Surgery Plus Medroxyprogesterone in Preventing Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Endometrial Cancer focused on measuring endometrial cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed atypical endometrial hyperplasia with recommended treatment with either: An immediate hysterectomy (Part A) OR A three-month delay prior to hysterectomy and a randomized choice of treatment with oral medroxyprogesterone acetate (Provera) or medroxyprogesterone acetate suspension (Depo-Provera) during the 3 months (Part B with arms I and II) Diagnosed by dilation and curettage, Novak curettage, Vabra aspirate or Pipelle endometrial biopsy No recognized endometrial carcinoma Must not be considered inoperable PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: GOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm^3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3 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 2 times normal Cardiovascular No prior thrombophlebitis or thromboembolic phenomena No prior cerebrovascular disorders Other: No prior or concurrent malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: See Disease Characteristics Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
Sites / Locations
- Arizona Cancer Center
- Community Hospital of Los Gatos
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
- State University of New York Health Sciences Center - Stony Brook
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Barrett Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Abington Memorial Hospital
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Brookview Research, Inc.
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- Fletcher Allen Health Care - Medical Center Campus
- Cancer Center at the University of Virginia
- Norwegian Radium Hospital