drugset / Trial / NCT00002515

Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Rare Cancer

NCT00002515

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Bone marrow transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with thiotepa, carboplatin, and topotecan followed by bone marrow transplantation in treating patients who have metastatic or progressive rare cancer.

Timeline

Start
1992-10
Primary completion
2005-04
Completion
2005-04

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Carboplatin Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Thiotepa Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Topotecan Small molecule Intravenous
Background filgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic Intravenous