Docetaxel Plus Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer of the Esophagus

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Esophageal Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of docetaxel plus carboplatin in treating patients who have advanced cancer of the esophagus.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00003864

Run by

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Starts

1999-09-03

Last updated by the study team

2023-06-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto — Palo Alto, California, United States
• Stanford University Medical Center — Stanford, California, United States
• CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc. — Denver, Colorado, United States
• CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services — Wilmington, Delaware, United States
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainsville — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley) — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Emory University Hospital - Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur) — Decatur, Georgia, United States
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Central Illinois — Decatur, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Evanston — Evanston, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association — Peoria, 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 - Iowa Oncology Research Association — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• CCOP - Ochsner — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Johns Hopkins Oncology Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

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