drugset / Trial / NCT00047229

Oblimersen and Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)

NCT00047229

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy such as doxorubicin use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Oblimersen may increase the effectiveness of doxorubicin by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining oblimersen with doxorubicin in treating patients who have locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer).

Timeline

Start
2002-10
Primary completion
2009-01
Completion
2009-04

Publications

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Doxorubicin Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject oblimersen sodium Antisense oligonucleotide Intravenous

Indications