R115777 in Treating Patients With Advanced Bladder Cancer

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 R115777 in treating patients who have advanced bladder cancer.

Timeline

Start

2000-03

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-05

Publications

• Results Rosenberg JE, von der Maase H, Seigne JD, Mardiak J, Vaughn DJ, Moore M, Sahasrabudhe D, Palmer PA, Perez-Ruixo JJ, Small EJ. A phase II trial of R115777, an oral farnesyl transferase inhibitor, in patients with advanced urothelial tract transitional cell carcinoma. Cancer. 2005 May 15;103(10):2035-41. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21023.

Drugs

Indications