Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Topotecan in Patients With Ovarian Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the triple combination of Carboplatin, Paclitaxel and Topotecan has a superior clinical outcome in the treatment of ovarian cancer compared with the combination of Carboplatin and Paclitaxel.

Timeline

Start

1999-12

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-10

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper The sequential addition of topotecan to carboplatin-paclitaxel did not result in superior overall response or progression-free or overall survival. PMID 16882940 ↗

Publications

• Results Pfisterer J, Weber B, Reuss A, Kimmig R, du Bois A, Wagner U, Bourgeois H, Meier W, Costa S, Blohmer JU, Lortholary A, Olbricht S, Stahle A, Jackisch C, Hardy-Bessard AC, Mobus V, Quaas J, Richter B, Schroder W, Geay JF, Luck HJ, Kuhn W, Meden H, Nitz U, Pujade-Lauraine E; AGO-OVAR; GINECO. Randomized phase III trial of topotecan following carboplatin and paclitaxel in first-line treatment of advanced ovarian cancer: a gynecologic cancer intergroup trial of the AGO-OVAR and GINECO. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Aug 2;98(15):1036-45. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djj296.

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Indications