Paclitaxel, Polyglutamate Paclitaxel, or Observation in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial, Peritoneal Cancer, or Fallopian Tube Cancer

Summary

This randomized phase III trial studies paclitaxel to see how well it works compared to polyglutamate paclitaxel or observation only in treating patients with stage III or stage IV ovarian epithelial, peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and polyglutamate paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Paclitaxel and polyglutamate paclitaxel may also stop the growth of ovarian epithelial or peritoneal cancer by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Sometimes, after treatment, the tumor may not need additional treatment until it progresses. In this case, observation may be sufficient. It is not yet known whether paclitaxel is more effective than polyglutamate paclitaxel or observation only in treating ovarian epithelial, peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer.

Conditions

• Fallopian Tube Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
• Fallopian Tube Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
• Fallopian Tube Mucinous Adenocarcinoma
• Fallopian Tube Serous Adenocarcinoma
• Fallopian Tube Transitional Cell Carcinoma
• Fallopian Tube Undifferentiated Carcinoma
• Ovarian Brenner Tumor
• Ovarian Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
• Ovarian Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
• Ovarian Mucinous Adenocarcinoma
• Ovarian Seromucinous Carcinoma
• Ovarian Serous Adenocarcinoma
• Ovarian Transitional Cell Carcinoma
• Ovarian Undifferentiated Carcinoma
• Primary Peritoneal Serous Adenocarcinoma
• Stage IIIA Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IIIA Ovarian Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
• Stage IIIA Primary Peritoneal Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IIIB Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IIIB Ovarian Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
• Stage IIIB Primary Peritoneal Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IIIC Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IIIC Ovarian Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
• Stage IIIC Primary Peritoneal Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IV Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
• Stage IV Ovarian Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
• Stage IV Primary Peritoneal Cancer AJCC v7

Interventions

OTHER

Clinical Observation

Undergo observation

OTHER

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

DRUG

Paclitaxel

Given IV

DRUG

Paclitaxel Poliglumex

Given IV

PROCEDURE

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• GOG Foundation

  lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

• Larry J Copeland · NRG Oncology

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2005-03-21

Primary Completion

2015-02-03

Completion

2022-02-22

Countries

• United States

Study Locations