Clinical trials: sponsored by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Breast Cancer
High-Dose Chemotherapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Metastatic Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of…
- Trial name
- NCT00003392
- Testing
- filgrastim, carboplatin, cyclophosphamide
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Liver Cancer
Octreotide in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Liver Cancer
RATIONALE: Octreotide may stop or slow the growth of tumor cells and may be an effective treatment for liver cancer. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well octreotide works in treating patients with locally advanced or…
- Trial name
- NCT00257426
- Testing
- octreotide acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Colorectal Cancer
Bortezomib, Fluorouracil, and External-Beam Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IV Rectal Cancer
RATIONALE: Bortezomib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.
- Trial name
- NCT00280176
- Testing
- bortezomib, fluorouracil, radiation therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Breast Cancer
Capecitabine, Paclitaxel, and Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as trastuzumab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver…
- Trial name
- NCT00006108
- Testing
- trastuzumab, capecitabine, paclitaxel
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center