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Thalidomide in Treating Patients With Refractory or Resistant Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Ovarian Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00016224
Lead Sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs such as thalidomide may stop the growth of cancer cells by stopping blood flow to the tumor.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of thalidomide in treating women who have epithelial ovarian cancer that has not responded to previous therapy.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the time to progression of disease in patients with platinum-refractory or resistant ovarian epithelial carcinoma treated with thalidomide.

* Evaluate the quality of life of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral thalidomide once daily. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then every 4 weeks.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 45 patients will be accrued for this study within 9-15 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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New York, New York, United States

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