drugset / Trial / NCT00010257
Carboplatin Combined With Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Advanced Thymoma
Phase 2
Completed
46 enrolled
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
National Cancer Institute (NCI) · collab
NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment
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 chemotherapy drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of carboplatin combined with paclitaxel in treating patients who have advanced thymoma.
Timeline
- Start
- 2001-06-19
- Primary completion
- 2008-11
- Completion
- 2012-08
Publications
- Background Loehrer PJ, Wang W, Aisner S, et al.: Long-term follow-up of patients with locally advanced or metastatic thymic malignancies: the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) experience. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-7050, 629s, 2004.
- Results Lemma GL, Lee JW, Aisner SC, Langer CJ, Tester WJ, Johnson DH, Loehrer PJ Sr. Phase II study of carboplatin and paclitaxel in advanced thymoma and thymic carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2011 May 20;29(15):2060-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.9607. Epub 2011 Apr 18.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Carboplatin | Small molecule | 6 unknown | Intravenous |
| Subject | Paclitaxel | Small molecule | 225 mg/m2 | Intravenous |