Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer

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 tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining 3-AP with cisplatin in treating patients who have advanced cancer.

Timeline

Start

2001-03

Primary completion

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Completion

2003-06

Publications

• Kunos CA, Chu E, Beumer JH, Sznol M, Ivy SP. Phase I trial of daily triapine in combination with cisplatin chemotherapy for advanced-stage malignancies. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2017 Jan;79(1):201-207. doi: 10.1007/s00280-016-3200-x. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

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