Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Men With Germ Cell Cancer

NCT00036842 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2013-06-24

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.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of arsenic trioxide in treating men who have germ cell cancer that has not responded to previous treatment.

Conditions

  • Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
  • Testicular Germ Cell Tumor

Interventions

DRUG

arsenic trioxide

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • SWOG Cancer Research Network

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Tomasz M. Beer, MD · OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-04-30
Completion
2007-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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