Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian or Primary Peritoneal 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 I trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating patients with previously untreated stage III or stage IV ovarian or primary peritoneal cancer.

Timeline

Start

1998-08

Primary completion

2000-02

Completion

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Publications

• Results Gould N, Sill MW, Mannel RS, Thaker PH, Disilvestro P, Waggoner S, Yamada SD, Armstrong DK, Wenzel L, Huang H, Fracasso PM, Walker JL. A phase I study with an expanded cohort to assess the feasibility of intravenous paclitaxel, intraperitoneal carboplatin and intraperitoneal paclitaxel in patients with untreated ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol. 2012 Apr;125(1):54-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.12.417. Epub 2011 Dec 11.
• Results Look KY, Bookman MA, Schol J, Herzog TJ, Rocereto T, Vinters J; Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. Phase I feasibility trial of carboplatin, paclitaxel, and gemcitabine in patients with previously untreated epithelial ovarian or primary peritoneal cancer: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol. 2004 Jan;92(1):93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.09.019.

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