Docetaxel and Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer of the Esophagus or Stomach

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 combining docetaxel and irinotecan in treating patients who have advanced cancer of the esophagus or stomach.

Timeline

Start

2000-01

Primary completion

2004-08

Completion

2004-08

Publications

• Background Jatoi A, Foster NR, Egner JR, Burch PA, Stella PJ, Rubin J, Dakhil SR, Sargent DJ, Murphy BR, Alberts SR. Older versus younger patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, and stomach: a pooled analysis of eight consecutive North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) trials. Int J Oncol. 2010 Mar;36(3):601-6. doi: 10.3892/ijo_00000535.
• Results Jatoi A, Tirona MT, Cha SS, Alberts SR, Rowland KM, Morton RF, Nair S, Kardinal CG, Stella PJ, Mailliard JA, Sargen D, Goldberg RM. A phase II trial of docetaxel and CPT-11 in patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, and gastric cardia. Int J Gastrointest Cancer. 2002;32(2-3):115-23. doi: 10.1385/ijgc:32:2-3:115.
• Results Tria Tirona M, Jatoi A, Cha SS, et al.: A phase II trial of CPT-11 and docetaxel in patients with metastatic esophageal cancer: preliminary toxicity data from the North Central Cancer Treatment Group. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-605, 2002.

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