Raltitrexed in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma That Cannot Be Surgically Removed

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 raltitrexed in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma that cannot be surgically removed.

Timeline

Start

1999-11

Primary completion

2001-06

Completion

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Publications

• Background Francart J, Legrand C, Sylvester R, Van Glabbeke M, van Meerbeeck JP, Robert A. Progression-free survival rate as primary end point for phase II cancer clinical trials: application to mesothelioma--The EORTC Lung Cancer Group. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jul 1;24(19):3007-12. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.05.1359.
• Results Baas P, Ardizzoni A, Grossi F, Nackaerts K, Numico G, Van Marck E, van de Vijver M, Monetti F, Smid-Geirnaerdt MJ, van Zandwijk N, Debruyne C, Legrand C, Giaccone G; EORTC Lung Cancer Group. The activity of raltitrexed (Tomudex) in malignant pleural mesothelioma: an EORTC phase II study (08992). Eur J Cancer. 2003 Feb;39(3):353-7. doi: 10.1016/s0959-8049(02)00668-8.

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