Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic, Recurrent, or Unresectable Cancer of the Esophagus

Status unconfirmed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Esophageal Cancer

In brief

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 paclitaxel in treating patients with metastatic, recurrent, or unresectable cancer of the esophagus.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00003326

Run by

Theradex

People needed

100

Starts

1997-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-07-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Memorial Hospital — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Missoula Medical Oncology P.C. — Missoula, Montana, United States
• Nevada Cancer Center — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - MOBILE — Newark, New Jersey, United States
• NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Rochester General Hospital — Rochester, New York, United States
• Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• New York Medical College — Valhalla, New York, United States
• Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Pitt County Memorial Hospital — Greenville, North Carolina, United States
• Akron City Hospital — Akron, Ohio, United States
• Hollings Cancer Center — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
• Palmetto Hematology/Oncology Associates — Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
• Harrington Cancer Center — Amarillo, Texas, United States
• Lone Star Oncology — Austin, Texas, United States
• Oncology Consultants — Houston, Texas, United States
• University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States
• Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Cancer Center of Southern Alabama — Mobile, Alabama, United States
• Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Washington, DC — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Florida Cancer Specialists — Fort Myers, Florida, United States
• Savannah Hematology Oncology Associates — Savannah, Georgia, United States

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