Docetaxel and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Progressive Regional or Metastatic Bladder 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 docetaxel and gemcitabine in treating patients who have progressive regional or metastatic bladder cancer.

Timeline

Start

2000-02-24

Primary completion

2002-10

Completion

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Publications

• Results Dreicer R, Manola J, Schneider DJ, Schwerkoske JF, George CS, Roth BJ, Wilding G; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Phase II trial of gemcitabine and docetaxel in patients with advanced carcinoma of the urothelium: a trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Cancer. 2003 Jun 1;97(11):2743-7. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11413.
• Results Manola JB, Dreicer R, Wilding G, et al.: Gemcitabine and docetaxel in advanced carcinoma of the urothelium: report of a phase II Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group trial . [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-796, 2002.

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