Docetaxel and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Progressive Regional or Metastatic Bladder Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004223 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 25, 2004
Last Update Posted : January 27, 2010
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of docetaxel and gemcitabine in treating patients who have progressive regional or metastatic bladder cancer.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Bladder Cancer Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter Urethral Cancer | Drug: docetaxel Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response rate of patients with progressive regional or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium and failure of only 1 prior systemic regimen treated with docetaxel and gemcitabine. II. Determine the toxicities of this regimen in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour followed by gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. For patients with complete or partial response or stable disease at 3 weeks, treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months through year 2, every 6 months through year 5, and then annually thereafter until disease progression.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 22-45 patients will be accrued for this study over 18-21 months.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine and Docetaxel in Advanced Carcinoma of the Urothelium |
Study Start Date : | December 1999 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2002 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven progressive regional or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium or mixed histology containing a component of transitional cell carcinoma Failure of only 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease or in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting (not containing taxane or gemcitabine) Bidimensionally measurable disease No CNS metastases
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 75,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) if alkaline phosphatase normal OR Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 4 times ULN if SGOT normal OR SGOT less than 1.5 times ULN AND alkaline phosphatase less than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.8 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No American Heart Association class III or IV heart disease No uncontrolled congestive heart failure No severe cardiac arrhythmias Neurologic: No sensory neuropathy grade 3 or 4 No prior peripheral neuropathy grade 2 or worse Other: No active unresolved infection being treated with parenteral antibiotics within the past 7 days No other malignancy within the past 5 years except: Curatively treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix Clinically unsuspected, organ confined prostate cancer found during cystoprostatectomy Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior systemic biologic response modifier therapy Prior intravesical BCG allowed Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy Surgery: At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery and recovered

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00004223

Study Chair: | Robert Dreicer, MD, FACP | The Cleveland Clinic |
Responsible Party: | Group Chair, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00004223 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000067464 E-2899 |
First Posted: | February 25, 2004 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 27, 2010 |
Last Verified: | January 2010 |
stage III bladder cancer recurrent bladder cancer stage IV bladder cancer transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder |
posterior urethral cancer metastatic transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter regional transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter |
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Urethral Neoplasms Carcinoma, Transitional Cell Kidney Neoplasms Ureteral Neoplasms Urologic Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Urinary Bladder Diseases Urologic Diseases Urethral Diseases Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
Kidney Diseases Ureteral Diseases Gemcitabine Docetaxel Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Enzyme Inhibitors Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Tubulin Modulators |