Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Cancer of the Uterus
Sarcoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Sarcoma focused on measuring recurrent uterine sarcoma, uterine leiomyosarcoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed recurrent or persistent uterine leiomyosarcoma that is refractory to curative therapy or established treatments Measurable disease required Must have failed local therapeutic measures and must be considered incurable Not eligible for GOG protocols of higher priority PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: GOG 0-3 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal SGOT and alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No unstable angina within 6 months OR No myocardial infarction within 6 months Abnormal cardiac condition (e.g., bundle branch block, heart block) allowed if stable for 6 months Other: No significant infection No concomitant malignancy other than nonmelanomatous skin cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: At least 3 weeks since prior therapy to malignant tumor Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Recovery from prior chemotherapy required No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen allowed No prior paclitaxel No prior chemotherapy for any malignancy from which the patient is disease-free for at least 5 years Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Recovery from prior radiation therapy required No prior radiation therapy for any malignancy from which the patient is disease-free for at least 5 years Surgery: Recovery from prior surgery required
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Greater Phoenix
- 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
- Medical College of Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Center
- MBCCOP - Hawaii
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- CCOP - Evanston
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- 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 Mississippi Medical Center
- CCOP - Kansas City
- Washington University School of Medicine
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- 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
- Brookview Research, Inc.
- 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
- CCOP - St. Francis Hospital/Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbia River Program
- 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
- CCOP - Baptist Cancer Institute
- 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
- NCIC-Clinical Trials Group