drugset / Trial / NCT00007982

Chemotherapy Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Central Nervous System Cancer

NCT00007982

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplant may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplant work in treating patients with central nervous system cancer.

Timeline

Start
1999-04
Primary completion
2005-02
Completion
2008-05

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cisplatin Other / unclassified
Subject Cyclophosphamide Other / unclassified
Subject Etoposide Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Thiotepa Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject carmustine Small molecule Intravenous
Background filgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic