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Radiation Therapy Compared With Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Endometrial Cancer

NCT00002493 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2014-02-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which treatment regimen is more effective for endometrial cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare radiation therapy with chemotherapy in treating patients who have advanced endometrial cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

cisplatin

DRUG

doxorubicin hydrochloride

RADIATION

low-LET photon therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Gynecologic Oncology Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Marcus E. Randall, MD · Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1992-05-31
Primary Completion
2001-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Drugs
Diseases

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