Paclitaxel, Polyglutamate Paclitaxel, or Observation in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage… (NCT00108745) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Paclitaxel, Polyglutamate Paclitaxel, or Observation in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial, Peritoneal Cancer, or Fallopian Tube Cancer
United States1,157 participantsStarted 2005-03-21
Plain-language summary
This randomized phase III trial studies paclitaxel to see how well it works compared to polyglutamate paclitaxel or observation only in treating patients with stage III or stage IV ovarian epithelial, peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and polyglutamate paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Paclitaxel and polyglutamate paclitaxel may also stop the growth of ovarian epithelial or peritoneal cancer by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Sometimes, after treatment, the tumor may not need additional treatment until it progresses. In this case, observation may be sufficient. It is not yet known whether paclitaxel is more effective than polyglutamate paclitaxel or observation only in treating ovarian epithelial, peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer.
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with a histologic diagnosis of primary peritoneal carcinoma, or stage III or IV epithelial ovarian or fallopian tube carcinoma, with either optimal (=\< 1 cm residual disease) or suboptimal residual disease following initial surgery; all patients must have had appropriate surgery for ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube carcinoma with appropriate tissue available for histologic evaluation to confirm diagnosis and stage
* Patients with the following histologic epithelial cell types are eligible:
* Serous adenocarcinoma
* Endometrioid adenocarcinoma
* Mucinous adenocarcinoma
* Undifferentiated carcinoma
* Clear cell adenocarcinoma
* Mixed epithelial carcinoma
* Transitional cell carcinoma
* Malignant Brenner tumor
* Adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified (NOS)
* Patients must have completed treatment within the past 12 weeks with at least 5 cycles and not more than 8 cycles of a platinum (IV or intraperitoneal \[IP\]) and paclitaxel or docetaxel-based combination chemotherapy and have no symptoms suggestive of persistent cancer, normal (no evidence of cancer) computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen/pelvis and normal cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) following this therapy
* Patients treated with neo-adjuvant platinum-taxane chemotherapy for a presumptive diagnosis of stage III or IV epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal or, fallopian tube (by paracentesis, percutaneous biopsy or open biopsy) are eligible provided th…
What they're measuring
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Overall Survival
Timeframe: All patients were followed (with physical exams and histories) every three months for the first two years, then every six months for the next three years and then annually for the next five years.