Carboplatin Plus Paclitaxel With or Without Continued Low-Dose Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer - Full Text View

Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known whether receiving combined carboplatin and paclitaxel plus continued low-dose paclitaxel is more effective than carboplatin and paclitaxel alone for early-stage ovarian cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying carboplatin and paclitaxel alone too see how well they work compared to carboplatin and paclitaxel together with continued low-dose paclitaxel in treating patients with early-stage ovarian cancer.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Ovarian Cancer	Drug: carboplatin Drug: paclitaxel	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics:

Cancer Ovarian Cancer

Drug Information available for:

Carboplatin Paclitaxel

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Active Control

Official Title:	A Randomized Phase III Trial of IV Carboplatin (AUC 6) and Paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 Q 21 Days x 3 Courses Plus Low Dose Paclitaxel 40 mg/m2/wk Versus IV Carboplatin (AUC 6) and Paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 Q 21 Days x 3 Courses Plus Observation in Patients With Early Stage Ovarian Carcinoma

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:

Recurrence-free interval [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Overall survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Frequency and severity of adverse events [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment:	500
Study Start Date:	October 1998

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Compare the progression-free interval and overall survival of patients with early stage ovarian epithelial cancer treated with carboplatin and paclitaxel with or without low-dose paclitaxel.
Assess the frequency and severity of toxic effects of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

Arm I: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours followed by carboplatin IV over 30 minutes. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses. Four weeks after the completion of paclitaxel and carboplatin, patients receive low-dose paclitaxel IV over 1 hour once a week for 24 weeks.
Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours followed by carboplatin IV over 30 minutes. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses. Patients then undergo observation.

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

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 500 patients will be accrued for this study within 5.5 years.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Histologically confirmed ovarian epithelial cancer of one of the following histologic cell types:
- Serous adenocarcinoma
- Malignant Brenner's tumor
- Mucinous adenocarcinoma
- Endometrioid
- Adenocarcinoma
- Clear cell adenocarcinoma
- Undifferentiated carcinoma
- Transitional cell
- Mixed epithelial carcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma - not otherwise specified
Meets 1 of the following criteria:
- Stage Ia or Ib, grade 3 or clear cell
- Stage Ic or II, all grades/histologies
Complete surgical staging
No tumors of low malignant potential (borderline tumors)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

Not specified

Performance status:

GOG 0-3

Life expectancy:

Not specified

Hematopoietic:

WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal
Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times normal
SGOT no greater than 3 times normal

Renal:

Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Other:

No other invasive malignancies within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer
No major systemic medical illness expected to affect survival
Body surface area no greater than 2.0

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

Not specified

Chemotherapy:

Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

Not specified

Radiotherapy:

Not specified

Surgery:

See Disease Characteristics

Other:

No prior treatment for this malignancy except surgical staging
No prior anticancer therapy that would preclude study participation

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00003644

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Sponsors and Collaborators

Gynecologic Oncology Group

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Southwest Oncology Group

Investigators


Study Chair:	Robert S. Mannel, MD	University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Study Chair:	David S. Alberts, MD	University of Arizona

More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers:	CDR0000066732, GOG-175, SWOG-G0175
First Received:	November 1, 1999
Last Updated:	May 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00003644
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

stage I ovarian epithelial cancer

stage II ovarian epithelial cancer

ovarian undifferentiated adenocarcinoma

ovarian mixed epithelial carcinoma

ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma

ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma

ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma

ovarian clear cell cystadenocarcinoma

Brenner tumor

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous

Ovarian cancer

Ovarian Neoplasms

Gonadal Disorders

Genital Neoplasms, Female

Endocrine System Diseases

Urogenital Neoplasms

Carboplatin

Ovarian Diseases

Ovarian epithelial cancer

Carcinoma

Genital Diseases, Female

Paclitaxel

Endocrinopathy

Adenocarcinoma

Endocrine Gland Neoplasms

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Neoplasms

Neoplasms by Site

Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action

Antineoplastic Agents

Therapeutic Uses

Mitosis Modulators

Tubulin Modulators

Antimitotic Agents

Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic

Pharmacologic Actions

Adnexal Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 20, 2008

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Gynecologic Oncology Group National Cancer Institute (NCI) Southwest Oncology Group
Information provided by:	National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00003644