Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Refractory Metastatic Germ Cell Tumors

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Ovarian Cancer, Testicular Germ Cell Tumor

In brief

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 may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in treating patients with refractory metastatic germ cell tumors that have not responded to surgery or chemotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00003518

Run by

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

People needed

44

Starts

1999-01-25

Last updated by the study team

2023-06-22

Who can join

Age: 15 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc. — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Lakeside) — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Carle Cancer Center — Urbana, Illinois, United States
• Indiana University Cancer Center — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush) — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project — Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
• CCOP - Ochsner — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• CCOP - Kalamazoo — Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Metro-Minnesota — Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States
• Hackensack University Medical Center — Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
• Kimball Medical Center — Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
• Morristown Memorial Hospital — Morristown, New Jersey, United States
• University of Rochester Cancer Center — Rochester, New York, United States
• Ireland Cancer Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Hahnemann University Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• CCOP - Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation — Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States
• Pretoria Academic Hospital — Pretoria, South Africa

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