Clinical Trials Directory

Trials / Completed

CompletedNCT00061477

Pemetrexed Plus Gemcitabine as Front-Line Chemotherapy for Patients With Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma

ALIMTA Plus Gemcitabine as Front-Line Chemotherapy for Patients With Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma: A Phase II Clinical Trial

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
48 (planned)
Sponsor
Eli Lilly and Company · Industry
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purposes of this study are to determine: 1. The safety of Pemetrexed plus Gemcitabine and any side effects that might be associated with the combination of these two drugs. 2. Whether Pemetrexed plus Gemcitabine can help patients with mesothelioma live longer. 3. Whether Pemetrexed plus Gemcitabine can make the tumor smaller or disappear, and for how long. 4. To see if patients feel better while taking Pemetrexed plus Gemcitabine.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGPemetrexed
DRUGGemcitabine

Timeline

Start date
2002-12-01
Completion
2006-09-01
First posted
2003-05-29
Last updated
2007-01-26

Locations

10 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00061477. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.