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Third Line Trials

1. PF-00299804 in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Has Not Responded to Standard Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01000025

This randomized phase III trial is studying PF-00299804 to see how well it works compared with a placebo in treating patients with stage IIIB or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer that has not responded to standard therapy for advanced or metastatic cancer.

AB
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton

BC
BC Cancer Agency - Abbotsford Centre
BCCA - Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, Surrey
BCCA – Vancouver Cancer Centre

NB
Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, Saint John

NS
QE2 Health Sciences Center, Halifax

NFLD
HR Bliss Cancer Center, St. John’s, NFLD

ON
Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton
Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, Kingston
London Regional Cancer Program, London
Lakeridge Health,  Oshawa
Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa
Algoma District Cancer Program, Sault Ste Marie
Niagara Health System, St. Catherine’s
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto
Windsor Regional Cancer Centre, Windsor
Regional Cancer program, Sudbury

QC
CHUM - Hopital Notre-Dame, Montreal
McGill University, Montreal

SK
Allan Blair Cancer Center, Regina
Saskatoon Cancer center, Saskatoon

2. ARQ 197 Plus Erlotinib Versus Placebo Plus Erlotinib for the Treatment of Non-squamous, Non-small-cell Lung Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01244191

This study is to determine if the combination regimen of ARQ 197 with erlotinib will improve overall survival relative to erlotinib alone in subjects with locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer who have received 1 or 2 prior systemic anti-cancer therapies.

BC
Victoria

AB
Edmonton

MB
Winnipeg

QC
Montreal
Sainte-Foy

ON
Thunder Bay
Princess Margaret Hospital
London

3. Safety and Efficacy of BKM120 in Patients With Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01297491

Purpose: The purpose of this two-stage phase II study is to assess the efficacy of BKM120, as measured by determining the progression free survival (PFS), in patients with pretreated metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) that exhibits PI3K pathway activation. BKM120 will be investigated in two groups of NSCLC patients according to the histology of the cancer: squamous and non-squamous

BC
BCCA, Vancouver

ON
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto

QC
Jewish general Hospital, Montreal

4. A Study of AUY922 in Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Patients Who Have Received Previous Two Lines of Chemotherapy

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01124864

Purpose: This study will assess the efficacy of AUY922, when administered weekly at 70 mg/m2, in adult patients with advanced NSCLC, who have received at least two prior lines of chemotherapy. Patients will be retrospectively, and prospectively, stratified based on their molecular tumor etiology. The following strata will be assigned: Patients with EGFR activating mutations, Patients with Kras activating mutations and patients that are both EGFR and Kras wild type.

AB
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton

QC
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal