Etanercept in Treating Cancer-Related Cachexia and Anorexia in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Anorexia, Cachexia, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

RATIONALE: Etanercept is a substance that is being studied as a treatment for cachexia (weight loss) and anorexia (lack of appetite) in patients who have cancer. It is not yet known whether etanercept is effective in improving cancer-related cachexia and anorexia. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of etanercept in treating cancer-related cachexia and anorexia in patients who have advanced cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00046904

Run by

Mayo Clinic

Starts

2003-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-05-05

Who can join

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

Where it is running

• MBCCOP - Gulf Coast — Mobile, Alabama, United States
• Mayo Clinic Scottsdale — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
• Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• MBCCOP - Hawaii — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
• CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association — Peoria, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Carle Cancer Center — Urbana, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project — Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
• CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates at June E. Nylen Cancer Center — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
• CCOP - Wichita — Wichita, Kansas, United States
• CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
• CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium — Omaha, Nebraska, United States
• Cancer Care Center at Medcenter One Hospital — Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
• CCOP - Oklahoma — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
• CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania, United States
• CCOP - Upstate Carolina — Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
• Rapid City Regional Hospital — Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
• CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium — Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

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