Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Recurrent Glioma

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of irinotecan in treating patients who have recurrent glioma.

Timeline

Start

1998-01

Primary completion

2001-10

Completion

2009-01

Publications

• Results Santisteban M, Buckner JC, Reid JM, Wu W, Scheithauer BW, Ames MM, Felten SJ, Nikcevich DA, Wiesenfeld M, Jaeckle KA, Galanis E; North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Phase II trial of two different irinotecan schedules with pharmacokinetic analysis in patients with recurrent glioma: North Central Cancer Treatment Group results. J Neurooncol. 2009 Apr;92(2):165-75. doi: 10.1007/s11060-008-9749-4. Epub 2008 Dec 10.
• Results Laack NN, Ballman KV, Brown PB, O'Neill BP; North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Whole-brain radiotherapy and high-dose methylprednisolone for elderly patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma: Results of North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) 96-73-51. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Aug 1;65(5):1429-39. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.03.061.

Drugs

Indications