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SarcomaPhase 3NCT00003128

Ifosfamide With or Without Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Advanced, Refractory, or Recurrent Cancer of the Uterus

A Phase 3 study testing filgrastim, ifosfamide and paclitaxel in people with Sarcoma, run by Gynecologic Oncology Group at 17 sites in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial 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 whether ifosfamide alone is more effective than ifosfamide plus paclitaxel in treating patients with cancer of the uterus. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Sarcoma
What is being tested?
filgrastim, ifosfamide and paclitaxel
How many people
166 participants
Where
17 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Nov 1997to Feb 2007
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed stage III or IV, refractory, or recurrent heterologous or homologous carcinosarcoma (mixed mesodermal tumors) of the uterus
  • Must not be amenable to curative-intent therapy
  • Must have measurable disease consisting of abdominal, pelvic, chest or other masses that can be defined in at least 2 dimensions by palpation, x-ray, MRI, computed tomography or ultrasound
  • If measured by MRI, computed tomography or ultrasound, the lesion must have a minimal tumor measurement of 1 cm

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • GOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3

Hepatic:

  • Albumin at least 3 g/dL
  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal
  • SGOT no greater than 3 times normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No history of congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months

Other:

  • No septicemia
  • No severe infection
  • No acute hepatitis
  • No gastrointestinal bleeding
  • At least 5 years since any other invasive malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for carcinosarcoma of the uterus

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 6 weeks since radiotherapy for current malignancy
  • At least 3 months since radiotherapy if delivered to site of measurable disease

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

17 sites in 1 country.

17 sites in 1 country

United States17 sites
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21231

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294-3300

  • Tufts - New England Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02111

  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

  • CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822-2001

  • Indiana University Cancer Center

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-5289

  • CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106

  • Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Medical School

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756-0002

  • University of Minnesota Cancer Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

  • CCOP - Ochsner

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121

  • Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111-2497

  • CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium

    South Bend, Indiana, 46601

  • Stanford Cancer Center at Stanford University Medical Center

    Stanford, California, 94305-5216

  • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

    Temple, Texas, 76508

  • MBCCOP-Our Lady of Mercy Cancer Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10466

  • CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

    Urbana, Illinois, 61801

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About this study

Official title: A Phase III Trial of Ifosfamide (NSC #109274) Versus Ifosfamide Plus Paclitaxel (NSC #125973) in Patients With Advanced, Persistent or Recurrent Carcinosarcoma (Mixed Mesodermal Tumors) of the Uterus

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 whether ifosfamide alone is more effective than ifosfamide plus paclitaxel in treating patients with cancer of the uterus.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of ifosfamide with or without paclitaxel in treating patients with advanced, refractory, or recurrent cancer of the uterus.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine whether the addition of paclitaxel to ifosfamide improves length of survival, progression free interval and response rate when compared to ifosfamide alone in patients with advanced, refractory or recurrent carcinosarcoma (mixed mesodermal tumors) of the uterus.
  • Determine the toxicity of ifosfamide with paclitaxel in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to GOG performance status (GOG 0-1 vs GOG 2-3) and randomized to one of two treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive ifosfamide IV daily for 3 days every 21 days.
  • Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel IV on day 1 and ifosfamide IV on days 1-3 every 21 days. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is given subcutaneously beginning on day 4 until granulocyte count is greater than 2,000/mm3. Paclitaxel therapy may precede or be given concurrently with ifosfamide.

Treatment for both arms continues for a maximum of 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months for an additional 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 166 patients (83 per arm) will be accrued for this study within approximately 5.5 years.

Conditions
Sarcoma
Keywords
stage III uterine sarcoma, stage IV uterine sarcoma, recurrent uterine sarcoma, uterine carcinosarcoma
Medical subject headings
Sarcoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 1997
  3. Primary completionFeb 2007

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Enrolment
166 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00003128
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000065891
Other IDs
GOG-0161, ECOG-G0161
Status last verified
May 2004
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
9 Jul 2013
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Homesley HD, Filiaci V, Markman M, Bitterman P, Eaton L, Kilgore LC, Monk BJ, Ueland FR; Gynecologic Oncology Group. Phase III trial of ifosfamide with or without paclitaxel in advanced uterine carcinosarcoma: a Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Feb 10;25(5):526-31. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.4907.

    PubMed 17290061

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing filgrastim, ifosfamide and paclitaxel in people with Sarcoma, run by Gynecologic Oncology Group at 17 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Jul 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 17 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00003128, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Jul 2013.

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