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Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Thyroid Cancer

NCT00004089 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2013-07-10

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. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients who have previously untreated anaplastic thyroid cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

filgrastim

DRUG

fluorouracil

DRUG

hydroxyurea

DRUG

paclitaxel

PROCEDURE

conventional surgery

RADIATION

radiation therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Merrill S. Kies, MD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-08-31
Primary Completion
2002-04-30
Completion
2002-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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