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Sunitinib in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Endometrial Cancer

Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Trial Description
     Purpose
     Eligibility
     Treatment/Intervention
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Phase II Study of Sunitinib Malate in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Endometrial Cancer

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase IITreatmentActive18 and overNCIPMH-PHL-062
7713, PHL-062, NCT00478426

Trial Description

Purpose:

Sunitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.

This phase II trial is studying how well sunitinib works in treating patients with recurrent or metastatic endometrial cancer.

Eligibility:

Eligibility criteria include the following:

Final eligibility for a clinical trial is determined by the health professionals conducting the trial.

Treatment/Intervention:

Patients will receive sunitinib by mouth once a day for 4 weeks. Treatment may repeat every 6 weeks for as long as benefit is shown.

After finishing treatment, patients will be evaluated at 4 weeks.

Important:

For more details about this trial, refer to the Health Professional version of the trial summary.

If you are interested in participating in a clinical trial, contact your doctor for a referral or call a trial contact person listed below. You may see the same contact person listed at more than one site, however, if you call the number listed you can ask to speak to the study coordinator or person involved with the specific trial you are interested in. If you have questions about cancer or clinical trials, call the Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). General information about clinical trials, including risks, benefits, and costs, can be found on NCI's Web site.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Princess Margaret Hospital

Amit Oza, MD, Protocol chair
Ph: 416-946-2818

Trial Sites

U.S.A.
California
  Duarte
 City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
 Clinical Trials Office - City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ph: 800-826-4673
 Email: becomingapatient@coh.org
Illinois
  Chicago
 University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
 Clinical Trials Office - University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
Ph: 773-834-7424
Canada
Alberta
  Edmonton
 Cross Cancer Institute at University of Alberta
 Helen Steed, MD
Ph: 780-432-8560 ext. 1
British Columbia
  Vancouver
 British Columbia Cancer Agency - Vancouver Cancer Centre
 Paul Hoskins, MD
Ph: 604-877-6000 ext. 2365
800-663-3333
Ontario
  Hamilton
 Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre
 Hal Hirte, MD, FRCP(C)
Ph: 905-387-9495 ext. 6460
 Email: Hal.Hirte@jcc.hhsc.ca
  Kingston
 Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital
 James Biagi, MD
Ph: 613-544-2630 ext. 4502
  Ottawa
 Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre - General Campus
 Michael Fung Kee Fung, MD
Ph: 613-737-8560
888-627-5346
  Toronto
 Edmond Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook
 Allan Covens, MD
Ph: 416-480-4026
 Email: al.covens@sunnybrook.ca
 Princess Margaret Hospital
 Amit Oza, MD
Ph: 416-946-2818
Quebec
  Montreal
 McGill Cancer Centre at McGill University
 Susie Lau, MD
Ph: 514-398-1444

Registry Information
Official Title A Phase II Study of Sunitinib Malate in Recurrent or Metastatic Endometrial Carcinoma
Trial Start Date 2007-04-30
Trial Completion Date 2008-07-23 (estimated)
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00478426
Date Submitted to PDQ 2007-04-25
Information Last Verified 2007-12-21
NCI Grant/Contract Number CM62203

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