drugset / Trial / NCT00003701

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Bladder Cancer

NCT00003701

RandomizedTreatment

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. It is not yet known whether four-drug combination chemotherapy is more effective than two-drug combination chemotherapy in treating bladder cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have bladder cancer.

Timeline

Start
1999-04-02
Primary completion
2001-08
Completion
2007-06-15

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Carboplatin Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Cisplatin Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Doxorubicin Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Methotrexate Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Paclitaxel Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Vinblastine Small molecule Intravenous