drugset / Trial / NCT00016341

Combination Chemotherapy Compared With Hormone Therapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent, Stage III, or Stage IV Endometrial Cancer

NCT00016341

RandomizedTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Estrogen can stimulate the growth of tumor cells. Hormone therapy using tamoxifen and megestrol may fight endometrial cancer by blocking the absorption of estrogen. It is not yet known whether chemotherapy is more effective than hormone therapy in treating endometrial cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with that of hormone therapy in treating patients who have recurrent, stage III, or stage IV endometrial cancer.

Timeline

Start
2001-05
Primary completion
2003-10
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cisplatin Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Doxorubicin Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Megestrol Acetate Other / unclassified Oral
Subject Paclitaxel Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Tamoxifen Small molecule Oral
Background filgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous

Indications