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CompletedNCT00004254

Raltitrexed in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma That Cannot Be Surgically Removed

Phase II Study on Tomusex in Malignant Mesothelioma

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25 (actual)
Sponsor
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC · Network
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of raltitrexed in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma that cannot be surgically removed.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the therapeutic activity and toxicities of raltitrexed in patients with inoperable malignant mesothelioma. II. Determine the objective response rate and duration of response in patients treated with this regimen. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Within 2 weeks of staging procedures, patients receive raltitrexed IV over 15 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 6 weeks until disease progression and then every 8 weeks thereafter for survival. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 24 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGraltitrexed

Timeline

Start date
1999-11-01
Primary completion
2001-06-01
First posted
2004-04-23
Last updated
2012-07-18

Locations

6 sites across 2 countries: Italy, Netherlands

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00004254. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.