Methoxyamine Hydrochloride, Pemetrexed Disodium, Cisplatin, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIIA-IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Patients who have had prior chemotherapy or any other investigational drug within 30 days of registration or prior radiotherapy to the study treatment volume; prior surgery is allowed; there must be at least 6 weeks between mitomycin or nitrosoureas and any new therapy

Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents

Patients with a history of any active malignancy requiring on-going treatment, except basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin

History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to methoxyamine or to pemetrexed or cisplatin

Undetectable haptoglobin or evidence of glucose-6-phophate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, pyruvate kinase deficiency, hemoglobinopathy, hereditary spherocytosis, thalassemia or other disorder associated with hemolysis

Patients receiving any medications or substances that are inhibitors or inducers of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), probenecid, salicylates, sulfonamides are ineligible; concomitant drugs that are sensitive CYP450 substrates or strong and moderate CYP450 inducers and inhibitors should be avoided; because the lists of these agents are constantly changing, it is important to regularly consult a frequently-updated list; medical reference texts such as the Physicians' Desk Reference may also provide this information; as part of the enrollment/informed consent procedures, the patient will be counseled on the risk of interactions with other agents, and what to do if new medications need to be prescribed or if the patient is considering a new over-the-counter medicine or herbal product

Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

Pregnant women are excluded from this study because methoxyamine is an agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects; because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with methoxyamine, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with methoxyamine; these potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study

Patients who are known to be human immunodeficiency positive (HIV)-positive and are on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with methoxyamine, pemetrexed or cisplatin; in addition, these patients are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy; appropriate studies will be undertaken in patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated

What this study is about