Capecitabine and Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine and docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving capecitabine together with docetaxel works in treating patients with recurrent or progressive metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Timeline

Start

2004-07

Primary completion

2008-08

Completion

2010-06

Publications

• Results Soares HP, Bayraktar S, Blaya M, Lopes G, Merchan J, Macintyre J, Mayo C, Green MR, Silva O, Levi J, Walker G, Rocha-Lima CM. A phase II study of capecitabine plus docetaxel in gemcitabine-pretreated metastatic pancreatic cancer patients: CapTere. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2014 Apr;73(4):839-45. doi: 10.1007/s00280-014-2414-z. Epub 2014 Feb 23.

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