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Cisplatin Plus Gemcitabine With or Without Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Stage IV Urinary Tract Cancer

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Bladder Cancer
Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
Urethral Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00022191
Lead Sponsor
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective for urinary tract cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of cisplatin plus gemcitabine with or without paclitaxel in treating patients who have stage IV urinary tract cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the duration of survival of patients with stage IV transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium treated with cisplatin and gemcitabine with or without paclitaxel.

* Compare the duration of progression-free survival, response rates, and duration of response in patients treated with these regimens.

* Compare the toxicity of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, WHO performance status (0 vs 1), and presence of metastatic disease (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 or 2. Treatment repeats every 28 days for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

* Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 8 followed by cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 and gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 21 days for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for at least 3 years.

Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 610 patients (305 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 3.04 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
608
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 (234)

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

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Tucson, Arizona, United States

Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

🇺🇸

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

🇺🇸

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Providence Cancer Institute at Providence Hospital

🇺🇸

Southfield, Michigan, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center

🇺🇸

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Onze Lieve Vrouw Ziekenhuis Aalst

🇧🇪

Aalst, Belgium

British Columbia Cancer Agency - Centre for the Southern Interior

🇨🇦

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Institut Jules Bordet

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen

🇧🇪

Edegem, Belgium

CHU Liege - Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman

🇧🇪

Liege, Belgium

Lethbridge Cancer Clinic

🇨🇦

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Nova Scotia Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Nanaimo Cancer Clinic at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

🇨🇦

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Providence Health Care - Vancouver

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation

🇨🇦

St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Complexe Hospitalier de la Sagamie

🇨🇦

Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada

Hopital Charles Lemoyne

🇨🇦

Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

Hopital Du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hopital du Saint-Sacrement, Quebec

🇨🇦

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

L'Hopital Laval

🇨🇦

Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada

St. James's University Hospital

🇬🇧

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital

🇬🇧

London, England, United Kingdom

Cancer Research Center at Boston Medical Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

G. Steinhoff Clinical Research

🇨🇦

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Doctor Leon Richard Oncology Centre

🇨🇦

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

William Osler Health Centre

🇨🇦

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Saint John Regional Hospital

🇨🇦

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Mount Sinai Hospital - Toronto

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Swedish Cancer Institute at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Diakonie - Krankenhaus

🇩🇪

Rotenburg, Germany

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Duarte, California, United States

USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

🇺🇸

Del Rio, Texas, United States

Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

🇺🇸

Martinez, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

🇺🇸

Hines, Illinois, United States

Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center

🇺🇸

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Maywood, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Kansas City

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

Harrington Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Male Health Centre - Oakville

🇨🇦

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

St. Louis University Hospital Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

🇺🇸

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Moncton Hospital

🇨🇦

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

🇺🇸

Biloxi, Mississippi, United States

Markham Stouffville Hospital

🇨🇦

Markham, Ontario, Canada

University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

St. Mary's - Duluth Clinic Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

North York General Hospital, Ontario

🇨🇦

North York, Ontario, Canada

Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital

🇦🇹

Vienna, Austria

Southwest Cancer and Research Center at University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Lubbock, Texas, United States

Brooke Army Medical Center

🇺🇸

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

Kingston Regional Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Georges-Francois Leclerc

🇫🇷

Dijon, France

CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche

🇫🇷

Grenoble, France

Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Cross Cancer Institute

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Peterborough Oncology Clinic

🇨🇦

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Grand River Regional Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Kitchner, Ontario, Canada

Trillium Health Centre

🇨🇦

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Academisch Ziekenhuis der Vrije Universiteit Brussel

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Southlake Regional Health Centre

🇨🇦

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Hamilton and District Urology Association

🇨🇦

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie

🇨🇦

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Hotel Dieu Health Sciences Hospital - Niagara

🇨🇦

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Hotel-Dieu de Levis

🇨🇦

Levis, Quebec, Canada

Scarborough Hospital - General Site

🇨🇦

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Male Health Centre - North York

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Centre Regional Francois Baclesse

🇫🇷

Caen, France

St. Joseph's Health Centre - Toronto

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Allan Blair Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Centre Eugene Marquis

🇫🇷

Rennes, France

Centre Rene Huguenin

🇫🇷

Saint Cloud, France

Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre - Sudbury

🇨🇦

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Institut Curie - Section Medicale

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Klinikum der J.W. Goethe Universitaet

🇩🇪

Frankfurt, Germany

University of Marburg

🇩🇪

Marburg, Germany

CHUS-Hopital Fleurimont

🇨🇦

Fleurimont, Quebec, Canada

Toronto General Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Centre Leon Berard

🇫🇷

Lyon, France

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Princess Margaret Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

McGill University

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hotel Dieu de Montreal

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hopital Sainte Justine

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Centre Oscar Lambret

🇫🇷

Lille, France

Centre Henri Becquerel

🇫🇷

Rouen, France

Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Care

🇨🇦

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Regional de Lanaudiere

🇨🇦

Joliette, Quebec, Canada

Hopital Tenon

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Aarhus Kommunehospital

🇩🇰

Aarhus, Denmark

Centre Paul Papin

🇫🇷

Angers, France

Centre Hospitalier Docteur Duchenne

🇫🇷

Boulogne Sur Mer, France

CHU de la Timone

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

Centre Regional de Lutte Contre le Cancer - Centre Val d'Aurelle

🇫🇷

Montpellier, France

Staedtische Kliniken Dortmund

🇩🇪

Dortmund, Germany

Krankenhaus Hohe Warte Mediziniche Klinik

🇩🇪

Bayreuth, Germany

Institut Bergonie

🇫🇷

Bordeaux, France

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor

🇫🇷

Creteil, France

Centre Hospitalier Departemental

🇫🇷

La Roche Sur Yon, France

Hopital Lapeyronie-CHU Montpellier

🇫🇷

Montpellier, France

Centre Regional Rene Gauducheau

🇫🇷

Nantes-Saint Herblain, France

Universitaetsklinik Duesseldorf

🇩🇪

Duesseldorf, Germany

Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Helios - Klinik Blankenhain

🇩🇪

Blankenhain, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Bonn

🇩🇪

Bonn, Germany

Charite Humboldt - University Berlin

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin - Campus Benjamin Franklin

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

St. Markus Krankenhaus

🇩🇪

Frankfurt, Germany

Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus

🇮🇱

Petah-Tikva, Israel

CancerCare Manitoba

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Fremantle Hospital

🇦🇺

Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Oklahoma University Medical Center at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Huntsman Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Centre Alexis Vautrin

🇫🇷

Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

Credit Valley Hospital

🇨🇦

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Durham Regional Cancer Centre at Lakeridge Health Oshawa

🇨🇦

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St. Michael's Hospital - Toronto

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Humber River Regional Hospital - Weston

🇨🇦

Weston, Ontario, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Regional de Rimouski

🇨🇦

Quebec, Canada

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

🇺🇸

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

University of California Davis Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

University of Colorado Cancer Center at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Tulane University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

University of Texas Medical Branch

🇺🇸

Galveston, Texas, United States

University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Amarillo

🇺🇸

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Lions Gate Hospital

🇨🇦

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

British Columbia Cancer Agency

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

British Columbia Cancer Agency - Vancouver Island Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

London Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Algoma Reginal Cancer Program at Sault Area Hospital

🇨🇦

Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

North York, Ontario, Canada

Toronto East General Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Prince Edward Island Cancer Center at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

🇨🇦

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec

🇨🇦

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Saskatoon Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Centre Medico-Chirurgical Foch

🇫🇷

Suresnes, France

Centre Antoine Lacassagne

🇫🇷

Toulouse, France

Institut Claudius Regaud

🇫🇷

Toulouse, France

Klinikum Fulda

🇩🇪

Fulda, Germany

Marienkrankenhaus

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

Martin Luther Universitaet

🇩🇪

Halle, Germany

Universitat des Saarlandes Innere Medizin 1

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

Klinikum der Friedrich-Schiller Universitaet Jena

🇩🇪

Jena, Germany

Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein

🇩🇪

Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Medizinische Universitaet Luebeck

🇩🇪

Luebeck, Germany

Staedtisches Krankenhaus Sued

🇩🇪

Luebeck, Germany

Kreiskrankenhaus Luedenscheid

🇩🇪

Luedenscheid, Germany

Klinikum der Stadt Mannheim

🇩🇪

Mannheim, Germany

Paracelsus Karankenhaus Ruit

🇩🇪

Ostfildern, Germany

Klinik und Poliklinik fuer Kinderheilkunde

🇩🇪

Muenster, Germany

Klinikum Nuernberg - Klinikum Nord

🇩🇪

Nuernberg, Germany

Klinikum Rechts Der Isar - Technische Universitaet Muenchen

🇩🇪

Munich, Germany

Asklepios Klinik Pasewalk

🇩🇪

Pasewalk, Germany

Klinikum Neubrandenburg

🇩🇪

Neubrandenburg, Germany

Johanniter Kankenhaus Stendal

🇩🇪

Stendal, Germany

Katharinenhospital

🇩🇪

Stuttgart, Germany

Universitaet Ulm

🇩🇪

Ulm, Germany

Klinikum der Stadt Wolfsburg

🇩🇪

Wolfsburg, Germany

Assaf Harofeh Medical Center

🇮🇱

Zerifin, Israel

Witten University - Klinikum Wuppertal

🇩🇪

Wuppertal, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

🇩🇪

Tuebingen, Germany

Klinikum St. Marien

🇩🇪

Wuppertal, Germany

National Institute of Oncology

🇭🇺

Budapest, Hungary

Ospedale Santa Croce

🇮🇹

Cuneo, Italy

Istituto Scientifico H.San Raffaele

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hospital Cuidad de Jaen

🇪🇸

Jaen, Spain

Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Center at Erasmus Medical Center

🇳🇱

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Academisch Ziekenhuis Utrecht

🇳🇱

Utrecht, Netherlands

Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

🇳🇱

NL'S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology

🇵🇱

Warsaw, Poland

University Hospital - Rotterdam Dijkzigt

🇳🇱

Utrecht, Netherlands

Hospital Del Mar

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

🇪🇸

Badalona, Spain

National Cancer Institute - Bratislava

🇸🇰

Bratislava, Slovakia

Hospital Clinic y Provincial de Barcelona

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital General Universitario De Guadalajara

🇪🇸

Guadalajara, Spain

Hospital Juan Canalejo

🇪🇸

Coruna, Spain

Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Arquitecto Marcide

🇪🇸

La Coruna, Spain

Hospital Son Dureta

🇪🇸

Palma De Mallorca, Spain

Hospital Clinico Universitario - Malaga

🇪🇸

Malaga, Spain

Hospital Universitario San Carlos

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospsital de Sabadell

🇪🇸

Sabadell, Spain

Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

🇪🇸

Santander, Spain

Hospital Rio Hortega

🇪🇸

Valladolid, Spain

Hospital Consorci Sanitari De Terrassa

🇪🇸

Terrassa, Spain

Instituto Valenciano De Oncologia

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

Hospital General De Vic

🇪🇸

Vic, Spain

Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals NHS Trust

🇬🇧

London, England, United Kingdom

Hospital Clinico Universitario

🇪🇸

Zaragoza, Spain

Princess Royal Hospital

🇬🇧

Hull, England, United Kingdom

Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment at Newcastle General Hospital

🇬🇧

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Royal South Hants Hospital

🇬🇧

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Royal Marsden Hospital - Sutton

🇬🇧

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

Velindre Cancer Center at Velinde Hospital

🇬🇧

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Cape Breton Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

Cancer Care Ontario - Windsor Regional Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Rigshospitalet

🇩🇰

Copenhagen, Denmark

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