DepoCyt Therapy in Patients With Neoplastic Meningitis From Lymphoma or a Solid Tumor
Completed · Phase 4
Conditions studied: Meningeal Neoplasms
In brief
The purpose of this study is to find out how well an experimental drug called DepoCyt works for neoplastic meningitis (cancer that has spread to the tissues around the brain and spinal cord). DepoCyt is a new slow-release form of the cancer drug called ara-C (cytarabine). Cytarabine has been used for many years to treat cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00029523
- Run by
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2001-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2004-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2007-02-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Barrow Neurological Institute — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center — Berkeley, California, United States
- University of Southern California, Norris Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
- University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Cancer Pavilion — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Georgetown University Medical Center Hematology/Oncology — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute — Tampa, Florida, United States
- Emory Clinic, Department of Neurosurgery — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Straub Clinic and Hospital — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Rush Cancer Institute — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Loyola University Medical Center, Dept. of Hematology/Oncology — Maywood, Illinois, United States
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Dept. of Neurology — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Park Nicollet Institute, Oncology Research Program — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- JFK Neuroscience Institute — Edison, New Jersey, United States
- Bowman Gray School of Medicine/Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- Case Western Reserve University Hospital of Cleveland — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- University of Texas Health Science Center — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- University of Utah, Hunsman Cancer Institute — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Virginia Mason Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States
- CancerCare Manitoba — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Center — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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