Flavopiridol and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Cancer That Has Not Responded to Previous Paclitaxel

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 cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining flavopiridol and paclitaxel in treating patients who have locally advanced or metastatic esophageal cancer that has not responded to previous paclitaxel therapy.

Timeline

Start

2000-07

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-08

Publications

• Results Rathkopf DE, Ilson DH, Yi S, et al.: A phase II trial of sequential paclitaxel and flavopiridol in patients with metastatic paclitaxel-refractory esophageal cancer. [Abstract] American Society of Clinical Oncology 2004 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, 22-24 January 2004, San Francisco, CA. A-67, 2004.

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