Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Ovarian Cancer or Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00003072 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2012-09-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving the drugs in different combinations may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II double-blinded trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel and carboplatin given with either amifostine or placebo in patients with metastatic stage III or stage IV ovarian cancer or metastatic stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

amifostine trihydrate

DRUG

paclitaxel

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Robert J. Ignoffo, PharmD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-05-31
Primary Completion
1998-10-31
Completion
1998-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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