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TerminatedNCT00047632

Safety and Efficacy of Interferon Gamma-1b Plus Chemotherapy for Ovarian and Peritoneal Cancer

Interferon Gamma-1b in Combination With Chemotherapy (Carboplatin/Paclitaxel) for First Line Therapy of Advanced Ovarian or Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma.

Status
Terminated
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
847 (actual)
Sponsor
InterMune · Industry
Sex
Female
Age
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purposes of this study are to determine: 1) if treatment with interferon gamma-1b plus standard chemotherapy (carboplatin and paclitaxel) can increase the overall survival of patients with advanced ovarian or primary peritoneal carcinoma compared with chemotherapy alone; 2) how effective interferon gamma-1b plus standard chemotherapy is in preventing the progression or return of cancer; 3) the effects on quality of life; and 4) the safety of interferon gamma-1b combined with standard chemotherapy compared to chemotherapy alone.

Detailed description

Approximately 800 patients will receive either chemotherapy alone or chemotherapy plus Interferon gamma-1b. Chemotherapy will be paclitaxel (175 mg/m2 over 3 hours) followed by carboplatin (AUC 6) every 3 weeks. Only those patients in the treatment arm will receive interferon doses. Interferon gamma-1b 100 mg will be administered subcutaneously 3 times per week (every other day; no more than 3 doses in a 7-day period) continuously while patients are treated with carboplatin / paclitaxel (including for the 3 weeks following the last dose of chemotherapy). A total of 6 cycles of chemotherapy will be given unless disease progression or liming toxicity occurs or patients refuse further treatment. Each patient will receive a total of 54 doses over a period of 18 weeks. Each patient's participation will be from 3-8 years in duration.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGInterferon gamma-1b100 mcg, SQ, 3x per week

Timeline

Start date
2001-10-01
Completion
2006-02-01
First posted
2002-10-11
Last updated
2007-11-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00047632. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.

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