Early Prediction of Therapeutic Response to Targeted Therapy in Stage IIIB/IV or Recurrent Lung Cancer Patients

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This exploratory clinical study is designed to obtain pre-therapeutic imaging assessments using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in 21 patients with Stage IIIB/IV or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and an early post therapy assessment at baseline and at various early time points (2 weeks in 7 patients, 4 weeks in 7 patients, and 6 weeks in 7 patients) after institution of erlotinib (anti-EGFR) (Tarceva) and bevacizumab (anti-VEGF) (Avastin) for first-line treatment of Stage IIIB/IV or recurrent non-squamous NSCLC. The proposed PET imaging and blood derived biomarkers trial is a companion study to an approved therapeutic trial (IRB# 24377). The therapeutic trial of erlotinib (Tarceva) and bevacizumab (Avastin) for first-line treatment of Stage IIIB/IV or recurrent lung cancer with drug costs exceeding $150,000 per patient/year (study drug budget exceeds $5 million) was funded for study at the HCI and the HICCP, statewide trial network. The proposed imaging study has been funded by the University of Utah Synergy Grant Program. The clinical imaging biomarkers will include an assessment of tumor metabolism \[Banrasch 1986, Frauwirth 2002, Garber 2006, Kelloff 2005, Pauwels 1998, Semenza 2001, Smith 1999, Smith 2000, Sokoloff 1977, Warburg 1956, Weber 1977A, Weber\] (dynamic FDG-PET); tumor proliferation \[Rasey 2002,Shields 2001,Shields 1998, Vesselle 2002, Schwartz 2003\] (dynamic FLT-PET); tumor blood flow and perfusion( H215O-PET)\[Lodge 2000\]; and tumor blood volume of distribution ( H215O -PET)\[Lodge 2000\] in the same patient at baseline and then in the same patient at one of the post therapy time points (2 weeks, 4 weeks, or 6 weeks). The investigators hypothesize that by using a set of imaging derived biomarkers and biomarkers from blood they can predict response, either prior to or at an earlier time point than would normally be determined with standard imaging techniques, in patients with lung cancer receiving combined bevacizumab and erlotinib.

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