Gefitinib in Treating Patients With Cervical Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Biological therapies such as gefitinib may interfere with the growth of the tumor cells and slow the growth of cervical cancer. Comparing results of diagnostic procedures performed before, during, and after treatment with gefitinib may help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the most effective treatment. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well gefitinib works in treating patients with cervical cancer.

Timeline

Start

2002-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-08

Publications

• Results Posadas EM, Liel MS, Kwitkowski V, Minasian L, Godwin AK, Hussain MM, Espina V, Wood BJ, Steinberg SM, Kohn EC. A phase II and pharmacodynamic study of gefitinib in patients with refractory or recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer. 2007 Apr 1;109(7):1323-30. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22545.
• Results Liel MS, Espina V, Pazzagli C, et al.: Phase II study of gefitinib in epithelial ovarian cancer: Proteomic pathway profiling in tumor biopsies. [Abstract] American Association for Cancer Research: 96th Annual Meeting, April 16-20, 2005, Anaheim/Orange County, CA. A-5745, 2005. .

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