Curative Study of Chinese Traditional Medicine to Treat Lung Cancer

Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Chinese Medicine Comprehensive Treatment Plan

The purpose of this study is to observe the efficacy of chemotherapy combined with Chinese patent drugs for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, also to evaluate the adverse reaction and the reliability.

Lung cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the world with about 80%-85% non small cell lung cancer.

The investigators perform a multi-center, randomized, controlled, prospective study in patients with advanced NSCLC. Patients are randomized over observational group(Chinese patent drugs plus chemotherapy), and control group (chemotherapy). The investigators will observe 2 cycles and after that regular follow-up will be arranged.

The primary end point is: Objective response rate;

The secondary end points are:

1. progression-free survival(PFS);
2. overall survival(OS);
3. Time to Progression (TTP);
4. quality of life questionnaire（QOL);
5. other end points are: Toxicity, side effects and security of the treatments will be assessed at the same time.

The investigators expect that integrated TCM combined with chemotherapy has a better efficacy on enhancing Objective response rate，prolonging PFS, OS, improving QOL, reducing the adverse reaction of patients than that of chemotherapy.Therefore our study can provide evidences for optimizing and promoting integrated TCM combined with Western Medicine treatment.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Pathologically or cytologically confirmed of stage Ⅲb-Ⅳ NSCLC
2. Ages Eligible for Study: 18-65 years old;
3. Physical status score (ECOG PS) ≤ 2 scores；
4. Estimated life expectancy of at least 6 months；
5. Participants have no major organ dysfunction and chemotherapy contraindications: hemoglobin ≥10g/dL, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5*109/L, platelets ≥80*109/L, Liver and kidney function is normal;
6. Informed consent from the patient.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient with other malignant tumor except NSCLC 5 years previous to study entry.
2. Patients who have received targeted drug treatment；
3. Serious problem of heart, liver or kidney with severe dysfunction;
4. Pregnant or child breast feeding women;
5. Mental or cognitive disorders;
6. Participating in other drug trials;
7. Who are allergic to the study drug.
8. Diabetic patients.