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CompletedNCT00016965

BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

A Phase II Trial of Epothilone B Analogue BMS-247550 (NSC #710428) Every 21 Days in Patients With Advanced Pancreas Cancer

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
Sponsor
SWOG Cancer Research Network · 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 BMS-247550 in treating patients who have advanced pancreatic cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the 6-month survival rate and time to treatment failure in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with BMS-247550. * Determine the frequency and severity of toxic effects of this drug in these patients. * Determine the complete and partial response in those patients with measurable disease treated with this drug. * Determine the pharmacokinetic profile of this drug in these patients. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive BMS-247550 IV over 3 hours on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years and then annually until 3 years after registration. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 25-55 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGixabepilone

Timeline

Start date
2001-07-01
Completion
2006-04-01
First posted
2003-01-27
Last updated
2013-06-24

Locations

95 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00016965. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.