drugset / Trial / NCT00002977

Melphalan and Thiotepa Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Complete Remission

NCT00002977

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of melphalan and thiotepa followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with stage III or stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer in complete remission.

Timeline

Start
1997-01
Primary completion
2001-11
Completion

Drugs

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

Indications