S9717 Tirapazamine Plus Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic, Recurrent, or Refractory Cervical 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 consisting of tirapazamine plus cisplatin in treating patients who have metastatic, recurrent, or refractory cervical cancer.

Timeline

Start

1998-08

Primary completion

2003-10

Completion

2004-07

Publications

• Results Smith HO, Jiang CS, Weiss GR, Hallum AV 3rd, Liu PY, Robinson WR 3rd, Cheng PC, Scudder SA, Markman M, Alberts DS. Tirapazamine plus cisplatin in advanced or recurrent carcinoma of the uterine cervix: a Southwest Oncology Group study. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 Jan-Feb;16(1):298-305. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00339.x.
• Results Smith HO, Jiang C, Weiss GR, et al.: Tirapazamine plus cisplatin in advanced or recurrent squamous or adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix: a phase II study of the Southwest Oncology Group. [Abstract] Gynecol Oncol 92 (1): A-49, 416, 2004.

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