A trial looking at veliparib and chemotherapy for squamous cell non small cell lung cancer

This trial is looking at a new drug called veliparib with chemotherapy for non small cell lung cancer. It is recruiting people with a type of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) called squamous cell cancer who cannot have surgery to remove it, or radiotherapy with the aim of curing their cancer.

Doctors usually use chemotherapy to treat advanced NSCLC to control the growth of cancer for as long as possible and to relieve symptoms. Researchers are always looking for ways to improve these standard treatments. In this trial they are looking at a drug called veliparib.