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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00138242
Date of registration: 29/08/2005
Primary sponsor: Floyd and Delores Jones Cancer Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center
Public title: Docetaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, or Peritoneal Cavity Cancer
Scientific title: Phase II Trial of Weekly Docetaxel (Taxotere®) and Carboplatin as Initial Chemotherapy for Women With Ovarian Cancer and Similar Malignancies
Date of first enrolment: December 2004
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00138242
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Howard G. Muntz, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Floyd and Delores Jones Cancer Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically confirmed ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cavity
cancer

- Stage IC-IV disease

- No borderline or low malignant potential tumors of any stage

- Underwent initial surgical management, including staging, of early stage disease or
surgical debulking of advanced stage disease* NOTE: *Patients may delay surgical
debulking, if clinically indicated, until after study entry; these patients may
receive several courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgical debulking, but
before study entry

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

- 18 and over

Performance status

- ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

- Not specified

Hematopoietic

- Absolute neutrophil count = 1,500/mm^3

- Hemoglobin = 8.0 g/dL

- Platelet count = 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

- Bilirubin normal

- Meets 1 of the following criteria:

- Alkaline phosphatase (AP) normal AND AST or ALT = 5 times upper limit of normal
(ULN)

- AP = 2.5 times ULN AND AST or ALT = 1.5 times ULN

- AP = 5 times ULN AND AST or ALT normal

Renal

- Not specified

Other

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for = 3 months after
completion of study treatment

- No peripheral neuropathy > grade 1

- No prior malignancy with a poor prognosis that is at risk of relapse during study
participation, as determined by the principal investigator

- No history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to drugs formulated with polysorbate
80

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- No concurrent chemotherapy for another malignancy

Endocrine therapy

- Not specified

Radiotherapy

- Not specified

Surgery

- See Disease Characteristics



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fallopian Tube Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: carboplatin
Drug: docetaxel
Procedure: adjuvant therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Reduction rate of myelosuppression [Time Frame: No]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Clinical response rate [Time Frame: No]
Findings at second look surgery [Time Frame: No]
Quality of life as assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy -Ovarian (FACT-O) questionnaire [Time Frame: No]
Time to disease progression [Time Frame: No]
Toxicity [Time Frame: Yes]
Secondary ID(s)
AVENTIS-VMRC-8837
CDR0000439927
VMRC-8837
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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