S9720 Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic, Recurrent, or Refractory Endometrial Cancer

Summary

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 may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating patients with metastatic, recurrent, or refractory endometrial cancer.

Timeline

Start

1998-02

Primary completion

2003-04

Completion

2004-07

Publications

• Results Scudder SA, Liu PY, Wilczynski SP, Smith HO, Jiang C, Hallum AV 3rd, Smith GB, Hannigan EV, Markman M, Alberts DS; Southwest Oncology Group. Paclitaxel and carboplatin with amifostine in advanced, recurrent, or refractory endometrial adenocarcinoma: a phase II study of the Southwest Oncology Group. Gynecol Oncol. 2005 Mar;96(3):610-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.11.024.
• Results Scudder SA, Liu PY, Smith HO, et al.: Paclitaxel (PCT) and carboplatin (C) with amifostine (A) in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer: a Southwest Oncology Group trial (S9720). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20: A-819, 2001.

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