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Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Ovarian Cancer or Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsored by: UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003072
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving the drugs in different combinations may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II double-blinded trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel and carboplatin given with either amifostine or placebo in patients with metastatic stage III or stage IV ovarian cancer or metastatic stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Cancer-Related Problem/Condition
Lung Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Drug: amifostine trihydrate
Drug: carboplatin
Drug: paclitaxel
Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer Ovarian Cancer
Drug Information available for: Carboplatin Paclitaxel Amifostine
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Supportive Care
Official Title: Amifostine (Ethyol) as a Protectant in Metastatic Ovarian and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Paclitaxel/Carboplatin-Treated Patients: A Comparative Trial

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Estimated Enrollment: 80
Study Start Date: May 1997
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether patients with metastatic ovarian and non-small cell lung cancer receiving carboplatin and paclitaxel have significantly fewer neuropathic events when treated with amifostine.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, parallel group, double blind, controlled study. Patients are randomized to either the amifostine or control group. All patients receive intravenous paclitaxel over 3 hours, followed by carboplatin once every 3 weeks for 6 cycles. Patients who are randomized to the amifostine group receive intravenous amifostine administered as a 15 minute infusion 30 minutes prior to paclitaxel therapy. Patients randomized to the control group receive an intravenous placebo solution. Patients are discontinued from the study if they have disease progression or unacceptable toxic effects after 2 cycles of treatment. Patients are followed monthly for 8 months post treatment.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80 patients will be accrued (40 with advanced ovarian cancer and 40 with advanced non-small cell lung cancer) within 2 years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven stage III/IV ovarian or non-small cell lung cancer

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance Status: ECOG 0-2 Life Expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 3.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing No history of platinum, paclitaxel or amifostine hypersensitivity Prior myelosuppressive events allowed No clinically significant ascites

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy within 1 month of study Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiation therapy within 1 month of study Surgery: Not specified

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00003072

Locations
United States, California
Oncology Service of San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115-0128
UCSF/Mt. Zion Cancer Center
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States, 94121
Sponsors and Collaborators
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Investigators
Study Chair: Robert J. Ignoffo, PharmD UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
  More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000065752, UCSF-H57841348101A, ALZA-UCSF-H57841348101A, NCI-V97-1334
Study First Received: November 1, 1999
Last Updated: October 18, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003072  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage III non-small cell lung cancer
stage III ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
neurotoxicity

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Ovarian cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer
Ovarian Neoplasms
Amifostine
Neurotoxicity Syndromes
Gonadal Disorders
Neurotoxicity syndromes
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Endocrine System Diseases
Urogenital Neoplasms
Carboplatin
Ovarian Diseases
Ovarian epithelial cancer
Carcinoma
Genital Diseases, Female
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Paclitaxel
Lung Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Endocrinopathy
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Radiation-Protective Agents
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antimitotic Agents
Protective Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Adnexal Diseases
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Therapeutic Uses
Tubulin Modulators
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009