drugset / Trial / NCT00005647

SU5416 and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Recurrent, Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancer of the Head and Neck

NCT00005647

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: SU5416 may stop the growth of head and neck cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining SU5416 with chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of SU5416 and paclitaxel in treating patients who have recurrent, locally advanced, or metastatic cancer of the head and neck.

Timeline

Start
2000-05
Primary completion
2002-12
Completion
2003-10

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Paclitaxel Small molecule Intravenous
Subject semaxanib Small molecule Intravenous

Indications