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Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Bladder Cancer

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Bladder Cancer
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00014534
Lead Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in 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: Randomized phase III trial to compare different combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have advanced bladder cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Compare the survival of patients with completely resected locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder treated with adjuvant doxorubicin and gemcitabine followed by paclitaxel and cisplatin vs adjuvant cisplatin and gemcitabine.

Secondary

* Compare the toxicity profiles of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to primary tumor status (\<T4 vs T4), number of positive lymph nodes (0 or unknown vs 1-5 vs \>5), and number of dissected nodes (0-10 or unknown vs \> 10). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive adjuvant gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 and cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

* Arm II: Patients receive adjuvant doxorubicin IV over 45 minutes followed by gemcitabine IV over 2 hours on day 1. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) daily on days 3-10. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning 14 days after the completion of doxorubicin and gemcitabine, patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and cisplatin IV over 20-30 minutes on day 1. Patients also receive G-CSF SC daily on days 3-10 or 4-11. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 18 months, every 6 months for 18 months, and then annually thereafter.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
42
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Gemcitabine + cisplatincisplatin-
Gemcitabine + Doxorubicin + Pegfilgrastimfilgrastim-
Gemcitabine + Doxorubicin + Pegfilgrastimdoxorubicin hydrochloride-
Gemcitabine + cisplatingemcitabine hydrochloride-
Gemcitabine + Doxorubicin + Pegfilgrastimgemcitabine hydrochloride-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall survival4 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (285)

CCOP - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Oncology Program

🇺🇸

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Arroyo Grande Community Hospital

🇺🇸

Arroyo Grande, California, United States

Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

Kaiser Permanente Medical Office -Vandever Medical Office

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Diego

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

Aurora Presbyterian Hospital

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Boulder Community Hospital

🇺🇸

Boulder, Colorado, United States

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CCOP - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Oncology Program
🇺🇸Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

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