Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, or Peritoneal 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 II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have stage IC, stage IIB, stage III, or stage IV ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer that has not been previously treated.

Timeline

Start

2001-08

Primary completion

2004-04

Completion

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Publications

• Results du Bois A, Belau A, Wagner U, Pfisterer J, Schmalfeldt B, Richter B, Staehle A, Jackisch C, Lueck HJ, Schroeder W, Burges A, Olbricht S, Elser G; Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynaekologische Onkologie Ovarian Cancer Study Group (AGO-OVAR). A phase II study of paclitaxel, carboplatin, and gemcitabine in previously untreated patients with epithelial ovarian cancer FIGO stage IC-IV (AGO-OVAR protocol OVAR-8). Gynecol Oncol. 2005 Feb;96(2):444-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.10.020.

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