Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Advanced Cancer of the Uterus
Sarcoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Sarcoma focused on measuring stage III uterine sarcoma, stage IV uterine sarcoma, recurrent uterine sarcoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed advanced, persistent, or recurrent uterine sarcoma Documented disease progression after local therapy Measurable disease consisting of abdominal, pelvic, chest, or other masses that can be defined in at least two dimensions by palpation, x-ray, computed tomography or ultrasound PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: No age specified Performance status: Karnofsky 50%-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal SGOT no greater than 3 times normal Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times normal Cardiovascular: Ejection fraction within institutional normal limits Pulmonary: Not specified Other: No active infection No concurrent second malignancy other than nonmelanoma skin cancer Must be disease free of any prior malignancy for at least 5 years and not received any treatments with chemotherapy or radiation therapy for that malignancy PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 6 weeks since radiotherapy Recovered from effects of radiotherapy Surgery: Recovered from effects of surgery
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Women's Cancer 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
- Medicine Branch
- Radiation Oncology Branch
- 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
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- North Shore University Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- 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
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas
- University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Cancer Center, University of Virginia HSC
- University of Washington Medical Center
- Tacoma General Hospital