Etoposide in Treating Patients With Advanced Ovarian or Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Cervical Cancer focused on measuring recurrent cervical cancer, recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed recurrent or metastatic ovarian epithelial or cervical cancer Tissue not accessible for biopsy Refractory to curative therapy or established treatments and ineligible for higher priority GOG protocols Measurable disease required, as follows: Lesion measurable by physical exam Lesion bidimensionally measurable on sonogram or imaging Ascites/pleural effusion not measurable PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: GOG 0-2 Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelets at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no more than 1.5 times normal AST no more than 3 times normal Alkaline phosphatase no more than 3 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Other: Body surface area at least 1 square meter No requirement for intravenous hydration or nutritional support No significant infection No second malignancy other than nonmelanomatous skin cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 3 weeks since anticancer therapy Chemotherapy: No more than 1 prior chemotherapy trial No prior etoposide At least 3 weeks since chemotherapy and recovered Endocrine therapy: At least 3 weeks since anticancer therapy Radiotherapy: At least 3 weeks since radiotherapy Surgery: At least 3 weeks since surgery and recovered
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Stanford University Medical Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- MBCCOP - Hawaii
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- State University of New York Health Sciences Center - Stony Brook
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
- Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Abington Memorial Hospital
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas
- Cancer Center, University of Virginia HSC
- University of Washington Medical Center
- Tacoma General Hospital