Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Salivary Gland Cancer
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00002632
- Lead Sponsor
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel in treating patients with metastatic or recurrent salivary gland cancer.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: I. Estimate the response rate in patients with metastatic or recurrent salivary gland cancer treated with paclitaxel (Taxol, TAX) by 3-hour infusion. II. Describe the toxicity of TAX in these patients.
OUTLINE: Single-Agent Chemotherapy. Paclitaxel (Bristol-Myers), Taxol, TAX, NSC-125973.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Up to 32 patients/histology will be entered. If no response is observed in the first 14 patients in a particular histology, accrual to that group will close; if after 18 months annual accrual is less than 10 patients/histology, accrual to that group may close.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 32
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (29)
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto
🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, United States
Stanford University Medical Center
🇺🇸Stanford, California, United States
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
🇺🇸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 - Chicago (Lakeside)
🇺🇸Chicago, 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
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