/Q SPECT) ("a perfusion scan"), before treatment and then again during treatment to see if this scanning helps predict how well the treatment works and how well the lung functions during treatment. FDG-PET is a modern technology that uses small amounts of a radioactive glucose (FDG) to make images of the whole body and areas of active cancer. V/Q SPECT is an image mapping tool that helps assess how well the lungs are working. A Computerized Tomography (CT) will also be performed along with both of these procedures to help the researchers see clearly where the cancer or the healthy lung is located. The researchers are also doing blood and urine tests in this study to look for markers to see if this helps them determine the patient's risk of developing side effects from radiation to the lungs. The researchers hope by using these types of tests that they can have more information to help decrease the amount of toxicity patients have from this type of treatment. The researchers hope that this study will help them in the future to design radiation treatment plans that provide the best treatment for each individual patient.

Start: January 2016
Shenlingcao Oral Liquid for Patients With Stage II or IIIA NSCLC

In this study, a pragmatic, open labelled, multi-center randomized controlled trial will be conducted. The study population are stage II and IIIA NSCLC patients undergoing R0 resection and will be scheduled for adjuvant chemotherapy. Potentially eligible patients will be screened by the research clinicians and requested to complete and sign a consent form before enrolment. Eligible patients who consent to participate will be randomly assigned to the intervention group (patients receive conventional treatment and Shenlingcao oral liquid) and the control group (patients only receive conventional treatment) designed dynamic stratified block randomized algorithm via a central randomization system for clinical research using 1:1 ratio. The intervention and control group will be enrolled before the first chemoradiation. Non-allelic follow-up will be conducted in this study and terminated when the last enrolled patient follow up to 24 months. Prospectively collected information from patients, including baseline, chemoradiation, use of Shenlingcao Oral Liquid and the other complementary drugs, and various outcome measures (the questionnaire of EORTC QLQ, death, tumor recurrence, tumor metastasis, and chemotherapy-induced side effects of the blood system, etc.). Follow-up points included: Baseline (before giving chemotherapy), 2-3 days after each chemotherapy cycle, and 6,12,18,24,30,36 months after enrollment.

Start: November 2018